Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands, Alaska
November 13th: At sea 8 AM to 5 PM. At noon, near Adak Island. Temperatures low-40s, strong breezes through the afternoon.
November 14th: At sea 9 AM to 6 PM. Temperatures high-30s, light to moderate breezes through the day.
November 15th: At sea all day after 8 AM. High-30s, strong breezes in the afternoon.
November 16th: At sea until 5 PM. Temperatures in the mid-30s, moderate breezes.
These appear to be routine patrols near Allied bases in the Aleutians. Daly would soon depart Alaska for Pearl Harbor.
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the Solomons, the fight for Bougainville continued. Air raids were conducted on Japanese airfields on the island, and also on Rabaul, about 275 miles away.
Naval forces for Operation Galvanic (invasion of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands) began to converge on the target. Long-distance bombing raids on the Gilberts were conducted from islands east of the chain. D-Day for the invasion was set for the 20th.
Further reconnaissance of German installations at Peenemunde reveal the development of the V-1 and V-2 rocket programs. These weapons were later used to great effect on Allied cities. A bombing campaign was not effective in slowing the development of these weapons.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 407-408.
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 114-120.
- Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 330-349.
- Events of November, 1943
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, November, 1943
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