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departed Saipan on 11 July 1944; and, screening the transports, arrived at
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to cover minesweeping operations off that target island; then shifted to night fire. On the 14th, she joined the fire support unit; and, on the 15th, screened the transport area as the assault troops landed on Saipan. From then to the 17th, she rotated between daytime screening activities and
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opened fire on a small gasoline carrier entering Tulagi harbor. A few hours later, the transports moved in toward the beaches. At 1320, the
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weeks, provided screening and fire support services and conducted anti-boat and barge patrols. On 10 August, she sailed for
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personnel and mail to
Palmyra and Christmas islands, and then proceeded to Bora Bora in the Society Islands, to rendezvous with and escort convoys carrying reinforcements to the
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for permanent repairs. In mid-March, she returned to Hawaii in the screen of a convoy and, by the end of the month, had escorted more supplies to Canton. In April, she carried
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then screened the carrier back to Pearl Harbor. Exercises and patrols in the
Hawaiian area followed until 20 January when she assumed escort duty for a merchant ship on a
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run. After arriving at Canton on the 27th, she patrolled off the island until the merchant ship completed offloading, then started back to Hawaii. En route, on the 30th,
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guns were firing on the
Japanese planes. By 1300, manned by a mixed crew from various ships, she was underway and soon thereafter joined other ships in patrolling off
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continued to screen the transports and, after a noon bombing attack, picked up two
Japanese airmen. On the morning of the 9th, she assisted survivors of the
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intercepted an enemy force of six destroyers, three destroyer transports, and smaller armed craft some 12 miles off
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depth charged and may have damaged an enemy submarine.
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6,500 nm @ 12 knots (12,000 km @ 22 km/h)
811:. Continuing escort duty until after the fall of
777:Transiting the Panama Canal on 7 September 1944,
554:, scuttled the badly-damaged Australian cruiser,
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1090:Ships present during the attack on Pearl Harbor
633:up “the Slot” to intercept Japanese shipping.
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