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USS PICKING WORLD WAR II LOG August 29, 1944 Zone Description plus eight and one-half Steaming as before. 0800 Position
Latitude 27°-50.2 N. Longitude 145°-43.2 W. 0915 Commenced
scheduled exercises conducting simulated torpedo attack; DesDiv 98 attacking
unit, DesDiv 97 target unit. 1010 Completed simulated torpedo attack, formed squadron formation
#6,
PICKING
guide,
fleet course and axis 240° T & G, 228° psc., fleet speed 18 knots. 1200
Position Latitude 27°-15 N. Longitude
146°-51.5 W. 1357
Commenced scheduled exercises conducting
simulated torpedo attack; DesDiv 97 attacking unit, DesDiv 98 target unit. 1432
Completed simulated torpedo attack, formed
squadron formation #6, PICKING guide, fleet course and axis 2400 T &
G, 222° psc., fleet speed 16 knots. 1900
Set ships clocks to zone description
plus nine. 2145
Sustained casualty on underwater sound
equipment. 2300
Underwater sound equipment casualty
remedied, back in operation. August
30,
1944
Zone description plus nine: Steaming as before. 0800 Position
Latitude 24°-2l.5 N. Longitude l5l°-58'
W. 1200
Position
Latitude 23°-59.l N. Longitude
l53°-03.5 W. 1417
Changed
base course to 246° T & G,
228° psc., changed fleet speed to 14
knots. 1656
Squadron
formed column of divisions, PICKING
guide. 1843
Changed
base course to 234° T & G,
218° psc., changed fleet speed to 13
knots. 1900
Set
ships clocks to zone description plus nine and one-half. 2227
Radar
contact on 2250
Changed
base course to 244° T & G, 228° psc. 2320
Changed
base course to 270° T & G, 252° psc. 2336
Changed
base course to 2400 T & G, 224° psc. 2345
Changed base course to 2300 T & G, 215°
psc. August
31,
1944
Zone description plus nine and one-half: Steaming
as before. 0650
Commenced anti-aircraft firing exercise. 0945
Completed anti-aircraft firing exercise
having expended 229 rounds of 40mm and 176 rounds of 5/38 AA common ammunition. 0947
Changed base course to OOO°
T & G, 345°
psc. Changed fleet speed to 20 knots. 0955
Changed
base course to 009° T & G, 354° psc. Changed fleet speed to 15 knots. 1002
Steaming various courses and speeds
proceeding toward harbor entrance channel 1207
Steaming various courses and speeds
conforming to entrance channel 1334
Moored starboard side to U.S.S. GENESES, Pier H-4, September
1, 1944
(Zone + 9 1/2)
Moored as before. 1140 Underway in accordance with C.T.U. 33.8.1
mailgram 010900 of 1 September, 1944. 1300 Sortied with Task Group 33.2. Task group
proceeded from September 2, 1944.
Steaming as before. 0630 Arrived at training area, spent the day and
night screening transport area while exercise landings were carried on by Task
Group 33.4. September
3, 1944. Underway from transport area at 0830
screening transports for anti-aircraft firing exercise, (PICKING did
not fire due fouled range) remaining at sea that night conducting tactical
maneuvers. September
4, 1944. Arrived
once again at training area, commenced screening transport area for landing
exercises. These operations were continued until 1800 September
6, 1944 when we formed with Task Group 33.4 and proceeded back to September
7 , 1944 Arrived
in September
9, 1944
(Zone+ 9 1/2) At
0700 stood out of September 10, 1944. About 1300 completed last phase of shore
bombardment and set course for Pearl Harbor; conducted anti-aircraft firing before entering harbor at
1730. About 1800
moored alongside U.S.S. YOSEMITE, in berth Xray-20, for a
four-day tender upkeep period. September
15, 1944. At 1500 sortied with Task Group 33.2 after
getting underway at 1100 in accordance with C.T.U. 33.8.1 secret mailgram 120404
of 12 September 1944. Task Group enroute from Position: 2000: Latitude:
20°-37.5 N; Longitude: l58°-39.8 W. September
16, 1944.
(Zone +
10) Conducted tactical maneuvers from 1330 to 1500.
Positions: 0800:
Latitude - l9°-37.4 N; Longitude
- l60°-56 W. 1200:
Latitude - l9°-29 N; Longitude -
l6l°_38 W. 2000:
Latitude - l9°-ll N; Longitude -
163°-06 W. September
17,
1944
(Zone +
11) Participated in tactical maneuvers from 1330 to 1500.
Positions: 0800:
Latitude - 18°-33.3 N; Longitude - l65°-40.5 W. 1200:
Latitude - l8°-22.2 N; Longitude
- 166°-38.0 W. 2000:
Latitude - 18°-02.0 N; Longitude
- 168°-05.0 W.
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