Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) - Seeadler Harbor
November 3rd:.. Arrived at Seeadler Harbor mid-day, in port rest of day. Temperatures 70s-80s,
moderate breezes overnight turning to light
winds.
November 4th: In port all day. Captain Visser was relieved of command by Captain Bradley. Captain Visser to report for duty to the amphibious service, ComPhibPac. A number of officers and men reporting onboard for transportation. Temperatures 70s-80s, light winds.
November 5th: In port all day. Temperatures 70s-80s, moderate breezes.
November 6th: In port all day. Temperatures 70s-80s, light to moderate breezes.
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The Japanese began their balloon-bombing of the United States, taking advantage of the strengthened jet stream in the Pacific during the winter months.
Ravenna, Italy fell to the Allies. The Allies have a goal of capturing Bologna by the end of the year.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 570-572.
- Leyte, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 346-346.
- Events of November, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, November 1944
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