Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Pacific Ocean
November 17th: In port all day; temperatures in the 30s, light winds.
November 18th: At sea after 1 PM. Temperatures in the high 30s, strong breezes in the evening.
November 19th: At sea all day. Daly is now leaving the Aleutian Islands and headed for Pearl Harbor. By noon, about 400 miles SE of Adak Harbor. Temperatures in mid-40s, strong winds most of the day.
November 20th: At sea all day. At noon, about 750 miles SSE of Adak Harbor. Temperatures in the 40s, moderate breezes.
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the Solomons, fighting continues on Bougainville Island.
The invasion of the Gilbert Islands began on the 20th, with landings on Makin and Tarawa Islands. Landings on Tarawa were hampered by an incorrect estimation of the tides on the island; many landing boats were destroyed, and Marines had to wade several hundred yards onto the island, so casualties were high.
A large nighttime air raid was conducted on Berlin on the 19th.
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 408-409 .
- Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 120-186.
- 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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