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• Omar Bradley was promoted to the permanent rank of colonel. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
• USS Scorpion attacked a Japanese convoy in the Mariana Islands with four torpedoes, damaging oiler Shiretoko with one hit. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
• Adolf Hitler officially upheld Kaiser Wilhelm II's previous decree and bestowed upon Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach the name Krupp, making him the official head of the Krupp family conglomerate Friedrich Krupp AG. ww2dbase [Alfried Krupp | CPC]
• USS Bailey departed Efate, New Hebrides bound for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• USS Ray departed Milne Bay, British Territory of Papua for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]

• Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Shokaku returned to Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Truk | CPC]
• About 100 miles northeast of Truk, submarine USS Thresher scored three torpedo hits on the 5,000-ton Japanese freighter Muko Maru, which sank within minutes. Within a minute of firing her first torpedo salvo, Thresher fired three more torpedoes at an estimated 8,000-ton merchant ship in the same convoy with unobserved results. Thresher was then subjected to what was described as a "mild" depth charge attack. ww2dbase [Thresher | Hall Islands | DS]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the port facilities at Bremen, Germany but only one out of 21 bombers launched actually dropped bombs due to weather. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Bremen | DS]

• USS St. Louis arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Walden Ainsworth | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• Submarine USS Narwhal entered Puluan Bay, Mindoro, Philippines and delivered the ten Philippine Army commandos and their 46 tons of supplies. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Puluan Bay, Mindoro | DS]

13 Nov 1943 Interactive Map