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• US 3rd Armored Division used M26 Pershing heavy tanks in combat for the first time near the Roer River in the Belgian-German border region. ww2dbase [M26 Pershing/M46 | CPC]
• Omar Bradley gave George Patton the authority to make advances toward the Rhine River. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | CPC]
• USS Nicholas departed Subic Bay bound for Lingayen Gulf, Luzon. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• The keel of U-3060 was laid down on Building Ways IV at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [U-3060 | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]

• Fighter quadron VF-80 from USS Hancock flew one fighter sweep against Tokyo, Japan; no aircraft were lost. ww2dbase [Hancock | Tokyo | DS]
• USS Wisconsin escorted carriers as the carrier aircraft attacked Hachino, Japan. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids to bomb and strafe airfields in the vicinity of Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Tokyo | DS]
• Minoru Ota was made the commanding officer of Okinawa Area Auxiliary Base Force. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | Okinawa | CPC]

• USS Hoe sank Japanese convoy escort ship Shonan with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired from periscope depth in the South China Sea. ww2dbase [Hoe | South China Sea | CPC]

• Palawan attack force, with USCGC Spencer as flagship and destroyer USS Shaw as screening vessel, conducted a rehearsal landing off Mindoro, Philippines. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Spencer | Shaw | Mangarin, Mindoro | DS]

• US aircraft attacked neutral Portuguese Macau. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The former German ship F7, now in Soviet service, was renamed Buran. ww2dbase [F7 | CPC]

• USS Alabama exited a drydock at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States. ww2dbase [Alabama | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | CPC]

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