CHRONOLOGY

November 10, 1944 Departed Hawaii for Southwest Pacific
November 13, 1944 Reported to the SEVENTH Fleet at Manus in the Admiralty Islands.
November 25, 1944 - December 19, 1944 Conducted Black Cat operations from Morotai, Netherlands East Indies.
January 4, 1945 Departed Morotai for Leyte, P.I.
January 4, 1945 - January 4, 1945 Conducted search and escort operations from Leyte and Mindoro.
January 10, 1945 Departed Leyte for Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I.
January 12, 1945 - March 1, 1945 Conducted Black Cat operations from Lingayen Gulf.
March 1, 1945 Departed Lingayen Gulf for Leyte
March 3, 1945 – April 26, 1945 Conducted day search operations from Leyte and Samar.
Apri1 27, 1945 – September 2, 1945 Conducted air-sea rescue, day search, and weather reconnaissance operations from Samar.

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