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• The keel of submarine Sea Cat was laid down at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Sea Cat | CPC]
• HMT Gulland was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Gulland | CPC]
• Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Sama (now Sanya), Hainan, China. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
• Submarine Runner was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [Runner (Gato-class) | CPC]
• USS Seahorse sank a small Japanese vessel with her deck gun south of Japan. ww2dbase [Seahorse | 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 [Gerd von Rundstedt | AC]

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

• Shokaku departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Rabaul, New Britain to reinforce Rabaul. ww2dbase [Shokaku | CPC]

• USS Harder departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol, this time as a member of a wolfpack. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Harder | CPC]

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

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

30 Oct 1943 Interactive Map