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THU 25 NOV 1943
Pacific
Battle of Cape St. George is fought during the early hours as the five ships of Destroyer Squadron 23 (Captain Arleigh A. Burke) intercept five Japanese destroyers (Captain Kagawa Kiyoto) off Cape St. George, New Ireland. Charles Ausburne (DD-570), Claxton (DD-571), and Dyson (DD-572) sink Onami with torpedoes and Yugiri with gunfire; the same three U.S. ships, joined by Spence (DD-512) and Converse (DD-509), sink Makinami with torpedoes and gunfire and damage Uzuki. DESRON 23 suffers no damage.
Destroyer Radford (DD-446) sinks Japanese submarine I-19 north of Gilberts, 03°10'N, 171°55'E.
Submarine Albacore (SS-218) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Kenzan Maru, 00°46'N, 144°50'E.
Submarine Searaven (SS-196) sinks Japanese fleet tanker Toa Maru north of Ponape, 08°22'N, 158°00'W.
USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese installations at Taroa, damaging guardboat Takeura Maru.
Japanese submarine RO 100 is sunk by mine two miles west of Omai Island, outside north channel to Buin.
Atlantic
Advanced Amphibious Base, Salcombe, Devonshire, England, is established.
PB4Y (VB 107) sinks the Indian Ocean-bound German submarine U-849, South Atlantic, 06°30'S, 05°40'W.
Destroyer escort Harveson (DE-316) is damaged when she is accidentally rammed by Canadian fishing vessel O.K. Service off Bermuda, British West Indies.
We'll just note that on 25 NOV 1943
Wake Island was taking on supplies at Astoria, Oregon.
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