8 Dec 1941

Philippines
  • Seventeen hours after bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, submarine USS Spearfish departed Corregidor in the Philippines on her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Corregidor, Luzon | DS]
15 Feb 1945

Philippines
  • USS Portland entered Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines, to support the landings to take place on Corregidor the following day. ww2dbase [Portland | Corregidor, Luzon | DS]

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