Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
September 22nd: In port all day. Temps high 40s, light breezes.
September 23rd: At sea from 2 PM. Temps low 50s, light breezes.
September 24th: At sea all day. At noon, about 450 miles SE of Adak Island. Low 50s, light winds.
September 25th: At sea until 6 PM, returned to Adak Harbor. High 40s, moderate winds. Fueling in the evening.
These appear to be routine patrols near Allied bases in the Aleutians.
The Allied Invasion of Italy continued as Allied troops approached Naples and prepared to attack.
Fighting also continued in New Guinea as Allied troops advanced north of Lae.on the Huon Peninsula
The fall of Smolensk, Russia on September 25th to Soviet forces accelerated the German retreat from the Soviet Union.
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 387-389.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 94-99.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-242.
- Events of September, 1943
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, September, 1943
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