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• The escort carrier USS Block Island was torpedoed by a German U-boat while on anti-submarine patrol near the Azores. This was the first and only US Navy Aircraft Carrier to be lost in the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [AC]
• The Anglo-Indian attack on Ninthoukgong, India was halted after capturing the northern half of the town. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
• Taking advantage of their range, US bombers began hitting Marienburg and Posen in eastern Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco. ww2dbase [Bogue | Casablanca | DS]

• U-23 sank Soviet motor tug Smelyj with one of two torpedoes fired just off the Georgian coast at 1256 hours, killing eleven. Soviet ships responded with a two-hour depth charge attack, but U-23 was able to escape. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Air Group 28 arrived on board. Part of CASU-48, CASU-49, arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for the Central Pacific. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
• Destroyer USS Shaw departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii en route Kwajalein. ww2dbase [Shaw | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• US 1st Armored Division engaged German defensive positions of the Caesar C Line south of Rome, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | CPC]

• Destroyer Yuzuki arrived at Sasebo, Japan for refitting. ww2dbase [Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Yuzuki | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
• Nachi refueled from oiler Teiyo Maru in Kawauchi Bay, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Kawauchi Bay, Aomori | CPC]

• USS Whale released destroyer USS Cassin from escort duty off Majuro, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• USS Permit damaged a Japanese transport between Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 8 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]

• William Sample became the commanding officer of USS Hornet, relieving Miles Browning. ww2dbase [Miles Browning | CPC]
• While shifting berths under the control of a Coast Guard harbor pilot, destroyer escort USS Tabberer rammed a floating drydock in Galveston Bay, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Tabberer | Henry Plage | Galveston Bay, Texas | DS]
• William Sample became the commanding officer of USS Hornet, relieving Miles Browning. ww2dbase [Hornet (Essex-class) | CPC]

29 May 1944 Interactive Map