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• Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, USS DeHaven, and USS Radford arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a Hurricane fighter over Burma, his 16th victory. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | CPC]

• A Japanese convoy carrying Japanese Army troops transferred from China departed Truk, Caroline Islands for Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Truk | CPC]
• Repair ship Akashi began repairing seaplane tender Sanyo Maru and destroyers Kagero and Oyashio at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Journalist Richard Dimbleby flew in a British No. 106 Squadron Lancaster bomber over Berlin, Germany during a raid to record a live report, which was broadcast by the BBC on the following day. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | CPC]

• Nachi arrived at Paramushiro (Paramushir), Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [Nachi | Paramushiro, Hokkaido | CPC]
• USS Haddock fired 3 torpedoes at a convoy, sinking an oiler 10 miles south of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan with 1 hit. ww2dbase [Haddock | Shizuoka | CPC]

• USS Finback sank a Japanese patrol boat south of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Finback | CPC]
• USS Whale sank Japanese freighter Heiyo Maru between Truk, Caroline Islands and Japan, hitting her with 7 of 9 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• USS Grayback fired torpedoes at destroyer, which was escorting a freighter, in the Solomon Sea; the torpedoes missed, and Grayback was subjected to 19 depth charges, which caused a serious leak that would force her to cut her patrol short. ww2dbase [Grayback | Solomon Sea | CPC]

• Allied convoy JW-52 departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Liverpool, England | CPC]

• Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card arrived at North Island, San Diego, California, United States for an eight hour refueling stop and to embark Composite Squadron VC-1. Card then got underway again, bound for the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Card | San Diego, California | DS]

17 Jan 1943 Interactive Map