Events occurring on Wednesday, January 5, 1944, World At War Timeline.com: In January 1944, the German blockade runner Burgenland was picked up on USS Omaha's surface radar and was stopped by shellfire from the cruiser's 6-inch guns. Instead of resisting, Burgenland's captain ordered the ship to be scuttled. Survivors of her crew were rescued by USS Omaha and another warship without resistance.
