November 2, 1944 - Thursday - 80 years ago today

Status - John Skinner - USS Daly: 

USS Daly (DD-519) - Seeadler Harbor

October 30th:..Daly is returning with destroyer and cruiser task groups to Hollandia, New Guinea, having completed tasks in Leyte Gulf.  Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.

October 31st:   Task groups still en route to Hollandia.  Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.

November 1st:  Continuing return to Hollandia.  Temperatures 70s-80s, moderate breezes.

November 2nd:  Reached Hollandia mid-day, soon after steamed out of harbor, destination Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands.  Temperatures 70s-80s, light breezes.  

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Having completed action at Leyte Gulf, Daly with its task group is returning to Seeadler Harbor.  Kamikaze damage continues for the ships remaining at Leyte; one destroyer is sunk, and several ships are damaged, including 2 carriers.

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More Information:

• Official Navy Chronology, pp. 568-570.
• Leyte, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 312-346.
  
• Events of October, 1944
• Events of November, 1944
  
• Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, October 1944
• Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, November 1944
  

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