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• Rear Admiral Zensuke Kanome was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Kamikaze was detached from Operation Kita and was ordered to set sail for Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | CPC]
• USS Nicholas and her bombardment group repeated their bombardment of southern Bataan, Luzon, Philippines in support of the troop landings at Mariveles Harbor on Bataan. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Nicholas | DS]

• USS Gabilan arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gabilan | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
• USS Boarfish arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Boarfish | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

• The 5,095-ton German ship MRS.11, built in 1935 and owned by Norddeutscher-Lloyd, struck a mine and sank off Swinemünde, Germany (now Swinoujscie, Poland). ww2dbase [HM]

• Tang Enbo was promoted to the rank of general. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | CPC]

• German 11.SS-Armee launched Operation Sonnenwende in Pommern, Germany, although only III.SS-Panzer Korps started the attack on time. ww2dbase [East Pomeranian Offensive | Pommern | TH]
• The keel of U-3059 was laid down on Slip III of AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [U-3059 | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
• Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Army and Soviet 4th Tank Army surrounded Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). ww2dbase [Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau | Breslau, Niederschlesien | CPC]

• USS Ancon departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Ancon | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• USS Shangri-La arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• The Ohka Model 22 variant design efforts began. ww2dbase [MXY7 Ohka | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 173 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USS Astoria's crew found out the task force was en route to attack Tokyo, Japan; the carrier fleet USS Astoria was escorting was to launch attack planes on the following day. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | CPC]

• Japanese Shinyo explosive motor-boats sank three American LCS(L) armoured support craft at Mariveles Harbour, Bataan, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Shinyo-class | Mariveles, Bataan | AC]
• USS Portland entered Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines, to support the landings to take place on Corregidor the following day. ww2dbase [Portland | Corregidor, Luzon | DS]
• Destroyer USS Shaw arrived in Leyte Gulf and anchored in San Pedro Bay. ww2dbase [Shaw | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | DS]
• Destroyer USS Saufley spent the day in the Manila Bay area, Luzon, Philippines covering the landings in Mariveles Harbor and counter battery fire on Caballo Island. She spent the night conducting interdiction fire on Mariveles as support for PT Boats operating in Manila Bay. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Saufley | Manila Bay, Luzon | DS]

• Allied convoy JW-64 arrived at the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]

• The Takao Prisoners of War Camp near Takao (now Kaohsiung), Taiwan was closed; the prisoners were transported to Fukuoka, Japan in the preceding several weeks. ww2dbase [Takao | CPC]
• Takao Naval Air Group was dissolved at Takao Guard District in southern Taiwan. ww2dbase [Takao Guard District | Takao | CPC]

• The 2,628-ton Dutch tanker Liseta (Captain P. Buisman) was lost while searching for an anchoring place at Margate on the coast of Kent, England, United Kingdom. Most of the crew were saved by the destroyer HMS Holderness (L 48), but 16 were killed in the engine room where the torpedo struck. Later, part of the wreck was blown off during salvage in order to lift her. When the Liseta was lifted, she was repaired and put back into service. She was sold for scrap in Hong Kong in 1957. The tanker was reported as sunk by the German Seehund-type midget submarine U-5332, but the submarine did not report any attacks on this date. ww2dbase [Type XXVII | England | HM, CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga arrived at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States for extensive repairs. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
• USS California arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to repair battle damage and an overhaul. ww2dbase [California | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

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