November 2nd, 1945 (FRIDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Destroyer HMS LAGOS is commissioned.
Minesweeper HMS PYRRHUS is commissioned.
PALESTINE: Arabs demonstrate against the British.
CANADA: Frigate HMCS Swansea paid off to reserve Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Minesweeper HMCS LARCH LAKE is completed and assigned to the Soviet Navy as either T-198 or T-193.
U.S.A.: The US Army inactivates the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) at Camp Myles Standish, Mass. This outfit was formed with personnel of Norwegian ancestry and earned campaign streamers for Ardennes-Alsace, Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland. It was assigned to the 474th Inf. Regt. 25 Jan 45. The 99th Inf. Bn. was in Drammen, Norway in August 1945 when the war ended. (Nick Minecci)
Destroyer USS Noa commissioned.