7 Feb 1945
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- German demolition of Ruhr floodgates flooded the area west of Köln, Germany, inhibiting Allied action. ww2dbase [Fall of the Ruhr | TH]
- Kriegsmarine cruisers assisted with naval gunfire to halt Soviet attacks near Königsberg, Germany. ww2dbase [East Prussian Offensive | TH]
- USS Carbonero was commissioned into service, Commander Charlton Murphy, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Carbonero | CPC]
- USS Parche sank Japanese transport Okinoyama Maru east of Taiwan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- USS Nicholas arrived at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
- A Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb paper envelope, some rigging, and pieces of the ballast dropping apparatus were found near Provost, Alberta, Canada. Two men were injured during the recovery of this balloon. ww2dbase [Provost, Alberta | DS]
- A Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb paper envelope, some rigging, and pieces of the ballast dropping apparatus were found near Provost, Alberta, Canada. Two men were injured during the recovery of this balloon. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Provost, Alberta | DS]
- USS Bergall fired eight torpedoes at a Japanese convoy east of Cam Rahn Bay, French Indochina, damaing two oilers with three hits. ww2dbase [Bergall | Cam Ranh | CPC]
- The keel of U-3056 was laid down on Slip V of AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [U-3056 | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
- Captain William Sinton was named the commanding officer of USS Ticonderoga. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | CPC]
- USS Sennet departed Saipan, Mariana Islands for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Sennet | Saipan | CPC]
- German V-2 rocket hit the railway sidings near Barking Marches, London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]
- USS Franklin departed San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- USS Shangri-La departed San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | San Diego, California | CPC]
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