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• Denver was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Denver | CPC]

• Leonardo da Vinci sighted another submarine in the Atlantic Ocean at 2030 hours and lost contact with her at 2055 hours. ww2dbase [Leonardo da Vinci | CPC]

• Japanese cruisers bombarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. During the day, US Marine Aircraft Group 14 under Lieutenant Colonel Albert Cooley relieved Marine Aircraft Group 23 as the unit in charge of maintaining Henderson Field. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for destroyer Minegumo at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Sun Du was named the deputy commanding officer of the 1st Army. ww2dbase [Sun Du | CPC]

• US Navy radio intelligence officer Joseph Rochefort, serving in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, received a telegraph from his wife noting that Rochefort's father had passed away in California, United States. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Joseph Rochefort | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Carrier USS Enterprise, with destroyer USS Shaw among her escorts, departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for the Solomon Islands ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Enterprise | Shaw | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• The entire staff of the Soviet 339th Infantry Regiment was wiped out by German air attacks at Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | CPC]

16 Oct 1942 Interactive Map