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• Weather data for 30 Oct 1943

• Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Sama (now Sanya), Hainan, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Submarine Runner was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Seahorse sank a small Japanese vessel with her deck gun south of Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• The keel of submarine Sea Cat was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• HMT Gulland was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• A report from German Commander-in-Chief, West Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt appeared on Aold Hitler's desk. It described the shabby situation on the English Channel coast in France. Consequently Field Marshal Erwin Rommel would be despached by the German High Command to insect the Atlantic Wall defences and to submit a report. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• USS Ray arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Rabaul, New Britain to reinforce Rabaul. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol, this time as a member of a wolfpack. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Jean Knox stepped down as the director of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The keel of submarine Springer was laid down at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

30 Oct 1943 Interactive Map