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• USS Puffer attacked a Japanese convoy in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, expending 17 torpedoes and observing 8 hits. She claimed the sinking of an oiler, a freighter,and a destroyer, but ultimately was only given credit for the sinking of Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No. 42. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• 45 Japanese Army Renraku-tei special attack boats attacked American ships in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, sinking 2 LCI gunboats and damaged a few others. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Female prisoners of Uckermark Concentration Camp who were not able to work were exterminated. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German 7.Gebirgs Division retreated from Lätäseno, Finland. ww2dbase [TH]
• Heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-136) was commissioned with Captain Richard R. Hartung in command. ww2dbase [AC]
• A Japanese Army special attack aircraft damaged USS Le Ray Wilson in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: The first 2 enlisted WAVES arrived for duty this date. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) and Task Force 38 entered the South China Sea via Bashi Channel to begin a series of raids on Japan's inner defenses. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | DS]
• USS Ticonderoga and the other ships of Task Force 38 entered the South China Sea via Bashi Channel. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | DS]

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