17 Nov 1943
- Shokaku's commanding officer Captain Hiroshi Matsubara was relieved; the successor was unknown. ww2dbase [Shokaku | CPC]
- Koichi Shiozawa passed away from an acute pancreas ailment. ww2dbase [Koichi Shiozawa | CPC]
- Australian 9th Division launched an offensive to take Sattelberg, New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | CPC]
- Soviet troops captured Korosten, Ukraine. ww2dbase [TH]
- Bataan (Independence-class) was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Bataan (Independence-class) | CPC]
- USS Gunnel started her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Gunnel | CPC]
- US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 began training missions in the South Pacific. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Destroyer USS Saufley escorted another convoy of LSTs to Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Bougainville, Solomon Islands | DS]
- Japanese submarine I-176 fired three Type 95 torpedoes at an un-identified enemy submarine south of Truk in the Caroline Islands, claiming two hits. The target was believed to be USS Corvina. ww2dbase [Corvina | Type 95 | Truk | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 entered Drydock No. 1 at Repair Facility No. 103 in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies to receive a new propeller. ww2dbase [Stewart | Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- Foch's wreck was captured by the Germans at Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Foch | Toulon Military Port | Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | CPC]
- Submarine USS Spearfish entered her assigned area in the Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Spearfish | DS]
- The British government announced that Sir Oswald Mosley, well-known British fascist, was to be released from imprisonment due to health reasons, to public protest. ww2dbase [Oswald Mosley | London, England | TH, CPC]
- USS Honolulu departed San Francisco, California bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Honolulu | San Francisco, California | DS]

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