1 April
Went to Kerama
Retto for bombs for planes.
2 April
Received
commendation from Task Force Commander for battle. Now heros.
13 April Heard news of
President’s death about 10:30 am. 1300 colors lowered to half mast- to be
at half mast for 30 days.
14 April Five minutes
silence oberserved at 1400
22 April Went to Kerama Retto
for supplies. Left same day.
28 April Hospital ship U.S.S.
Comfort hit by two Jap bombs about 10pm several miles away. We
started out to help in answer to SOS but received word they were ok.
29 April Left area for Guam.
2 May
Arrived Guam.
6 May
Recreation on Guam. Saw a woman for first time in about a year.
1 Jun
SKD-2C
4 Jun
Left
to escort New Mexico to Leyte.
7 Jun
Arrived Leyte
8 Jun
Left
Leyte to escort LST’s to Okinawa.
12 Jun
Arrived Kerama Retto and Okinawa then rejoined Task Group
23 Jun
Left for Leyte – mission complete—well done
27 Jun
Arrived at Leyte
2 Jul
Left for Saipan
5 Jul
Arrived Saipan
7 Jul
Left Saipan for sub patrol duty
14 Jul
Left
sub patrol duty for Saipan
15 Jul
Arrived Saipan. Rescue ship for B29’s
19 Jul
Convoyed troop transport to Guam
22 Jul
Returned to Saipan
1 Aug
Left Saipan in convoy for Okinawa
7 Aug
Arrived Okinawa Several air attacks.
8 Aug
Left with convoy for Saipan
10 Aug
At 2000 or 10pm Capt. Read a radio message intercepted by our radiomen from
Japan to
Sweden accepting peace terms. I had the 8 to 12 watch. The time back
home
would be 7am 8/10/45.
14 Aug
Arrived Saipan at noon.
15 Aug
9am heard news of Jap surrender.
16 Aug
7pm Left Saipan for Guam
17 Aug
Left Guam to
convoy New Jersey with Admiral Spruance to Manila. New Jersey
and
Patterson only ships.
20 Aug
Started through
San Bernardino Straits at dawn. Arrived at Manila at midnight.
Cruised
around until dawn.
21 Aug
Entered Manila Bay at dawn. Refueled and anchored
22 Aug
Visited John at Manila Hotel. Buildings in Manila really torn up.
27 Aug
10 am Received
orders to escort New Jersey to Okinawa and proceed to Pearl
Harbor
then to West Coast for general overhaul.
28 Aug
11am Left Manila with New Jersey for Okinawa.
30 Aug
Arrived Okinawa.
2 Sep
At
anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Heard radio reports of actual signing of
peace
terms at 10:30. Also heard orders by President Truman,General MacArthur,
and
Admiral Nimitz.
7 Sep
Got underway with USS Boyd for States at 3:30pm. Rah Rah Rah. 18 months.
Homeward Bound Pendant really flying. Reached from mast to fan tail. Passed
Mississippi on way out.
10 Sep
Reached Saipan about 6 pm. Boyd went on to Eniwetok.
11 Sep
Got underway about 11am for Eniwetok
14 Sep
Arrived Eniwetok about 10am. Refueled and left for Pearl Harbor about noon.
19 Sep
Arrived Pearl Harbor about 2pm. Recreation at DesPac base.
20 Sep
Took on over 100 more passengers making 156 in all. Left for San Diego at 6pm.
26 Sep
11:01 am Tied up at pier in San Diego. Liberty in San Diego. 18 mo. 18 days since
leaving States.
27 Sep
9:35 am Left San Diego for Panama Canal
29 Sep
Ran into tropical storm in the night. Lasted 9-30 to 10-1.
5 Oct
Went through Panama Canal. Took all day. Tied up at Coco Solo for night.
6 Oct
Left at noon for New York
8 Oct
Passed within sight of Cuba
11 Oct
Arrived New York 35th Street Landing
