Saturday, November 3, 2018

Oklahoma Refloated

WED 3 NOV 1943
Pacific
After months of arduous effort, battleship Oklahoma (BB-37), sunk on 7 December 1941 by Japanese aircraft, is refloated at Pearl Harbor.

U.S. Navy PB4Ys sink Japanese stores ship Minato Maru 19 miles off Ocean Island, 00°53'S, 169°35'E.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese light cruiser Naka (near-miss) and transport (ex-armed merchant cruiser) Kiyozumi Maru off central New Ireland, 02°00'S, 151°30'E; light cruiser Isuzu takes the damaged auxiliary in tow.

USAAF B-24s bomb Japanese ships en route to Rabaul, but score no damage upon their targets, transport (ex-armed merchant cruiser) Gokoku Maru and destroyer Urakaze.

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