30 Nov 1942
- HMCS Iroquois (G89) was commissioned into service with Commander W. B. L. Holms in command. ww2dbase [AC]
- Submarine Mingo was launched, sponsored by Mrs. Henry L. Pence. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
- Submarine tender Taigei completed her conversion work and was recommissioned into service as light aircraft carrier Ryuho with Captain Nobishiro Soma in command. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- Angry at the slow progress in Australian Papua, General Douglas MacArthur dismissed the commander of US 32nd Infantry Division, Major General Harding, and replaced him with his corps commander, Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, who he instructed "to take Buna or not come back alive". ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | AC]
- Near Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, US cruisers ambushed a night time fast destroyer convoy led personally by Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka. Tanaka's quick thinking led to a Japanese victory in the Battle of Tassafaronga. Cruisers USS Northampton, USS Pensacola, USS Minneapolis, and USS New Orleans (New Orleans-class) were badly damaged by torpedoes. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Raizo Tanaka | Pensacola | Minneapolis | New Orleans | Northampton | CPC]
- Irako transited the Bungo Strait between Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Irako | CPC]
- USS Wahoo attacked a Japanese freighter with one escorting destroyer; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Wahoo | CPC]
- German Luftwaffe VIII. Fliegerkorps was relieved of all its combat duties. Instead, its aircraft stationed across Rostov Oblast, Russia were ordered to focus on flying supplies into Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Rostov | CPC]
- British 2nd Parachute Battalion reached high ground at Prise de L'Eau in Tunisia one day after having been dropped into the country. ww2dbase [Advance into Tunisia | CPC]
- Ships of Allied convoy QP-15 began to arrive at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

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