September 9, 1943 - Thursday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS Daly: 

USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska

September 6th: At sea all day.  At noon, just north of Seguam Island, Aleutians.

September 7th:  At sea all day.  At noon, North Pacific about 250 miles south of the Aleutians.

September 8th: At sea all day.  At noon, North Pacific about 600 miles SSE of Adak Harbor.

September 9th: At sea all day.  At noon, about 420 miles SE of Adak Harbor.

Temperatures are remaining in the 50s with light to moderate breezes during this time.

These appear to be routine patrols around the area between Adak, Attu, and Kiska.

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The Allied Invasion of Italy continued with landings around Salerno.  Although Italian leaders had reached an armistice with the Allies, Axis troops opposed the landings around the Gulf of Salerno.

On the eastern front, Soviet troops enter Donetsk.  As it has become clear that Germany has lost the initiative in the east, Himmler orders a scorched-earth policy on the retreat.

 

More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 381-383. 
• Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 22-96.
• Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-239.
• Events of September, 1943  
  
• Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, September, 1943

 

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