23 Apr 1944
- Erwin Rommel wrote to Alfred Jodl, noting that if given command over the nearby tank formations he would wipe out any Allied landing attempt in France. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- Anglo-Indian troops attacked Ningthoukhong, India. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed Efate, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [New Mexico | CPC]
- USS Bailey arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- USS Nicholas escorted the transport ships on their withdrawal from the landings at Aitape, New Guinea. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
- USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids the landing areas at Hollandia (Jayapura), Dutch East Indies area of northern New Guinea in support of General Douglas MacArthur's assault on Hollandia. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea | DS]
- USS Pintado arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pintado | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 131 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 151 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 154 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Lt. Cmdr. Thomas B. Oakley, Jr. relieved Lt. Cmdr. Arnold F. Schlade as commanding officer of submarine USS Growler at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Growler | Majuro | DS]
- USS Whale was detected by a Japanese patrol boat 22 kilometers east of Akuseki Shima, Japan, but she was able to escape before the Japanese attacked. ww2dbase [Whale | East China Sea | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines at 0635 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi | CPC]
- American forces conducted marshalling and embarkation drills at Slapton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Exercise Tiger | Slapton, England | CPC]
- With fleet carrier USS Ranger loaded with 76 US Army P-38 Lightning aircraft and escort carrier USS Card loaded with 100 US Army P-51 Mustang fighters and 204 US Army personnel, both ships, along with their escorts, departed New York bound for Casablanca in French Morocco. ww2dbase [Card | Ranger | P-51 Mustang | P-38 Lightning | Staten Island, New York | DS]
- While at Norfolk, Captain Aurelius Bartlett "Abe" Vosseller relieved Captain Dunn as commanding officer of USS Bogue. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Bogue | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
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