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• USS Hoe fired 7 torpedoes at a Japanese tanker, damaging her with 2 hits. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Parche ended her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Edward R. Stettinius Jr. became secretary of state of the United States after the retirement of Cordell Hull. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• He Yingqin traveled from Chongqing to Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Boarfish arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• SMERSH operatives attached to Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front arrested Hungarian Count István Bethlen in Hungary. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS New Mexico departed Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Shamrock Bay embarked the aircraft of US Navy squadron VC-93 at San Diego, California, United States; the aircraft of VC-42 were already on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

2 Dec 1944 Interactive Map