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1O Decenber 1945

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liew S t a t lo n , Sworn lnto U. S . Nav a l Re s e rv e a t Re c ru lt ln g P hi}ad . e lo h 1 a , P a . Ru -o o rt e d t o lia v y Y a rd t Custons liou.se, for dut y e s E a d lo T e c h n lc la n Z n d . Cle s s ' Pbliadeloi:la, S e h o o l, G ro v e Clt y Co li e g e , R ercrted ta U. S . I,i a v a 1 T ra ln ln g a n d F . a d io in E le me n t a ry E J -e c t rlc lt y :a. for lnst:'uetlon I.ia:er1e1, $ e h o o l, T re a s u re - 1 e:-.or!ed io E . S . Nav y , Ra d lo Ma t e rle l ln Ra d lo , B a d a r a n d $ o u n d in s t ru c t lo n i e1e.n11, Calif . for ;i a-"eriel-.
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to '[J. S . S u b ma rln e B a s e , Ne w L o n d o n , $ O rs ] . f o r ASslgned tral-nlng 1n Subrrarlne radar and sound materlel. rtlno sor.rnd' tralnlng to USS i{AC-fuRE!-Jcr one to-.-Subad., $are Island' I{avy Yard, Ca1lf . for

6 / 5 / 4 3 - asslgned 6/2a/$

furt6eil'So-d.

s. Paclflc Fleet.

(Arl)

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- Departed $alr Fnanelseo, Cal1f . on ti$$ ffi$DERSoN bound for Pearl Harbor vla E1Lo, Harall.. Arrlved. SlLo, Hawa11.

6/sa/43
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Amlved Pearl Earbor, Oahu. Asslgned. to Submrarl.neDivlslon Lzz, worklng from II$$ GRrrFrN, a$Lg. ,.i i_ . _t^. , a I :. !'G.L"4A' +e Jlto/!1tL. /i"Lt &sslgned to U$s PADDLE, SS265. Dspart,ed Pearl Harbor for Eldway Islandr o1r flrst lrar patrol.

Departed. Sldway L for statlon ln coastaL waters of Japan. Somewhere between Kobe and. Tolqro. convoy off Kobe. F1red. four flsb; Stghted flrst - Frlday Lgth. both dud.s. Soore! NlL - recelved 86 depth made two hits; charges and kept dosrn L6 bours. MARUr ATAKA PneY "tr' Luwt s shlp convoy not far from Kobe. - Attacked flve oscorts. $ank the lt3esion l'nr nEhree cargo '\t{{ Fv!J:= shlps and. two I sGS tons, Eecelved. one 6"ir"i-6b*u-""4,ivoi] r., wtth two flsh; mlssed others. Frlor to thls attackr $e had. entered. a ' ij>" jftg ?4 depth charges. ,i,"_ sma1l bay and took I bombs before escaplng. -;_;,...,
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e/L3/43

Arrlved. Hld.way I.

enroute

to Pearl

Harbor.

/.L4i.r!j:&." t"o

"n

war patrol; Arrlved Pearl Earbor after flrst at Royal Sawallan Hotel for slx d.ay 3111eted Asslgned. to. U$S GRIFF'IN, $u6.Dlv. Asslgned. to U$S GRIFFIN for ( 1) duty 122 rellef

5 ',, " '': -'; Suicessful-o perlod. rest

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cr es. shop.

ln radar repalr

- L0G, contlnued. L!/?,8l43 L?/2L/43 L2/23/43 L2/25/4s .A,ssigned.to USS DARTER' S$22?. Departod Pearl Harbor on war patrol. '&rrived Johnston Island to refuel; departed same day.

Turned. baek for PearL Earbor due to a leak dlseovered 1n spoed. through ed.ge of hurrlcane Golng fuIl after trlm tank. which caused b.eaqy seas to crumple the forward decklng and' Very rough' constantly flood eor:nlng towerr etc.

L2/29/43 * In drydock, Pearl Sarbor Navy Yard., where bottrrTn was seraped. and palnted by shlps I conrpany. Departed once eore for Johnston I.

t/e-//.rl .tfi /44

L/As/44

L/5/44

Arrlved. Johnston I.
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Crossed f6otrr lderldlan

Crossed equator for
iir

'

(gra time for me)

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L/6L/44 e/i/q{ 2/ 4/4+

Arrlved

ftrlag$'Is

t -#{*'l f*f5."uffi' r"p*r"u[-l , {

SoS.omon Islands. Departed Z/Z/++ oa

f lrs t llime .

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- Arrlved. Port wa r p a tro l ..

Purvis,

A-r^L [;-/i

2l e/44 z/ts/44

Arrlved M1lne Bay, New Gulnea. - Tted alongs.1d.e of USS Departed. 2/8/44. FIILT0ISfpr fuel and. repalrs. (ns ti) .&rrlved. Dreger Harbor, Iilew Gulnea to refuel. of about 6000 tons d.lsplacement. Attacked. frelghter Slnklng 2I deptb cb.arges and gunflre at perlsedpe. flrmed.. At least d.amaged. Reeelved not con6

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2/L6/44

;*Uu{^J, $tatloned. a few mlles off the lsS.anc1s$l^VS- Flrst Tnrk Attao$. Eeavy expLos'i[ons heard Remalned. submerged. sLL daye no actlon. from sua-up to sun-dofin as camler pLaaes raLded. the fortress. Contacted'one t{lp erulser essaplng to ths lFest bnt sas unabLe foo far. to reach it, slaee he was golng too fast (95 krrots). Arrlved. !filLne*Fay." -Departed. next mornlng enroute .&ustraLla. e.a 4 /s/ tsz fl"7-74 DeaE. .l.Sl dei.ra and rest. Arrlved Brlsbaner Queonslarrd.r Austrdlla for reflt Departed. Brlsbane on 2nd. war patrol (nry 5rd)

e/es/Qq 2/2s/44

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6/t7 /44 3/zL/44 3/41lqq 3/?5/44 a/60/44

A-trrived lfilIne Bay to refueL.

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rrnscharen reruor. ro

E tnsb'Ntl Sjoad

Recelved Contacted and. sank one Jap cargo shlprl?6 toris. 14 depth charges but ss. we were surface-d" three m1les awayt Sank wlth radar. lt was peaceful.. ArrLved. Port Darwln, l{ortb,ern Terrltory,
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t-uJir(AwA Mnnu.tYtrl

4/2e/44

Aust'raIla

to refuef.

- LOGr conttnued 5/25/44

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Arclved. Seead.ler Bay, Admlralty Island.s for refLt and. rest. Bllleted 1n Quonset huts on palm tr ee cover ed lsland, J us t ll ke th e o 1 d . tra ve l poster s.
- Departed on 5rd. war patrol (my 4th)

6/2t/44

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off - 0n statlon Jap mlnelayer.

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lAlndanaor Phllllplne lslands. Sank 44OO ton the ilOI$OSSA***" ReeeLved. 24 deoth eh.arges.
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f.ol tItN ,

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8/ 8/44 e/ L/44 e/Lo/44

- Arrlved

Seedd.ler Bay to refuel.

Departed sane d.ay. fook off (ny sth) comlng througb off Inward to Toowooaba,

and. rest. for reflt - At'rlved Brlsbane to vlslt fr lend.s. - 9 O m1 l e s 1 n 1 a n d - Departed. Bnlsbane on 4th var patrol - Arrlved Port Darwln to refuol Passage, departed. same d.ay. - D-Day ln $outhwest Pac1flc. Iior.md.ed. Morotal. I1ke Truk. after

eft5/44 elle/4+

0n statlon

Halmabera and. Recelved.tr o

i:i.,.,1r.911ii{.ii,

- On sta tl o n o ff C o l ebes Island. ln Celebes Sea. bombs from a Jap float type planeo

9/26/44 - Arrlveui;1t'i"i*rra,
and fuel,

'Dutch

nu* Guinea for f lve day ref lt

Departed LO/L/4+.-

$aw Cbarlle

Helntz.

..ss*.lsN.i..' ($ rt/

ta/r2/44

0n statlon off PaLawan Island, Ph1lllplrlosr d.amagedtwo Jap tankers; left one burnlng. bombg.

Attacked and Recelved some

tq/y

/44 - Chased. eonvoy but yras unabLe to flre because they eniered. shallow water and vrent out of range. USS DAOE, part of our small task group frMrr sank one transport. r (cw ,."t- i) Lo/zLl44 Contacted two battleshlps e.nd a d.estroyer. Follored them for elght hours but could not reach tJrem. 'Ihelr speed was t o o g re a t.
.

Lo/4/44

- Contacted large task foree;

eleven unlts nere d.eteeted. by proved. to be L5 destroyers, 5 cruisers and. 2 c,D-..r. rad.ar. l!3ere r altogether. battleshlps Attaeked at OSS1next mornlng afterY.ry rytraeklng them all nlght. Flred ten flsh, scored nlne, ,W$pr,^.ll "ll trFlrst flve hlt the flagshlp, the heavy cruiser ATAGOT;tdtIfch"sank 1n 1.5 mlnutos. $ext throe hlt a second. beavy ciulser, the TAKA0. One mlssed,; the last one agatn struek the TAKAO, setting her aflre. {$1nce found. ln Slngapore dryd.ock heavlly danaged). ResulteI one CA sank, one CA severely damaged. IJSS DACS sank another heavy crulser. Recelved. 55 d.epth charges, whlle tracklng the IAKAO whlch had been got und.er control and underway, burnlng all day but flnally ran aground at fuAL speed" onto Bombay $hoaIs ln South Chlna -Could not be floated. offr even at Flgh tlder so prepared. Sea.

Lo/24/44 - OO0S loca1 tlmo;

(s)

LOGr contlnued. La/24/44 - to destroy a3-l equlp&ent and. papers and. set tlme eharges, Ftnally laken off ln rubber boats by USS DACE. !'our flsh v{ere flred. at the U$S DABIER but 1t was too hlg]r and. dry to }-lt. It r;as thbn shelled and set afire but the task was aot completed because tbe TS$ DACEwas bombed.by a Jap plane. e$e bosbs. (:tt l-\1) -'ur*-(t:i:

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Arrlved
1-n,Perth
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l?enantle,
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Eestern Australla
a;, yr2o;ti*/' L'15 t?a..-/i:

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for

three tleeks rest

7/i

rL/zB/44 t2/

Departed v1a ra1l for ijrlsbane, across Great Austral_lan Besert. m1les; arrlve0. L3,/4/44. Dlstance SZOO

6/44 - Deparred. Brlsbane on the ss H0NTEREY'";""#T"T;"iu;*'[iff;"'!3

wlth. 5OO FfACS and sold.iers. l{ew Gulnea to d"ischarge Departed. I2l2A/44 for troops and San Franfrom Eol1and.la, Dutch - Amlved plek up Leyte casualtles. clgeo.

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after San !*ranclsco, travellng SOOOmiles - Arrlved via HollandLa, BrLsbanep Australl-a New Gulnea. - Departed. San Franclsco hollrs 1ater.
*G"4-se,ra&,.:.

vla

plane

for

wew York;

arrLved. 22

l/

7/45

for 3? d.ays rehabllltatlon leave and. - Arrived Phlladelphla tbence to Il. $. $ubmarlne tsaser New london, Conn. ' for re-asslgrunent. Arulved. $ew London, Conn. $/e Base. WNHSTENd.etall and varlous schools.
Arr'lved
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Asslgned. to BSS

Manitowclc,
,iz,:r;rt :dt;

Wlsconsln
L".nn<.t 7f.

for
F/+.f

MENHADEN d.etall-. duty.

6/22/45
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Asslgned
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to USS ME$HADEN, SS377, for

l*t

7/r7 /+s
elL/45

De p a rte d . N e w Orl e *d",

La. for Coco Solo, Canal Zone.

Arrived Ce"nal Zone and passed througfr caral to Belboa on Pa c1 fi cs1 d 'e to b e g 1 ntr a1n1ngoper at1onsatSabog8..., Anchorage. - V-J DAY; end of war but st11L a few weeks of training - Departed Balboa enroute to $an Franclsco, - Ord.ers cbanged so we arg enroute Cal1f, to do.

8/t4/45 e/L/45

a/a/+s

to Pearl Harbor. of Plneapple ffeet*I 1n Navy Day.

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e/L5/45, - Arrlved. Pearl Harbor, to/25/45 - Arrlved

{ahulul,

0ahu, to be part

trfiaut, T. H. to take part

rafto/45
Lt/Lz/45

- ArrLved Pearl Harbor. - Tnansferred. from UBS MENHADEN $taglng to ( 4) Centtr, tfoanaLua

- I'o0$ contlnued. 1L/L2/45 - BLdgoe EouoluLu to awalt passage ts E. S. A.

r1'/L6/46 -

*:#f*-"*;'+"fi:Y

f;:::"ffi:;:-rHEDor,
Va. for Separ&tlon

as?4enroute ro

L2/ 5/45 - Arrlved

Savy yard,, $orfolk,

L2/ 'I/45 - Departed, Horfolk vLa traln Bainbrld.ge, Md.. L2/LA/45 - Amlved Fhlladel.phla, NavaL Benvlee. ' after

Center,

US$, B. S.

belng dlscharged. fron

1A/L4/46 - Re-ealLsted. U. S. I{tava3Rese,ryer 48 EEUI and. neleased to lnactlve duty. ,

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