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• USS Runner attacked and claimed the sinking of a Japanese transport in the western Pacific; she reported 6 torpedoes expended and 4 hits. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Tunny made radar contact with a ship off Hong Kong at 2130 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Ettore Bastico stepped down as the Governor-General of Italian Libya, succeeded by Giovanni Messe. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for transport Sanyo Maru and began repairing destroyers Akizuki and Hatsukaze at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Irako supplied food to seaplane tender Sanyo Maru at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Captain Shinzaburo Hase was named the commanding officer of Settsu. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The construction of Graf Zeppelin was stopped at Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The last of the German Sixth Army surrendered in Stalingrad, Russia. On the same day, a German reconnaissance aircraft was dispatched to fly over Stalingrad, confirming that all fighting had ceased. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]

• USS Whale arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

2 Feb 1943 Interactive Map