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• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the oil refinery at Misburg, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Misburg | DS]

• USS Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
• Submarine USS Saury ended her eleventh war patrol at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. ww2dbase [Saury | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Soviet and Yugoslavian troops crossed the Danube River, taking large swathes of southwestern Hungary. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | TH]

• Three Brazilian battalions attacked Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy at 0700 hours. The poor weather precluded support from the air and by the attached three platoons of US tanks. The attack was repulsed by the afternoon. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

• At about 0315 hours, after seven hours of silent pursuit after the zigzagging Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, USS Archerfish fired six torpedoes at the target from her bow tubes. After observing two hits, the submarine dove; while diving, the carrier was seen beginning to list, and two more detonations were heard. An escorting Japanese destroyer dropped 14 depth charges, causing no damage. In the mean time, Shinano suffered uncontrollable flooding on the starboard side. Escorting destroyers Yukikaze, Hamakaze, and Isokaze rescued survivors. While underwater, the crew of Archerfish reported observing breaking up noises for 47 minutes. The carrier sank after about 7 hours. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Hamakaze | Shinano | Archerfish | CPC]
• USS Sunfish sank Japanese ship Daiboshi Maru in the Yellow Sea. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | Yellow Sea | CPC]
• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
• Destroyer USS Shaw and her convoy were attacked by one Nakajima Ki-43 (Oscar) and two Nakajima B6Ns (Jill) with no damage to ships or planes. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Shaw | Philippine Sea | DS]

• USS Sennet departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Sennet | Balboa | CPC]

• US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, USS Montpelier, and USS Portland, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Cony, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Edwards, USS Mugford, and USS Connor, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a Japanese air attack where special attack aircraft damaged Maryland, Saufley, and Aulick. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Portland | Columbia | Minneapolis | Montpelier | Renshaw | Mugford | New Mexico | Saufley | Waller | Pringle | Denver | Maryland | West Virginia | Tokko "Kamikaze" Special Attack Doctrine | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Leyte Gulf, Leyte | DS]
• USS Colorado and USS St. Louis departed Leyte Gulf bound for Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Colorado | Leyte Gulf | DS]

• Allied convoy JW-62 departed Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

• USS Wake Island took on two new air squadrons and departed San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Wake Island | San Francisco, California | CPC]

• After six very successful war patrols, LtCdr J.S. Coye was relieved of command of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides at Midway. Cdr J.C. Nichols assumed command. ww2dbase [Silversides | Midway | DS]

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