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• The US 22nd Marine Regiment was detached from the 3rd Marine Brigade and was moved to Tutuila, Samoa. ww2dbase [CPC]

• A British Fleet Air Arm Swordfish launched from the escort carrier HMS Archer sank the German submarine U-752 with a rocket attack. ww2dbase [Archer | AC]

• Submarine USS Thresher arrived at Exmouth Gulf, Australia ending her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Thresher | Exmouth Gulf | DS]

• 13th Bomb Squadron (flying B-25 aircraft) of USAAF 3rd Bombardment Group was transferred from Port Moresby to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]

• USS Sunfish conducted a reonnaissance mission at Anguar, Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | Anguar, Palau | CPC]

• Pang Bingxun was installed as the commander of the 24th Army Group of the Japanese puppet government in Nanjing, China. ww2dbase [Pang Bingxun | Nanjing | CPC]

• Battleship Musashi arrived at Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, disembarking Isoroku Yamamoto's ashes. ww2dbase [Operation Vengeance | Isoroku Yamamoto | Kisarazu, Chiba | CPC]
• Zuikaku departed Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• USS New Jersey was commissioned into service at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | New Jersey | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
• Submarine Dorado was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored by the wife of Ezra G. Allen. ww2dbase [Electric Boat Company | Dorado | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]

• USS Snook arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Snook | Midway | CPC]

23 May 1943 Interactive Map