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USS Ocelot

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where she spent the next six months providing an administrative post at the advanced base. The movement of American forces closer to Japan necessitated advancing support elements as well, and on 24 May 1945
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to undergo conversion to flagship for Service Squadron 10. The ship was fitted with extensive radio and visual signaling equipment, with radio and coding rooms in the
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on 15 January 1944, The conversion work was completed on 22 January 1944, but problems with the main engine meant that she did not report for
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for the squadron commander, staff officers, and enlisted men below. The conversion was completed in October, and
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Beans, Bullets and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II
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USS Ocelot (IX-110) aground in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, November 1945. Her stern was cut off when
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to accommodate 50 officers and 800 men for use at an advanced base, and the WSA nominated the
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USS Ocelot (IX-110) at Ulithi while serving as Service Squadron Ten flagship, 6 May 1945.
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was returned to the custody of the WSA on 5 April 1946 and her hulk was sold by the
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Carter, Worrall R. (1953). "Chapter XXIX: Support Activities at Leyte-Samar".
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was involved in a series of collisions with other vessels; the barge
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from late 1944, until she was wrecked in a typhoon in late 1945.
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Unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy
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in 1926–27. On 11 March 1940 the ship was chartered to the
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Ships built by the Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding Company
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The wooden-hulled vessel was built in 1918–19 as the
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Accommodation for 819 men (81 officers, 738 enlisted)
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Y3/c B. J. Cunningham Jr. USNR (25 September 1945).
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USS Ocelot (IX-110)
USS Ocelot
Ocelot
Tampa, Florida
Busch-Sulzer
diesel engine
3"/50 caliber
dual purpose gun
40 mm AA gun
20 mm AA guns
unclassified miscellaneous vessel
United States Navy
flagship
Service Squadron 10
Pacific War
Tampa, Florida
United States Shipping Board
triple expansion
steam engines
diesel engines
United States Lines
War Shipping Administration
Baltimore
CinCPac
barracks ship
motor ship
bareboat charter
shakedown
Panama Canal
San Diego

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