2 Dec 1944
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- USS Hoe fired 7 torpedoes at a Japanese tanker, damaging her with 2 hits. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Parche ended her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Edward R. Stettinius Jr. became secretary of state of the United States after the retirement of Cordell Hull. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Ticonderoga arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
- He Yingqin traveled from Chongqing to Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Boarfish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- SMERSH operatives attached to Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front arrested Hungarian Count István Bethlen in Hungary. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Shamrock Bay embarked the aircraft of US Navy squadron VC-93 at San Diego, California, United States; the aircraft of VC-42 were already on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, David Stubblebine
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