Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Seeadler Harbor
November 11th: At sea all day en route to Pearl Harbor. Clock change at noon, received mail in the afternoon. Temperatures 70s-80s, moderate breezes.
November 12th: Continuing to Pearl Harbor. Temperatures 70s-80s, moderate breezes.
November 13th: Another day at sea. Temperatures 70s-80s, moderate
breezes.
November 14th: Continuing on to Pearl Harbor, fueling in afternoon. Temperatures 70s-80s, light to moderate breezes.
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The Navy continues air attacks in the Philippines and is able to sink a cruiser and 8 destroyers during this time. Kamikaze attacks become more frequent.-------------------------
More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 574-577.
- Leyte, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 354-356.
- Events of November, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, November 1944
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