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• USS Bailey departed Pearl Harbor bound for San Diego, California. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• Dutch Lieutenant Governor General H. J. van Mook began a new round of negotiations with Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Boarfish departed Apra Harbor, Guam. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Apra | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) underway from Guam, Mariana Islands with a load of US servicemen as passengers. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]

• USS Wesson took USS DD-224 under tow due to DD-224's fuel pump problems. The pair headed toward Apra Harbor, Guam for repairs. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Samar, Philippines. ww2dbase [Bogue | Bobon, Samar | DS]

• Stepan Petrichenko (who had participated in the 1921 Kronstadt mutiny but had since became loyal to the Soviet Union once again, acting as a Soviet spy in Finland) was found guilty of counter-revolutionary activities and of being a spy for Finland. The NKVD sentenced him to 10 years in labor camps. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Ranger arrived Hampton Roads, Virginia to offload bombs, ammunition, and aviation gasoline prior to entering the Philadelphia Navy Yard. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Ranger | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

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