Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
October 4th: At sea all day. At noon, northeast of Adak Island. Temperatures high 40s, light breezes.
October 5th: At sea until 6 PM, then in harbor. At noon, just northeast of Adak Harbor. Temperatures high 40s, light breezes.
October 6th: At sea after 11 AM. Temperatures high 40s, light breezes.
October 7th: At sea all day. At noon, near Attu Island, Aleutians. Temperatures high 40s, moderate breezes.
These appear to be routine patrols near Allied bases in the Aleutians.
The Allied Invasion of Italy
continued; with Naples liberated, the Allies faced 4 Axis defensive lines, each of which stretched across the county south of Rome. The first was the Volturno line, named for the river that defined its western side. It ran northeast from the Volturno to the city of Termoli.
US forces fought the battle of Vella Lavella on October 6-7, with the loss of one destroyer on each side. Vella Lavella Island is evacuated by the Japanese.
The new carriers recently arrived in the Pacific continue air strikes. A fleet of six carriers with escorts carried out an attack and bombardment of Wake Island on the 6th and 7th. After this attack, the remaining original US defenders of Wake were summarily executed and buried in a mass grave.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 391-394.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 92-99.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 233-252.
- Events of September, 1943
- Events of October, 1943
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, October, 1943
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