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February 29, 1944 Zone
description p1us ten. Steaming as before. 0745 PICKING
took station 3.5300 in anti-submarine screen. 0800 Position
Latitude 53°02’ N, Longitude 177°49’ E. 0830 Took
station 4320 in screen. 0950 Changed
base course to 255° T&G, 249° psc. 1015 Changed
speed to 12 knots, 115 rpm. 1020 Ceased
zigzagging. 1200 Position
Latitude 53°14.5’ N, Longitude 174°52’ E. 1604 Changed
base course to 255° T&G, 295° psc. 1750 Changed
base course to 090° T&G, 097° psc. PICKING took
station 5015. 1800 Changed
speed to 20 knots. 1805 Changed
speed to 15 knots. 1818 Changed
speed to 20 knots. 1845 Commenced
steaming various courses and speeds while cruising northward of Attu Island,
Alaska. 2000 Position
Latitude 53°04’ N, Longitude 173° 23.5’ E. March 1, 1944 Zone description plus
ten: Steaming in company with Task
Force 94 enroute Attu, Alaska on base Course 285°
T&G, 295° psc, speed 8 knots. OTC is CTF 94 in U.S.S. RICHMOND. Destroyers in anti-submarine
screen 58. PICKING station 5345. 0130 Changed
base course to 105° T&G, 099° psc. PICKING station
is 5015. 0445 Changed
speed to 12 knots, 115 rpm. 0655 Changed
base course to 165° T&G, 159° psc. Changed speed
to 15 knots, 148 rpm. 0728 Changed
base course to 220° T&G, 217° psc. 0800 Position
Latitude 052°54.5’ N, Longitude 173°41’ E. 0815 Changed
speed to 10 knots. Task force formed in column, PICKING guide. 0849 Sighted
Attu channel entrance buoy bearing 225° T, distance 200 yards. Commenced steaming various courses and speeds while proceeding
through channel into Massacre Bay, Attu. 1016 Anchored
in 13 fathoms of water with 90 fathoms of chain to the starboard anchor in
berth Dl3, Massacre Bay, Attu. SOPA is CTF 94 in U.S.S. RICHMOND. 1107 Underway
steaming various courses to moor alongside U.S.S. CUYAMA to fuel. 1150 Moored
starboard side to U.S.S. CUYAMA. Commenced fueling. 1259 Completed
fueling. Underway steaming various courses and speeds while
proceeding to anchorage. 1311 Anchored
in 18 fathoms of water with 60 fathoms of chain to the starboard anchor in
berth DlO, Attu. 1512 Shifted
anchorages. Anchored in 12 fathoms of water with 90 fathoms
of chain to the starboard anchor. 1846 Underway
in company with Task Force 94 in accordance with ComDesRon
49 dispatch 020405 of March 1944. Steaming various courses
and speeds while proceeding out of Massacre Bay and through entrance channel. 1956 Destroyers
formed in anti-submarine screen 58, PICKING station 5015. 2000 Position Latitude 52°49.5’ N, Longitude l73°36.3’ E. 2023 Set base course 330° T&G, 330° psc, speed 15 knots. 2040 Commenced zigzagging according to plan. 2150 Changed
base course to 270° T&G, 270° psc. March 2, 1944 Zone description plus
ten: Steaming as before. 0000 Changed base course to 244° T&G,
249° psc. 0500 Ceased zigzagging. 0800 Position
Latitude 52°33’ N, Longitude 170°14’ E. 1015 Destroyers
formed in anti-aircraft screen. PICKING station 1.5000 1156 Changed
speed to 16 knots. 1200 Position
Latitude 52°11’ N, Longitude 168°57’ E. 1245 Destroyers
formed in anti-submarine screen PICKING station 5015. 1340 Had radar
contact (SG) bearing 150° T, distant 28 miles, believed to be aircraft. 1350 Destroyers
formed anti-aircraft screen. PICKING station 1.5000 1450 Sighted
PBY bearing 160° T, distant 7 miles. 1716 Ceased
zigzagging. 1720 Destroyers
formed anti-submarine screen. PICKING station 5015. 1922 Changed
speed to 14 knots. 2000 Position
Latitude 51°13.2’ N, Longitude 164°58’ E. March 3, 1944 Zone description plus
ten: Steaming as before. 0457 Changed
speed to 16 knots. 0800 Position
Latitude 50°24’ N, Longitude 162°35.1’ E. 1022 Destroyers
formed in anti-aircraft screen. 1027 Changed
base course to 240° T&G, 246° psc. Changed speed
to 18 knots. 1200 Position
Latitude 50°00’ N, Longitude 161°15’ E. 1339 Changed
speed to 20 knots. 1422 Changed
base course to 246° T&G, 256° psc. 2000 Position
Latitude 48°41’ N, Longitude 137°29’ E. (error - 157) 2130 Task force
formed in two columns by divisions. DesDiv 97 to the right,
division guides on relative bearing 090°. Interval 3500
yards. PICKING formation
guide. 2200 Changed
base course to 280° T&G, 292° psc. 2215 Changed
speed to 25 knots. 2355 Had radar
contact on Shasukotan Island, Kurile Group, Japan
bearing ds. 300° T, distant 83,000 March 4, 1944 Zone description plus
ten: Steaming as before standing into pass
south of Shasukotan Island, 0151 Changed
base course to 285° T&G, 298° psc. 0200 Entered
Sea of Okhotsk. Changed speed to 20 knots. PICKING guide with DesDiv 97, formed scouting line
6000 yards ahead of U.S.S. RICHMOND and DesDiv 98, scouting line normal to course, scouting distance
4 miles. Commenced searching area for enemy shipping. 0400 Changed
base course to 050° T&G, 061° psc. 0700 DesDiv 97 commenced forming in column, PICKING guide.
Changed base course to 060° T&G, 07l0 psc. DesDiv 97 took departure from TF 94. 0800 Position
Latitude 49°39’ N, Longitude 154°24’ E. 0831 Changed
speed to 22 knots. 0930 Approached Musashi Wan, Kurabu Zaki area of southern Paramushiro Island for shore bombardment in accordance with CTF 94 operation order 2-44. 1002 Bombardment
postponed due to low visibility. Changed course to 120° T&G, 115° psc, proceeding to rejoin remainder of Task Force 94 to eastward of Onekotan Island. 1056 Rejoined
Task Force 94. Destroyers formed anti-submarine screen 58, PICKING station
5015. Base course to 185° T&G, 190° psc.
Speed 20 knots 1200 Position Latitude 49°l9’ N, Longitude l55°lO’ E. 1245 Destroyers formed in anti-aircraft screen. PICKING station 1.5000. 1305 Changed
base course to 090° T&G, 091° psc. 1401 Changed speed to 15 knots. 1514 Changed base course to 180° T&G, 175° psc. Changed speed to 20 knots. 1528 Changed
base course to 090° T&G, 091° psc. Changed speed
to 15 knots. 1630 Changed
base course to 295° T&G, 306° psc. 1738 Changed
base course to 330° T&G, 334° psc. 1820 Changed
base course to 010° T&G, 010° psc. 1849 Changed
base course to 337° T&G, 335° psc. Commenced proceeding toward southern
shore of Paramushiro Island for shore bombardment in accordance with CTF 94
operation order 2-44. 1900 Commenced
taking station with DesDiv 97 in van echelon 8000 yards ahead of U.S.S.
RICHMOND and DesDiv 98. 1945 Bombardment
cancelled due to heavy seas. Destroyers rejoined, formed in anti-submarine
screen 58. PICKING station 5015. Base course to llO° T&G, 112° psc,
enroute Attu, Alaska. 2000 Position
Latitude 49°29’ N, Longitude 155°35’ E. 2020 Changed
base course to 090° T&G, 091° psc. 2240 Changed
base course to 340° T&G, 342° psc. 2310 Changed base course to 090° T&G, 091° psc
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