30 Nov 1945
- The US 101st Airborne Division was deactivated. ww2dbase [CPC]
- At the Nuremberg Trials, Rudolph Heß announced that he had been faking insanity and amnesia all along. ww2dbase [Rudolf Heß | CPC]
- Junyo was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Junyo | CPC]
- Kitakami was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Kitakami | CPC]
- McCall was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [McCall | CPC]
- The Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet was officially disbanded. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho was removed from the Japanese Navy List. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- Irako was struck from the Japanese Navy List. ww2dbase [Irako | CPC]
- Yoshijiro Umezu was placed on the reserve list. ww2dbase [Yoshijiro Umezu | CPC]
- Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi formally surrendered to Admiral Louis Mountbatten in Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina. Terauchi agreed that his troops would continue to maintain order in French Indochina. A number of Japanese officers and men, fearing their fate, would slowly desert starting from this date, with some joining and fighting alongside of Viet Minh and Pathet Lao. ww2dbase [Hisaichi Terauchi | Saigon, Cochinchina | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu's position with the Japanese Navy was abolished. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 153 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- I-504 was removed from the Japanese Navy list. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | CPC]
- I-503 was removed from the Japanese Navy list. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]
- The US Naval Dry Docks, Roosevelt Base near Los Angeles, California, United States was renamed Terminal Island Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Los Angeles, California | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived in San Francisco, California, United States with a load of US servicemen. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | San Francisco, California | DS]
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