14 Nov 1943
- USS Iowa conducted an anti-aircraft and anti-torpedo exercise. A torpedo from destroyer USS William D. Porter nearly hit the battleship by mistake while US President Franklin Roosevelt was on board. ww2dbase [Iowa | CPC]
- After dark, 32 Australian Beaufort aircraft from Goodenough Island off the tip of Australian Papua attacked Rabaul, New Britain in three waves; they caused little damage. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing cruiser Maya and destroyers Samidare and Fumizuki at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Balikpapan, Dutch East Indies at 0000 hours to escort Tango Maru (fomer Dutch ship Toendjoek) and Seito Maru (former British ship Chengtu). ww2dbase [Stewart | Balikpapan, Borneo | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort transport Irako to Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Irako departed Yokosuka, Japan at 1400 hours in convoy No. 3115. ww2dbase [Irako | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- At Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth shifted his flag from USS St. Louis to USS Nashville. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | St. Louis | Nashville | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]
- Allied convoy RA-54A arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]
- Escort carrier USS Bogue and her escorts put to sea on an offensive Hunter-Killer anti-submarine mission along the Atlantic convoy routes between North America and Africa. ww2dbase [Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | Norfolk Navy Yard | Bogue | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
- USS Honolulu conducted sea trials outside the Golden Gate before returning to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Vallejo, California | DS]

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