UNITED KINGDOM: Blackpool, Lancashire: The last Vickers Wellington is delivered at Squire's Gate. (22)
CANADA: Frigate HMCS Capilano completed tropicalization refit, Shelburne , Nova Scotia.
Minesweepers HMCS Port Hope, Westmount, Ganaonque and Nipigon paid off Sydney, Nova Scotia and laid up Shelburne, Nova Scotia. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.:Aircraft carrier USS Oriskany launched. (Dave Shirlaw)