Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
September 30th: At sea until 4 PM, in port after.
October 1st: At sea 10 AM to 4 PM, otherwise in port.
October 2nd: At sea 9 AM to 3 PM, otherwise in port.
October 3rd: At sea 4 AM for the rest of the day. At noon, west of Tanaga Island, Aleutians.
These appear to be routine patrols near Allied bases in the Aleutians.
The Allied Invasion of Italy continued and Naples was liberated on September 30th.
Soviet advances continue on the Eastern Front as Smolensk is liberated.
US forces continued to advance up the Solomons chain and the Japanese plan to evacuate the island of Vella Lavella in the next few days.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 390-391.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 94-99.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-242.
- Events of September, 1943
- Events of October, 1943
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, September, 1943
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