10 Nov 1945


- United States Secretary of War Robert Patterson ordered all cyclotrons in Japan destroyed. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | CPC]
- Submarine R-1 was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [R-1 | CPC]
- USS Bailey made a refueling stop at Eniwetok before resuming her voyage to San Diego. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- USS Saint Paul arrived at Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | Shanghai | CPC]
- British Indian troops, supported by tanks, aircraft, and naval guns, assaulted Surabaya, Java, Indonesia against Communist fighters. The campaign would last three weeks, granting the British control of the city but at a high cost in lives. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- The Lao Issara government announced that it no longer recognized Prince Savangvatthana as the crown prince. ww2dbase [Laos | CPC]
- USS DD-224 arrived at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Stewart | Nakagusuku, Okinawa | CPC]
- Submarine USS Thresher transited the Panama Canal and set a course for the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine. ww2dbase [Thresher | Panama Canal | DS]



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