15 Nov 1944




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- Seisho Maru departed from Moji, Japan with convoy MI-27 for Miri, Borneo. ww2dbase [Seisho Maru | CPC]
- USS Bugara was commissioned into service with Commander A. F. Schade in command. ww2dbase [Bugara | CPC]
- USS Hawkbill departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho disembarked Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa and was relieved of duty as the admiral's flagship. As the Mobile Fleet was disbanded, she was transferred to Carrier Division 1 of the Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw departed New Guinea bound for Leyte Gulf as an escort for a convoy of 50 auxiliary and supply ships. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Shaw | Biak, New Guinea | DS]
- Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation of over 115,000 Meskhetian Turks from southern Georgia to Central Asia. Somewhere between 30,000 to 50,000 deportees would die of starvation during transit. No reason was given for the deportation; historians speculated that it was part of Stalin's preparations against a possible war with Turkey some time in the future. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation of over 115,000 Meskhetians from their homeland in southern Georgia. ww2dbase [Deportation of Caucasian, Altaic, and Turkish Peoples | CPC]
- Albert Leo Schlageter, which had struck a mine on the previous day near Rügen, Germany and kept afloat by a stern tow by sister ship Horst Wessel, was met by large ships which would tow her to Swinemünde, Germany for repairs. ww2dbase [Horst Wessel | Rügen, Pommern | CPC]
- Oliver Leese set up his headquarters at Barrackpore, India. ww2dbase [Oliver Leese | Barrackpore, Bengal | CPC]
- Unryu was assigned to Carrier Division 1. ww2dbase [Unryu | CPC]
- Japanese Navy pilot Ensign Katsuo Takahashi was dispatched to Aichi's factory to take delivery of a completed Seiran aircraft for flight testing. ww2dbase [M6A Seiran | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 145 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- USS Kete reached her patrol area in the East China Sea. ww2dbase [Kete | East China Sea | CPC]
- USS Sterlet attacked a Japanese patrol vessel in the Pacific Ocean with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Sterlet | CPC]
- At the White House in Washington DC, United States, President Franklin met with industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. ww2dbase [RAF Woodhall Spa | Franklin Roosevelt | Henry Kaiser | Washington, DC | DS]




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