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Old January 17th, 2006, 12:22 AM
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January 16, 1941
-President asks Congress for immediate appropriation of $350 million for 200 new merchant ships.

January 16, 1942
-War Production Board is established to supplant Office of Production Management.

January 16, 1944
-TBF (VC 13) from escort carrier Guadalcanal (CVE-60) sinks German submarine U-544 in mid-Atlantic. U-129 and U-516 are surprised at this fueling rendezvous as well, but both escape.
-U.S. freighter Sumner I. Kimball, straggling from New York-bound convoy ON 219, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-960 in the North Atlantic. There are no survivors from either the 40-man merchant complement or the 29-man Armed Guard.

January 16, 1945
-Destroyer escorts Otter (DE-210), Hubbard (DE-211), Hayter (DE-212), and Varian (DE-798) sink German submarine U-248.
-U.S. freighter Marina is damaged by mine outside of swept channel to Le Havre, France; there are no casualties.
-In the Mediterranean Sea, the non-rigid airship ZPNK 123 is accidentally deflated at Port Lyautey, French Morocco; the envelope is damaged beyond repair.
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