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• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kupang, Timor and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
• USS Nicholas escorting USS Rochambeau arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• USS S-44 departed Attu, US Territory of Alaska for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [S-44 | Attu | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 took on fuel, water, and provisions at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Stewart | Surabaya, Java | CPC]

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

• Otto Skorzeny presented three Knight's Cross medals at the Harvest Thanksgiving festival at the Berlin Sportpalast in Germany. In the early afternoon, he had lunch with Joseph Goebbels and his family. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | Berlin | CPC]

• USS Cero departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Cero | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
• USS Grayback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Grayback | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Large scale riots began taking place on the streets of Naples, Italy. ww2dbase [Naples Uprising | Napoli, Campania | CPC]

• Naka arrived at Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Naka | Jaluit | CPC]

• The survivors of Norwegian merchant ship Skjelbred, which was sunk by German submarine U-238, were landed in St. Johns, Newfoundland on 26 September. ww2dbase [St. John's | HM]

• USS Bluefish sank a Japanese patrol ship and damaged a transport south of Celebes, Dutch East Indies, hitting the patrol ship with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired and the transport with 1 of 5 torpedose fired. ww2dbase [Bluefish | Java Sea | CPC]

26 Sep 1943 Interactive Map