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• USS Trepang departed for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Trepang | CPC]
• US First and Ninth Armies began attacking east of Aachen, Germany, aimed at the Roer Dams. ww2dbase [TH]
• With sufficient ports now usable by the Allies in Europe, the Red Ball Express was shut down. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Becuna departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Becuna | CPC]
• USS Guitarro arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Guitarro | CPC]
• USS Ray fired two torpedoes at a grounded Japanese transport in the Philippine Islands; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
• Battleship USS Maryland with cruisers USS St. Louis and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Taylor, USS Lang, USS McCord, USS Trathen, USS Hazelwood, and USS MacDonough arrived at Leyte Gulf, Philippines and joined a task group patrolling the gulf’s entrance. ww2dbase [Maryland | St. Louis | Columbia | Nicholas | DS]

• The tank commanded by Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers of the 761st Tank Battalion hit a mine while advancing on the town of Guébling, France. The tank was disabled and Rivers received an injury that slashed his leg to the bone. Rivers refused a medical evacuation and took command of another tank. ww2dbase [Advance to the Saar | Ruben Rivers | Guébling, Lorraine | DS]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid in support of the US Army troops against German positions at Eschweiler, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Eschweiler | DS]

• USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for Eniwetok, Marshall Islands after conducting 16 days of gunnery exercises in Hawaiian waters. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Brunei, Borneo to escort a task force to Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• USS Segundo departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Segundo | Majuro | CPC]

• USS Sterlet sank a small Japanese submarine chaser in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with one of four torpedoes. ww2dbase [Sterlet | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Sabtang of Babuyan Islands, Philippines at 1428 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Sabtang, Babuyan | CPC]

• German V-2 rocket hit Collier Row in Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, killing 12 and injuring 32. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | Romford, England | CPC]

16 Nov 1944 Interactive Map