28 Oct 1939
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
- German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee received fuel from and transferred British prisoners to tanker Altmark near Tristan de Cunha in the South Atlantic. ww2dbase [Altmark Incident | Admiral Graf Spee | Altmark | CPC]
- USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pollack | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Alpino Bagnolini was launched in Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Alpino Bagnolini | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]
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