29 Jan 1946

United States
  • USS Segundo entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Segundo | Vallejo, California | CPC]
  • Harry Hopkins, one of Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisers and a key policy maker in creating the Lend-Lease Act, died of stomach cancer in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Harry Hopkins | New York | AC]
Photo(s) dated 29 Jan 1946
USS Besugo at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 29 Jan 1946; note USS Spadefish and USS Barbero in background

29 Jan 1946 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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