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• The US Lighthouse Service, founded in 1789, was incorporated into the US Coast Guard service as a result of the Presidential Reorganization Plan No II. ww2dbase [AC]
• Edmund Wooldridge was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Edmund Wooldridge | CPC]
• Peter Drummond was promoted to the rank of air commodore. ww2dbase [Peter Drummond | CPC]
• Commander Philip Kinney was named the commanding officer of USS Canopus, replacing Commander Graeme Bannerman. ww2dbase [Canopus | CPC]

• Wang Guangfu graduated from the Central Aviation Academy. ww2dbase [Wang Guangfu | CPC]
• Wang Guangfu graduated from the Chinese Air Force Central Aviation Academy. ww2dbase [Wang Guangfu | CPC]

• Hans-Joachim Marseille was promoted to the rank of Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | CPC]
• Lützow was launched at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Lützow | Bremen, Weser-Ems | AG]

• Captain Shutoku Miyazato was made the chief equipping officer of Katori. ww2dbase [Katori | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• The order for the construction of battleships Iowa and New Jersey was issued. ww2dbase [Iowa | New Jersey | CPC]
• (appx date) Planning of the new Essex-class carrier began at the United States Navy's Bureau of Ships at the Washington Navy Yard. ww2dbase [Washington Navy Yard | Essex-class | Washington DC | DS]

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