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May 2, 1944 Zone description plus ten: Steaming various courses and speeds while taking
part in Task Force Night Attack Exercise in company with Task Force 94. OTC is CTF 94 in CONCORD. 0045 Exercise completed. Proceeding to
rejoin remainder of Task Force in cruising disposition. 0229 Took departure from Task Force in company with WICKES
and SPROSTON in accordance with verbal orders of CTF 94 to carry out
search in accordance 320° T&G, 319° psc. Speed 20 knots. 0300 Changed base course to 279° T&G, 286° psc. 0700 Formed scouting line normal to base course. Scouting distance 5 miles. PICKING guide. 0800 Position Latitude 52° 55’ N, Longitude 170° 57’ E. 1100 Changed speed to 25 knots. 1200 Position Latitude 52° 09’ N, Longitude 167° 59’ E.
Changed speed to 28 knots. 1207 Changed base course to 285° T&G, 294° psc. 1400 Changed speed to 25 knots. 1455 Sighted sono-buoy bearing
310° T, distant 400 yards. 1500 Commenced circling area while firing at buoy with main and secondary battery. Expended 17 rounds 5/38 AA-Common, 723 rounds 40mm ammunition 1552 Commenced rejoining WICKES and SPROSTON. 1745 Resumed station in scouting line, base course 285°
T&G, 290° psc. Speed 27 knots. 1930 Changed base course to 250° T&G, 250° psc. 2000 Position Latitude 53° 48.8’ N, Longitude 163° 13’ E. 2010 Surface radar contact bearing 117° T, distant 11,000
yards. 2034 Sighted Russian merchantman bearing 160° T, distant
8000 yards. 2219 Changed speed to 28 knots. 2220 Changed speed to 25 knots. 2221 Changed base course to 250° T&G, 250° psc. 2300 Changed base course to 000° T&G, 359° psc. Changed speed to 15 knots. 2315 Radar contact on Kronotski
Pt., Kamchatka Peninsula bearing 354° T, distant 40 miles. May 3, 1944 Zone description plus Steaming
in company with U.S.S. WICKES and U.S.S. SPROSTON on search mission
in vicinity of Kronotski Pt, Kamchatka Peninsula in
scouting line on base course 000° T&G, 359° psc,
speed 15 knots, scouting distance 5 miles. OTC is ComDesRon
49 in PICKING 0115 Two surface radar contacts bearing 105° T and 100°
T, distance 17 miles. Did not investigate. 0118 Changed course to 035° T&G, 034° psc. to evade contacts. 0130 Changed course to 105° T&G, 110° psc. for further evasion. 0249 Resumed base course 065° T&G, 064° psc. 0629 Surface radar contact bearing 150° T, distance
26,400 yards. 0649 Changed speed to 18
knots. 0710 Sighted surface vessel identified as Russian
merchantman. 0730 Changed base course to 090° T&G, 090° psc. Changed scouting distance to 6
miles. 0800 Position Latitude 54° 33’ N, Longitude 164° 32’ E. 0940 Sighted Komandorski Islands bearing 058° T, distance
45 miles. 1102 Changed
base course to 112° T&G, 117° psc. 1130 Changed base course to 180° T&G, 190° psc. 1200 Position Latitude 54° 20’ N Longitude 165° 55’ E. 1300 Changed base course to 105° T&G, 107° psc. 2000 Position Latitude 53° 35’ N, Longitude 169° 05’ E. 2014 Changed
base course 116° T&G, 118° psc. Changed speed to
14.5 knots. May 4, 1944 Zone description plus
ten: Steaming in company with U.S.S. WICKES and U.S.S.
SPROSTON enroute Attu in scouting line on base
course 116° T&G, 118° psc, speed 14.5 knots, scouting
distance 6 miles. 0150 Radar
contact on Cape Wrangell, Attu, Alaska, bearing 095° T, distant 60 miles. 0500 Changed
base course to 296° T&G, 297° psc. 0530 Changed
base course to 116° T&G, 114° psc. 0532 Sighted Cape Wrangell bearing 081° T,
distant 18 miles. 0715 Commenced
steaming various courses and speeds in vicinity of Cape Wrangell seeking
rendezvous with Task Force 94. 0800 Position
Latitude 52° 37’ N, Longitude 172° 36 E. 1101 Sighted
ships of Task Force 94 bearing 299° T, distant 25,000 yards. Commenced
rejoining. 1155 Took
station #4 in anti-aircraft screen #73, CONCORD guide. Base course 180° T&G, 182° psc.
Speed 15 knots. OTC is CTF 94 in CONCORD. 1200 Position
Latitude 52° 26’ N, Longitude 172° 38 E. 1205 Changed
speed to 17 knots, 1245 Took
revised station in anti-aircraft screen #73. CONCORD guide.
CONCORD and DETROIT on screening circle in positions 3090 and
3270 respectively. PICKING in station #2.
Commenced steaming various courses and speeds while taking part in
anti-aircraft exercise, in accordance
with Annex ID of CTF 94 Exercise Plan 2-44. 1503 Fired main
battery at towed sleeve in high altitude run. Expended 9 rounds 5/38 AA - Common
ammunition. 1552 Exercise
completed. Commenced standing toward south channel entrance to Massacre Bay,
Attu. 1615 Took
station in anti-submarine screen 59. 1808 Entered
south channel to Massacre Bay. 1845 Anchored
in 15 fathoms of water in Berth D-l2, Massacre Bay. Ships present: various
units of U.S. Fleet. SOPA is CTF 94 in CONCORD. May 5, 1944 Zone Description plus
ten: Anchored in berth D-l2 Massacre Bay, Attu. 0655 Underway
in accordance with CDS 49 despatch 050750, steaming
various courses and speeds proceeding alongside U.S.S. YO 163 to fuel. 0721 Moored
port side to U.S.S. YO 163 in berth B-4, Massacre Bay. 0956 Underway
from alongside YO 163, proceeding to
anchorage. 1009 Anchored
in 15 fathoms of water in berth D-l2, Massacre Bay. May 6, 1944 Zone Description plus ten: Anchored in berth D-l2, Massacre Bay. May 7, 1944 Zone Description plus
ten: Anchored in berth D-l2, Massacre Bay. May 8, 1944 Zone Description plus ten: Anchored in berth D-l2, Massacre Bay. May 9, 1944 Zone
Description plus ten: Anchored in berth D-l2, Massacre Bay, Attu. 0930 Underway
in company with U.S.S. WICKES, U.S.S. SPROSTON, U.S.S. WILLIAM D PORTER,
U.S.S. CHARLES J. BADGER, U.S.S. YOUNG, in accordance conducting
exercises to southward of Theodore Point, Attu. 0.T.C.
is CDS 49 in PICKING. 1045 Fired
balloon practice for automatic weapons, expending 543 rounds 40mm A.A., 1035 rounds 20mm A.A. ammunition. 1752 Commenced standing toward south channel into
Massacre Bay, Attu. 1845 Anchored in 15 fathoms of water in berth D-12, Massacre Bay, Attu. Ships present: various units of U. S. Fleet. S.O.P.A. is CO DETROIT. |