Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - New York
July 12th: In port all day.
July 13th: In port all day.
July 14th: In port all day.
July 15th: At sea at 9 AM for the rest of the day.
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Daly would soon depart New York and transit through the Panama Canal to the Pacific, initially arriving at San Diego. Daly would be in the screen of the new Essex-class carrier Lexington (CV-16), named after the carrier earlier lost during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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The Allied Invasion of Sicily continued with Allied advances inland on the southern part of the island.
In Russia, at the Battle of Kursk,
the German northern offensive had stalled but the southern arm of the
German pincer was still advancing. German leadership was beginning to
contemplate calling off the attack and diverting troops to Italy to
blunt the Allied invasion there.
The naval Battle of Kolombangara took place in the Solomon Islands near New Georgia and Kolombangara Island. One Japanese cruiser and one US destroyer was sunk, and 3 allied cruisers were damaged enough to be out of action for significant time. Japanese troops were landed on New Georgia.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 359-361.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-54.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 160-191.
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