October 13th, 1945 (SATURDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Blackpool, Lancashire: The last Vickers Wellington is delivered at Squire's Gate. (22)
MALAYSIA: The evacuation of all former British and Commonwealth POWs to Singapore is completed. A total of 7,801 men, 5,319 of them Australian, are evacuated.
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.
U.S.A.: Aircraft carrier USS Oriskany launched.