Sited Task Group consisting of the light cruiser USS Brooklyn, US destroyers USS Trippe and Edison and British destroyers HMS Trowbridge, Tyrien, and Teaser standing toward ourTask Group.

Iowa Task Group changed base course to 90 degrees (true).

USS Iowa Task Group 27.5 joined the USS Brooklyn Task Group and on orders of Rear Adm. L. A. Davidson USN, Commander of the Combined Task Group assumed base control of USS Brooklyn Task Group, 45 degrees (true).

Set all ship's clocks ahead one hour to conform to Zone Minus One time.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff met with FDR. This meeting adjourned at 5:10 pm.

All ships of the Combined Task Group went to "General Quarters" in readiness for possible enemy air or submarine attack.

Combined Task Group increased speed to 27 knots.

Combined Task Group entered swept channel leading through the Straits of Gibraltar.

Combined Task Group entered Straits of Gibraltar. USS Ellyson, Rodman, and Emmons left our company to proceed to Gibraltar.

After passing through Straits of Gibraltar, our Task Group cruised at various speeds and on various courses throughout the night, adjusted so as to facilitate our arrival at Oran, Algeria - at daybreak the following day - Saturday 11/20/43. USS Iowa now in the Mediterranean Sea

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