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OCCUPATION REPORT

KURE - HIROSHI MATSUYAMAInstructors Reading this D

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HIROSMI/AA

HONSHU

MITSUHAMA.MATSUYAMA

i tf 3 Ytftlla t m i t n AfTtH 12 YIABS.ih 5200.10CTG 54. COM PHIB GROUP 11?,7 WAR 1946


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From : Commander Am phi bio us Grou p THREE, ,. , . . . ;(Formerly ComPhibGrp 11 and CTG 5 4 l l K ' /"; vTo : Chief of Naval Op era t io ns , '_:-' 'r^-'-'---'''-:-/!k[;Via : ( l ) Comniander Amphibious Fo rc ed , . pa ci f ic Fl ee W, ' . i ;. . (2 ) Con man der^in^ Chief, U. S / P a c i f i c F l e e t / / ^S u b je c t: < A cti on Re po rt on th e Oc cup atio n of KUR^-HIHDSHBIA.

; ; . . " . ' n d M A T S U I A M A A r e a s , ; ". > ' < . , ' : . ' y . - ; . ^ : /' .:-..-.^;"-:--.-^R e f e r e n c e : , ( a ) P a c F l t C o n f * l t r . 1 C L - 4 5 * -' - ''-' . ^.: ; "- , :.-;.'".('b) Co m F IF TH F l ee t Q ^ l a n N o * 6 * 4 5Enclosure: - (A)/Subject Report,

1. , On compliance with references, enclosure (A) isForwarded herewith .

B, J f RODGERS*Copies, with enclosure, tosDISTRIBUTION U S T ,


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IR AMPHIBIOUS GICOUP TKEi


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CO M MA H J A M P^H I ^ 1 0 U. S G S O U P L E V UREPORT OF OCCUPATION OF KUTIB-HIROSHB^, i4ND, MATSUXAMA AI&AS 0 ? J^hM

tE OF C0N1EHTSPart IPart II

.sk Organization ..: ' , . /-B: - Operations : ; ^ - : . ^ , ; : / . ' -. ... C - 'M is si on , pXans and ..assumptions:D - CH,n i o r ces a t outse t of ^ctiox. -OraitteciE - ^neniy fo rc es enco unter ed - OnLtted

P,rt III RLCORL G/Part IV - CtoittodPart V - Qui t codPart VI

ix- Guni'irc andtd.r Support OperationsB - Ampnibious action1. Troops and Carô2. Lancing Craft- 3 înesleeping, UnocrtJ-ltor Dorcolition4 . Landing of Troops and Cargo5 Casual t iesC.1 Specia l1. Coi'iibat I n fo m a t io r Center - OmitJfed

2 . CoDCLunications1. S&okv, Csoioujflaê, deception - Ondtted4 . navigation 15. Engineering - Omitted6. Logist ics7 . ;..

D - Special Features - Or.dttedPart VII XL PiiitFOr^^CL i.ND '


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COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS' GROUP ^REPORT OF OCCUPATION OF LOJES-KIROSHIWI

, AND MATSUYAMA AREAS O? JAPANPART I

. BRIEF

1, This report- covers the Naval Phases of the AmphibiousOperations in connection with the mounting,,.movement, and landingof the TENTH CORPS assigned to the occupation of the KURE-HIRO**SHIMA and KATSUYAKA Areas of JAPAN, following the termination ofhostilities. The period covered begins with 5 September-1945 thedate that Ccnmandcr Amphibious Group ELEVEN arrived in Manila and,relieved Commander Amphibious Group FOURTEEN as Commander CentralOccupation Group (CTG 54.11). The period ends on 31' October 1945with departure of CTG 54.11 from HIRO WAN for TOKYO to assume theduties of CTF 54, .Commander Amphibious Forces JAPAN. The oper~ations involved were undertaken in compliance with directives aslisted in Part II of this report,

2. Task Group 54.11, CENTRAL Occupation Croup, under command offtear dmiral Bertram J, Bodgers, USN, Commander AmphibiousGroup ELEVEN, was organized for the operation in accordance withCTF 54, Commander FIFTH .imphibious; Force, Operation Plan A15Q1-45.The TENTH CORPS, U. S t Arm/, Coteman4e4 bv Major General F. S.Sibert, US^, consistied of the T I M T H CORPS Headquarters, CORPS 'troops, the 24th Infantry Division, and the 41st Infantry Division.These Units were mounted in the l Area, and moved progressively to the KUIS-HIROSHm^MATSUIAKA Area in accordance with movement orders issued by Commander CENTRAL. Occupation Group,

3, . CTF 54 Operation plan designated KURS as the first portto be occupied, on 22.October 1945, by the TENTH CORPS Headquarters,Corps Troops, and^the 41st Infantry Division, based on availabilityof turn-around transports and extensive minesweeping required* Achange in plan to occupy KU?JS overland from KIRO, thus considerably reducing the initial minesweeping required, plus the diversionof TransRon 16 for the lift of the 41st Infantry Division, permitteda revision of initial landing date to 3 October 1945. Typhoons andminesweeping difficulties enforced a postponement of "F" day to 7October, with initial landings by two battalions, for security purposes, actually being effected on 6 October, The Plan designatedKOCHI to be occupied, on 25 October, by the 24 Infantry Division(less 21st RCT), By CinCafPac directive MATSUY^A was substitutedfor KOCHI and the landing at MITSUHAKA in the HATSUYAik:A .Irea waseffected on 22 October. The Plan designatGd;QKiiYiii:A to be occupied,on an indeterminate date, by the 21st Regimental Combat Team, The21st RCT was landed at HIRO on 22 October and proceeded overland


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MATSUYAM^ - Part (I) - BriefSummary,

for the occupation of OKAIAMA* ;4 No Japanese opposition was encountered during any of theot>bve landings,, which were accomplished without serious difficulty*.Fire support, ships and air support, units were present 9 and standingb#- on call, to support the landings at HIRO-and'MITSUH&MA,. but no

s i i p o t i n g - w a s r e q u i r e d . ...' ,

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FART II - PrelList of Directives

Major Plans and Orders Covering Participation ofCommander CENTRAL Occupation Group

in the Occupation of the KURE~HIROSH1MAMATSUTAMA. AREAS

(1) Commander-in-Chief, U. S; Pacific Fleet and Pacific OceanAreas Operation Plan No* 12-45 (Revised), Serial OOO5&L7/of 14 August 1945. (Covering U. S. Pacific Fleet operationsin the occupation of the Japanese Empire and Japanese heldpositions in the Pacific Ocean Areas)*(2) Commander FIFTH Fleet Operation Plan No. 6-45, Serial 000165,of 27 August 1945. (Covering FIFTH Fleet operations in assisting and supporting the occupation of the Japanese Empire within the FIFTH Fleet zone of responsibility)(3) Commander FIFTH Fleet Operation Plan No. 9-45, Serial 00301,of 18 September 1945 and despatch 181215 of September 1945*(Covering FIFTH Fleet operations in Japanese waters and atdesignated locations ashore in conjunction with United StatesArmy Forces).(4) Commander FIFTH Amphibious Force Operation Plan No. A15O1-45,Serial A0003, of 28 August 1945* (Covering FIFTH AmphibiousForce operations within the zone of SIXTH Army responsibilityin the occupation of KYUSHU, SH1K0KU,. Western HONSHU and ad

jacent vffshore islands).(5) CTP 51, Commander Southwestern JAPAN Force Operation Plan No.7-


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REPORT OF THE OCCUPATION OF THE. KURE-HIROSHIMAAND MATSUTAMA AREASPart II -Section A

TASK ORGANIZATION - Initial Shipping54*11 Central Occupation Group - Rear Admiral RODGERS(a) Group Flagship ~ CALVERT' APA 32 - Comtfr, WARRIS 1 RAGC(b) 54.10,3 Air Support Control Unit - Comdr. BRAGG(c) 59,3 X Corps, U.,S> Army ~ Major General SIBERTX Corps Hdq, and Corps Troops41st Infantry Division - Major General DOE .24th Infantry Division - Major General WOODRUFF

54.12 KURE Group -* Commodore McGOVERN59.3.1 41st Infantry - Major General DOE54*12,1 KURE Transport Unit - TransRon 16 (Temp)

Commodore54?12.11 TraftsDiv 46 (Temp) - Commodore , .. McGOVERN- ' CECIL ' A H 96 (SF)D^RKE . APA :. 159DEUSL : APA 160

IENAWSE -. APA 195 4 APATOLLaND AKA 64MilTESIDE AKA 90 2 MA

54.12,12 TransDiv 47 (Temp) - Captain HUTTON- RUTLAND . . APA 192 (F)HIGHLANDS APA 119\ ST MARYS . APA 126GASCONADE APA- 5 L APA

: ; AKA 93 1 AKA 54,12,13 TransDiv 1$ (Temp) -, Captain ANDREWS

TAXXAPEGA APA 208 (F)DICKENS ' APA. 161APA 211 3 APAAKA 71AKA 34 2 AKA

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Action Report ~ KURE-4IIR0SHIMA and MATSUXAMA Areas ~ P a rt I I - S e ct io n A. . . . . . T ask O r g a n i za t io n54 *1 2.1 4 Tr ans Div 16 ;(Teftip)- C ap ta in JOHNSON

B O S Q U E -- : ' ;S H E R B U R N S AFA .-,- 2Q5 D A U P H I N "APX 97BOTETOURT _ APA 1 36MEDIA AK A 3 1 , : .,;;. ;,.,..;,, I * A K A

54 .12#15 Fo l l ow -up Tr an spo r t Un i t - C a p t a i n . PADDOCK'1BARNWSLL APA 132;

; . S I 3 L E Y " : ' ; '" A F A 206TELFAIR' ';, ; APA 210 ALUSNDAI$ ' . - A PA ' 127 .- G A G E ' ". : 168 5 APA

' r'TPTXT'C'TTt / P i ryi P i t ] i >B L E C T R A -. ,',AKA , 4 . ,

; . L E N I O R ; - ; : AKA^ r ; ; 7 4 4 AKA - . / : - i ; . . . V - . V ^ ; > ':-. KURE T ra c to r U ni t ...,-

\.-Xenip.V Unit - POD'. , LST 11 20 ( F )- 777

- 7 8 7; 9 3 3:'.: 1 0 2 51027 6 LST

54* 12.2 2 LST Group 44 (Temp ). Unit e*LST 924 (F) ,./ - 354

8 1 0 "1054 _ 4 LSTSS JASPER F , CROPSSX 1 LIBERTY5 4 . 1 2 . 2 3 O O T A U A . J L O I U n i t - COIDLSM F l o t 1 6 ** Comdr. McKEE

462\ l 466 5 LSM( I I ) (A) -2


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v' Part II - Section ;; Task. Organization54.12.3 KURB Escort and Control Unit ~ Lt. LARKIN

CHARLES XAWREJNCE 'Vvi AFD' 37DANIEL T." GRIFFIN APD 38 2 AH)PC 1251PC 1127 2. PCSC 1312 1 SCPCS XkbO .1 PCSLUDLOW DD43$ (With Follow Up Transports) 1 DD54.12.5 KURE LCT Unit - ComLCT Group 72 - Lt,, CAMPBELLLCT 1170 (F)

5 8 : . .591751 :101211261127113711381139 ": 1140' : U 4 6 . . .. .. . . . . - y ' : '. .

54*12^6 KUH5 Beach U n i t y hi-m%+ RATAJOi>i/SKIPlatoon 2, : Company BiiKER,, FIFTH Amphibious Force Beach Biu

54.12.7 KURE Port Director Unit -Captain BARD . 'N RUMELS APD 85 1 APD

54.12.8 KURE Service Unit ~ SerDrv 103 Unit DOG - Comdr,. CALDWELLVULCAN AR 5 "''' " 1 A RENOREE ,. AO 69SAUGATUCK AO 75C O S S A T O T AO 77 3 AOKEEN AOG 2 1 AOGV^QENBURGH APB 48 1 APB

ix 117 1 IXTALITA AKS 8 1 AKSKARIN AF 33 " MEURYALE AS 22 SCOUC/iL sLCI 944

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ComPhibGr-Ol-- |"a H-, > *Action Report 5. .'K and MATSUIAMA, Areas>-ePart IlHSection ATask Organization

Unit - Lt, .Comdr. COATS.JICARILLA ATF 104POTAWATOMI , ATF ^JU8JTAKAWCK .ATF 114 3 ATFPRESERVER ARS 8 X ABSATR 9 : 1 ATR

Mbvement:

54*28 Tgarispjprt Moyemeri^ Group * Rear, Admiral RODGERSGroup Fla^ - CALVBRT - APA 32 1 RAGCTransRon 16 (Temp)

(as listed under 54*121) , ' 15 APA6 AKA5h*2%*\ LST Group 96 (Temp), Unit(as listed under 541221) 6 1ST

Unit(as listed under 513*32) 2 LC(FF)1 2 LCS54.15.1 'l&b'Group; 441 ^(as listed under 5412l22) 4 1ST ;, 1 LIBERTY

E DATl;22 54.15i5 U n i t *-. Co ni T^ an sD iv >


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ComFhibGr-11A c t i o n R e p o r t ~, KUEE-HIROSH.B^.. andlf!'ask Organisation

23 October IjSM Group, 34 U n i t ' - L i e u t . Commander-VJEBB12Q 416289 429357

.', -.- '*;. 3 6 9 " V - ' - 1 1 L S M(plus LSMts 119 r 123, 367 for Mitsuhama)2? October 5 4 . 1 ^ . 7 1ST Group '23 U n i t - Commander LINTKICUMLS?T>59 ~*^~* 8 0 9 .

1049 .,-..:... For HIRO 5 LS-T". - P l u s *" " '-; ;1018 (F) .(Pontoons)643 (Pontoons) Cargo for OKATAMA-, : 2

25 October 54*15.11 XST Group 99 Unit - Oommander JOHNSONF ) - ' < - . - " . ' ' "

495539637. . : . : . : . - - ' ' . : -. r 703799 '. ; ' : - - l . ; : 7 I B T(plus L S T ' s 390, 652, 800,

: ; - . 8 8 7 1048 fo r MITSUHAMAJ. ' :;

2 November LST Group. 8 6 U n i t - Commander S


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\ Areas - Pa r t I I - S ec t io nTask Organ iza t ion16 October OKITOfA.LSM U nit .-.- Com 13/1 F l o t 16

( a s l i s t e d under 54 .1223) 5 LSM24 October OKINAWA LSft/1,ToljLowMip U ni t jL - w it hCom LSM Group 45 - L t Commander LUC COYISM H I227 286

. 4 6 9 ":: 4 ISM(p lu s LSM 474 {F), 44, 94 , 263, 467f o r MITSUHMA)30 October: OKINAWi LSM Fo llo w u p U n it 2

i s u 4 6 5 ; . ' ' 1 LSM1 Novembe r OKINAYilA'.ISM Follow-up Unit 3

LSM 440.V,...-(X:i.",:..-. : ; ' ' 1 LSMETA 3 November ii L S M ' F o l l o w ^ p U n i t 4

ISM 4 3 0 1 LSMETA 5 November OKINAWA i t 5

ISM452 1 LSM(e) 54.13 MATSUYAMA GROUP - Commodore RYAN

59.3*2 24th;,: Infantry Division "(less 21st RCf). : ./;; Major General vifOODRUFF54.13.2 MiiTSUYAMA Transport Unit, ~ Commodore RYAN

TransRon 14 (Temp) less TransDiv 3B(Temp),TELFAIR APA 210 and BIRGIT AKA 2454.13.21 TransDiv ^0 (Temp) - Commodore RYAN

GEOPOLYMER APA 27 (S F)BOLLINGER APA 234GRJGGS APA 110LADDER ^ APA 1 7 8 4 APA' AKA 8 7


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YAMA Areas -. Part II, SectionATask Organization

54.13*4 .MTSXJYW& Esc6rt and Control Unit - L t , Comdr..- ":'' :''".'"..:"'" ^ ' LAPIDES

",.- ".; 5 ^ 1 3 w 6

" '-

;54.13*7

54.13.B.-;.'.;v ' : :* '

,.54.13.-.?. ['

54.13.2

54.15.6

NIBLACK (DD 424) 1 DD P C - 1 1 2 7 1 PCPC S ;I/IDO : l pcsMATSUYAMA LCT Unit - L t . CAMFRF.T.ILC3? 751 3038 ' ,ipi^;.iv. 1139

"*" ' i l 2 | 6 1 1 41127 11461137 H 7 0 10 LCT.MATSUYAMA Port Director Unit - Lt. Comdr.

. . -.' , , ; M E A D O V i B, t 1 LCI

mfeUYAHA:Bea\c|i: Party Unit, - L t . F,- yiHITEHOUSS[' Platp:pn; 1^ Company BAKSR, FIFTH A^hibiousF o r c e ' ' B l B

-v MATSUIAMA Service Unit - SerDiv 1Q3 Unit EASY ' ''; ^ ^ ""!"'.. Comdr.-CULLEM BSAVER- - ; (ARG 19)' 1 ARGJ BRAZOS / (AO 4) 1 AOMHIFSTOCK (YO 49) 1 YOL C I 1 0 2 0 ' - -.. .' 1 LCI

U N I T S : . ' '

Transport Movement Unit - Commodore RYAN(As listed under 54.13.2) V 10 APA5.-AKA LSM Group 34 (Temp) Uoit - Lt->Camdrr. vlEBB

LSM 1191 2 3 ...36 ' 3 ISMit*9DT Hiro)

MATSUYAMAArrival Date21 October

23 October


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ComPhibGrp-11.Action Report -. KUEIHII

25 October 54.15.9 LST Group 13 (Temp) Unit - Comdr. USA" (As listed under 54.13.31) 5(Plus LST 975 for OKAYAMA)

25 October 54>15.U 1ST Group 99 (Temp) Unit(As listed' under 54*13.32) 5 LST(Plus 7:IST's.for HIRO)2 November 54'15*21 LST Group 86 (Temp) Unit - Comdr, SANDS

LST 166986 Pontoons1067 Pontoons 3 1ST(Remainder of Unit for HIRO)

15 October OKINAWA.ISM Unit 1 - with Com LSM Flot 16Commandei- McKEEISM 7810 3 ' " . 476 . . . .1 2 2 478 : . . . V$> . 499 8 LSfs/I

24 October OKINAWA;}uSM.Unit 2 T with Com ISM Group 4 5: . . . ' - - ; : L t Comdi* McCOYIStS. 474 m- 28346744 (Via HIRO am).

: 94 (Via HIRO WAN) 5 Lai3 1 O c t o b e r ( MT TS UH M A). QKINAi/i/A IS M U n i t - ' 3

ISM- 4 6 2 , . , . . / . ' . 1 LSk/IETA 3 -November OKINAWA ISM U n i t -4

LSM;384..; . , : 1 LSM5 4 . 1 3 . 1 O K A Y A M U n i t - C a p t a i n WELCH

?..3>21 -1 21st RCT (24th Infantry D i v . ) --' v - B r i g * G e n ? C O R T , U S A

54*13.II OKAXAMA Transport Unit - Captain-; ' .- '. ' . , V i l E L C H TransDiv 38 (Temp) Captain WELCH

(less SIBlJSy A P ^ 206, plus 95.*

BIRGIT AKA 24- 9


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and:MTSUTAMA A re as - Part II Section ATask Organization5UX3*12._,.OKlJM&ii--Tractor Unit' -'.,: " 1 S

6 4 3 , ;~::f:975: v 3 1ST' " 'OKAYBk'Escort Unit

1 DDCentral Escort tlnit - Lt. LARKIN(participated as TU 54.12.3)

( g ) 54.11.2 Central UP Unit. - Lt. Comdr. DeBOIDUDT 5 ~ embarked in Wm. M. HOBBY 95)

51.3.3 KURE Covering Unit -- Rear Admiral RIGGSTJJ 5.I..3.32 KURS Fire Support Unit -r Rear Admiral RIGGS

CL 57 (F )T 5 . T T C\^J"^T ,CL 80 2 CLFR^3}JKFORD , ; DD 497 Of)C 'OJ IPTON DD 705C H A f d P L I N ..;, DD 6 0 1G A I N i i R P ' " : DD 706ROWAN DD 73 2JOHN R . PIERCE DD 753 6 DDLCS(L) (3) GROUP KING ~ ComLCS Flot 5 .': Captain MeISAAC. -.- ' I IC(FF)Com LGS Group 13 - Lt.' Comdr, 'JACKSONLC(FF) 1 LC(FF)

Division 25 Division 26 '^125'128129 '130100 2 101 3

12 LCS(II)(A) - 10


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ComPhibGr-11A c t i o n R e p o r t - KUEE-HIRGSHBU a n d MATSUYAMA "AreS e c t i o n (A) - Task O rgTU 5 1 . 3 . 3 3 CARRIER Su pp or t Un it

SUVfaNNEE CVE 27SAMEE CVE 29 2 CVECOMCORTDIV 69 Comdr. KEATING

/ ' ' ' '

RICHARD W. SUESSENS DE 342 (F) .ABERCROL/JBIE DE 343V/ALTER C. WANN DE 43,2GENDREAU . DE 639CECIL J. DOYLE DE 36851.3.3. MITSUH II/i Covering .Unit - Rear Admiral RIGGS

51*3*32' HATSUYaMA Fire, Support Unit > Rear Admiral, RIEGS(Ships assigned KUR3 Fire SupportUnit less FIUNKFORD (DD 497)2 CL.5 DD

5 1 . 3 . 3 4 yiAHSlJIJMA La nd i ng . Support U n i t ~C ap ta in BUCHANANCOMPTON DD 7 0 5 ( E )ROWAN DD 7 8 2 2 DD.51*3* 26 MAT3UYAMA C a r r i e r Su pp or t U ni t

PUGET SOUND CVE 113 ( F ) 1 CVEPURDY DD 7 3 4 1 DD

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COlFiANDER AMPHIBIOUS GROUP ELEVENREPORT OF OCCUPAT#Jiqf^SLJE&-iaROSHD.i;i AND

PART (II)Section (B) ** Operations

1 T]--,s tasl: assigned to Commander T^sk Group %,.* 11,Central Oc cupat ion Group (Cornj-ittnuer Amphibious Gro up ELEV EN,Roar Adrrdn-l Rouxor^.USN),' in connect ion wj.th the occup ationof JAP/iNj-Trvaa' to plan and conduct, the naval'phases for theoccupation of the KURE ,-nd OKAYAK'A Areas in KXUSHU dnd theKOCHI (later changed to MATSUYAMA) Area in 3HIK0KU by theTENTH Corps, U. S. Army (Major General Sibert, US A ) , consisting of t'he TENTH- Corps Headq uarter s, Corps tr oop s, 41st Infantry Division, and the 24th Inf&ntry Division*2, At the close of hostilities, all Corps elementswere in MINDINAO, Corps Headquarters at DELMONTS on the northcoast, 41st Division"at ZAMBOANGO on. the' southwest coast, and24th Division at TALOLIA (DAYAO) on the southeast, coast. . '3- All shipping assigned to mount the TENTH Corps wastu rn ar ou nd shipping from Phase .1 occupation-missions. TransportSquadron 16'(Temporary)^ CommodorG M cGOVE RN, mpun ted t he TljMTH .Corps Headquarters,; Cqr|>s troop el.e ien.ts and the..41st Divisi onat BUGO and Âli/BOANGO^' 3,2 to -2 0 jêêmber. .Tr anspo rt Squadron14 (Temporary), GommQdor^\|fifA^, mou ^^ci.Co rps elements and the24th Division at TALOSs/^ ^MINDAitfACX,f-'gunxX' LINGAYEN, LUZON, 8 to 15 October* TransDiv.62,.Captain'PiU)DOCK, loaded Corps elements

at LINGAYEN,- LUZON 5 \2 t-6 17 October. t No organ ized Tractor- . ,Group was ev er formed for mounting the, TENTH Corps. As L^T'sand LSM-'s became available in the PHILIPPINES 4nd-.OKINAWA-on.turn around, they were loaded in aceprdance with .irmy prior itie sand move*J \ forward, Ohl -r;s|:x'-'LST'i"'S.%er'ei::-'''i:ay'ailable for loadingsimultaneously with Transport Squadron 16 and arrived at HIROon FOX Day.4 , An advance rec on na issa nce pa r t y c on si s t in g of UDT5 i n T7ILLIAM y:. -HOBBY (APD 95) w ith 41 st D iv is io n A r t i l l e r yre p r es en t a t i v es and Jap an ese lan g u ag e o f f i c e r s d ep ar t ed LSYTEon 21 September to jo in CTF 54 a t VAKA?U pr el im in ar y to e n te r in g t h e HIRO nr ea on ? - 2 Day,

a5 . T .ath t e n t a t i v e FOX Day of 28 September^ J'iovementTask Group 54.23 consist ing of CTG 54 .11 , (ComPhibGroiip I I ) i nCALVEHT (AfA 32), with Transport Squadron 16 (Temporary)e s c o r t e d by CHARLES L,J?RSf,TCE (;xPD | ^ J g | 3 f | t I : : ; Ifor HIRo'7VAN v ia Route IRON. On 2 l | t t s f c i . | % | ^ ^ ^ 3 4 l2S was d iv e r te d t o OKIN..JA by CTF >%? p e n X ig con f i rm at ion of

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AMA AREAS - Part II

FOX Day, and arrived there on'25 SepteDb'er,' FOX Day was' finally,established as 6 October and Task Group 54.26 departed BUCKNERBAY on 3 October. Unfavorable weather caused a postponement ofF O X P a y t o 7 O c t o b e r . , . /': ::"^---[-^'-î:!;-- '".''.:'*

;6. : ''. At, 0800 5 October rendezvous was> effected with CTF %.:54 in W$0l /MOIBJiiBY (AGC 7) and Gunfire Support Group GomCru-.'' ,DivTVi/EnrS in ilOUNTPELl^R) off BlMGO S-UIDQ ami-passage, of. the'.110 miles of swept charinel- to HIRO- IJiJ 'was commended, Ail unitsanchored for the night in %Ue swept channel off MtTSUHAMA. andproceeded at first light 6 October to the transport anchorage. ',; .off HIRO vMji. ;CbmPhibGroup 11 assumed -the; dutiea of SQPA;(Admin)and retained that duty 'until 28 October, ' . 7. After a conferqnce with the advance reconnaissanceSj it was determined to proceed immediately with the debark-,of certain troops in order that a 3eourity force* of atleast battalion strength, w,ould bo established in KURB) Navy Yard .and at HIRO by'nightfall. FOX Day remained 7 October but noformal HOW Hour was set. General unloading commenced at 05007 October, continued without incident,'and by 1600, 13941 personnel, 1681 vehicles and 64$ total cargo had been unioaded,'Commanding General" 41st Infantry Division (Maj, Gen. DOS) assumed command ashore at 1100 7 October.'.'Commanding General TEITHCORPS moved to Headquarters ashore "and assumed control of forcesashore at 1200 # October. All'"transports completed unloading by2200 8 October and ComTransRon 16 reported to ComServPac for dutyin Magic Ccrpct, The first two task units of LST'S arrived on7 October, thereafter small task units of I*STfs and LSK's arrived-every few days until 3 November. " J8, The sched uled da te fo r lan di ng th e 2i+th In fa nt ry Div is io n ( l e s s 21 st Regimen t) at KOCHI was 25 Oc tobe r , 0 n 20 Septemb e r , CinCAFPac d i r e c t e d t l i a t t h e MATS-UIAlvlA Ar ea po occupied in tl i e u of th e KOCHI A rea, Pr og res s of minesweeping and, tr o op m ountin g p e rm it te d d es ig n at io n of -22 Oc tob er as GEORGE Dgy. Advanperecon na is s ance f the ' 1'ATSUIÂ Area was cond ucted 11 t o 13 Oc tob er by T3\!TH Corps r e p r e s e n ta t iv e s and UDT ^ embarked i n W, M,HOBBY (/iPD 95)*'On 15 October, the Group Beachmaster and Beach

P a r ty t r a n s f e r r e d from HIRO 6 MITSI&AMA and e ig h t LSM1 s e n r ou t eHIRO VLiN w it h E ng in ee r equip men t ^ : r e % i v e r t e d i n t o jIvHTSUKtiM^ t oprepare the beaches and ex i t s^ ; ' r "011^19 C%tober 9 I/CT ls w e r e t r a n s f e r r e d from HIRO t o M ITSUgÂ* O n 2A " ' t o b c r CALVERT w ith Commanding G en era l TEMX,| ( |Sr^sând CTG^*4,11 embarked proc ee de d t oMITSUHAMA and (Temporary) w it h th e 2 4th InfcxtryDivision ' iv 62 w ith Corps elem ents embarkedarrived tho l a t e af te rno on proceed ed by CTF 51Japan Force) in APPALACHIAN TransDiv( I I ) ( B ) - 2


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32 with the 21st RGT Jimbarkod reachedTransDiv 62 was forced to anchor in the swepVthe previous landing, a minimum of personnel were disembarlcecand unloading of cargo commended immediately but general disembarkation of troops did not commence until 0530 22 October,Commanding General 24th. Infantry Division (Maj.- Gen, WOODRUFF)assumeiid command ashore at 1330 22 October. By 2000 24 Octoberall transports, except for 2 AKA's, were unloaded and ComTrans-Ron 14 reported to ComServPac for duty in Magic Carpet, At,HIRO "-JAN the unloading of Corps elements and 21st RCT prc>gressed smoothly, the latter debarking by battalions onsuccessive days and proceeding by train to OKATAICA*

9. On 27 October CTG 54*11 in CALVERT returned to HIROWAN, on 28 October relingu^shed SOPA (Admin) to ComServDiv 103Representative (C*.O, VULCAN) and on 31 October departed HIROh?AN for YOKOHAMA in 'company with CTF. 54 in MOUNT MC KINLEI(AGC-7) preparatory to relieving CTF 54 and CTF 32 as CommanderForces, FIFTH Fleet, .


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REPORT OF OCCUPATION OF'- ' A R M S O F JAPAN

... ' Part I I ~ Pre l iminar ies ' ;/ Sect io n (C) ~ xfcLssion, Pl an s arid Assumptions1. The tasks assigned TF 54*11 Central OccupationGroup, Rear Admiral Badgers., (Commander Amphibious Group iby CTF 54>. Commander FIFTH Amphibious Force Operation Plan No.A15O1-45 were to:1 ;

(a), Land troops; ..supplies, and equipment of the TENTHU* S. Army Corps in KUHE for KUKfr-HIROSHIMA Are a, and'inKOGKI and -ok^ : . 1 . . \ . - . ; ; . .. ; ; : : .(b) Support troop opera tions;

- (c) Control naval gunfire and air support as mad e ava ilable by ComFIFTH Fleet; \ ' ;\ . \ , " ' ' /; (d) Conduct harbor'and beech clearance as: required tf^assure1 safe landing and to X:f?.p44iiJoite d

(e) . BstaiDlislri antir-suJLcide .sqc uri ty m easu res; a n d 's a fe v;'. guard sh ipping: ! a t o b j e c t i v e s ; / . " :''

; ' ! ' - - . . . . - . r . ' ' ' . - ' ' : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " . ' . ' . } : ; - ' ; ' ' : ,'"'':' () ' E s t a b l i s h P o r t p i r e c t o r U n i ts a n d' 'b o at po o ls as.:'-...' r e q u i r e d . ' " \ ' - - J - \ y . . . : . - . . .; ' A {''-.." ; ' - ; - . ;

; fg ) In i t i a l ly . rou t te and control amphibious and troop y' ,, supply shipping outward from, and in o vn o bj ec ti v e are a as' > ' r ' ' y ( i i r e c t ; e c i b y Q T F - 5 4 ; , ; y , . ' ^ . . ; : y . _.".. y y ' / '. '-:':- ' '

(h)y E v a c u a t e p e r s o n n e l a s . d i r e c t e d ; i n o r d e r t o a s s i s t in.,-' ,;-.-' t h e O'ccup^tion^ of th e Japanese :Srapire ;v . < ' ;' ^ V" ; 2.: , .Co m ma nd er Amphibious Group KLEViiM Op er at io n Pla n /No.A11O5-45 as; 'pr om ulga ted pro vid ed; f o r : ' ..'. y - '. s ; y -;'/: ,;. . (a)L. the,T^ITH-Corps Headquar ters, :Corps Troops

i^larrtry ; Jiyi.si6n> - (J. S.::Army and attached - K I R Q : f o r ;^ '; :;::";; Q ' - : . ' '/. (b ) .Landing the '24th1' Jnf antr,y] ' a t tached uni ts less


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(c) Landing one RCT of the 24th Infantry Division U. S.'.Army in HIRO for overland movement to OKAIAiiA, or at suchintermediate point as minesweeping progress permits, bymutual agreement between CommanderCH'JTRAL OCCUPATIONGROUJ? and Commanding General TENTH Army Corps.

3* The X Corps landings, were originally scheduled asPhase III landings with tentative dates as follows:. /. KUl-iS Tox : Day -"22. October .

KOCHI . George Day - 25 October :. , ; . OKAyAI',iA Item Day - Undetermined . ' ^

In accordance with CINCAPPAC's desire to occupy the.KURE-HlROSHBsA Area without delay CIHCP/kC diverted TransRon 1.6 tolift the 41st Division and minesweeping plans were changed tosweep through ICJDAKOSUIDO and AKIN ADA to .HIRO. Progress ofmounting X, Corps Headquarters and' 41 ?t Divis ion ..permit ted settinga tentative Fox Day of 28 September.' .Adverse 'weather conditions,with resultant retardation in .miiiesweeping,'. delayed Fox Dsy until ;7 October. By;CINCAFPAC; directive ;MJltSUIAJ;iA; was, substituted; forKOCHI and progress of mounting 'the 24th Division and minesweepingpermitted advancing George Day!to 22;October..,; By mutual agreementthe 21st RCT was landed at HtROôn-131.October, and moved overland tooccupy OKAYAMA. The basic plan was based on the assumption thatadvance reconnaissance of the KURE-HIRO Area would have been conducted by joint teams composed of Army artillery officers and UDTpersonnel embarked in APD's scheduled to arrive in the objectivearea on:nF^2M Day,.and this was in effect carried out. The proximity of the M/LTSUyAJI4_ Area to the KURS Area and the .interval between the scheduled landings permitted conducting extensive re connaissancd of the MTSUYAl:iA Area well in advance of the landing.The purpose of,the reconnaissance in each case was to insure, thatall pertinent prevasions of the surrender terms had been carriedout, with particular emphasis on the demilitarization of gun ' .;batteries capable of firing on the occupation group. From themoment it was determined toJLipd in FIRO for the occupation of theKURE-hlROSHIliv Area, it v^â^Waed that all landing of troops andequipment vrould have J e e', unladed over beaches or docks by useof landing craft,^sl docking^fgfcilitiBs for large ships were non- existent at bo|^, fSHCJ^nd ^JioUM'JlA. ONDO SBTO STRiÎT, providingthe narrow j^s%ga jBetwe en the main island of HONSHU and. KURAKASHII-3land(g^fovidJln.^th'e sj- obtest water route between- KUPuE and HIROunsafe for passage b; crs ft. larger than LCLI's, Reconn-Dped thau LCT's could safely negotiate-'it at mostS T S S D ^ W tide and current.


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4. Preliminary estimates for gunfire sujthe use of 2 SB's to remain outside the 100 fathom curve and. co"verthe entry into BIMGO SUIDO.and 4'CL's, 10 DD's and 18 LCS's toaccompany the transport group to HIRO V>7iN. The excellent progressmade in occupying other sectors of the Japanese Empire, and atotal absence of hostile acts, permitted a downward revision ofgunfire support requirements to eliminate direct support by battleships and to reduce units accompanying the transport group to 2CL's, 6 DD's and 18 LCS's. Likewise an original estimate of 4CVS's, outside the 100 fathom curve to furnish air support, wasreduced to 2 CVS's.

5. , Original planning for establishing Port DirectorKUEE was based on the assumption that formation of the KURiS PortDirector Unit at OKINAWA-would not be completed in time to meetthe advanced Fox Day of 1 - 3 October. While the KURE OccupationGroup was at OKINAWA awaiting a firm Fox Day all available PortDirector personnel, officer and enlisted were embarked in CALVERT(APA 32) flagship of Commander Amphibious Group ELEVEN, CaptainNathan Bard, U.S~N., KIJRS Port Director in RUNELS (APD 85) rendezvoused with the transport group prior to entry into BUI-JGO StylDO.Upon arrival at HIRO of Service Division 103 Unit-bog on 9 October,arrangements were made to establish the' Port Director KURS inVULCAN (AR 5) and Captain Bard assumed all Port Director functionsat 1400 on 12 October. A boat pool of 50 LCVP's was establishedat HIRO with boats and personnel taken from TransRon 16 prior toits departure.

6. Upon arrival at HIRO Commander /imphibious GroupELSVEN was directed by CTF 54 to assume SOPA (Administrative).This had been provided for, during planning, by including SOPA .(Administrative) Instructions as an Appendix to the AdministrativePlan. These Instructions were revised as necessary to deal withthe local situation. On 2& October, Commander Amphibious GroupSL\\EN was relieved as SOP.A (Administrative) by Commander R.S.Celdwell, Commanding Officer, ;U.S.S> VULCAN (ComSerDiy 103 Representative, KURE).

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REPORT OF ;OCC'IPATION OF KU BiS-H lROS Hii i i AND MATSUYAMA

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CHRONOLOGICAL MO RD OF BVSNTS- \In the -f ol lo wi ng 'r ec or d a l l ti me s a re ZONE ITEM (Minus' a l l cour ses arid bea rin gs ar e tru e, 1 Each da y' s acco unt r un s from 0000 t o 240 0,

5, September 1%5AMPHIBIOUS GROUP 3LEra> Rear . Admira l

RODGERS, a rr ived ' i n MANILA BiiY a t . 1030 in t he -HENRY T, ALLEN(AG 90)> a n d ' r e l i e v e d C0J4MANDER AlIPKIBIOUS; GROUP FOURTEEN, RearAdmira l BRISC05, a s COIIMAND 'Tii3K GROUP:54,11, CMJTRALOCCUPATION' GROUP. . ' - ' . . : - . ' . ': ' .; ' :. ,

Planning as d i r e c t e d % COxSIANIHR FIFTH AiPHIBIOUSFORCE, and begun tiy t h e S taf f of COIfPHIBGRP 14 , W s t ak en , ov erby GOMHIIBGRP 1 1 ; -;'~ 8 - 2 - *

Planning continued1 aboaind the HENRY T. ALLEI^Jat' ' ' i '' ' * ' ' ' 'MANILA, :

9 September 1945 . COlil^NDER UNDER .; i5R DJSIOLITION TiiLJj'FIVE and hisI'lagship VJILLLJ'I ::, HOBBY (APD 95) reported for duty* TheT'\ELLL,M >I. HOBBY and UDT 5 were ordered to remain at SU3IC tocontinue training, CO11 UDT 5 was ordered to proceed to MANILAand report aboard the HE.-JRY T.. iiLL^ to assist in planning.

The CHARLES LAMISICE (APD 37) and DMTSL T, GRIFFIN(APD' 3^) reported for duty at LISYTE and were ordered to completelogistics and report RFS date,4* 10 September 1945

PC 1251 reported f-Jr duty at SUBICAordered to proceed to L3YTE to completeThe CHARLES L reportedRFS at'LEYTE.

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&ft R/.,NSPORT. SQUADRON SIXTEEN a r r i v e d a t LEYTEa t 1630 in th e CECIL (APA 96) w it h sh ip s of TRANSRON 16 (TEMP.)l e s s t h e TALLADEGA, and re p o rt e d f o r du ty . . ..COlflANDiR LST GROUP 96 i n LST 112 0 r e p o r te d fo r du ty at LEYTS wi th LST's 777,- 7B7, 9 33, 1 025 , 1027,.. l l 2 0

6 ! 12 September 1945 .The TALLADEGA arrived at LEYT E at 0730 and proceededto MANICANI for docking to replace a damaged screw.

. Ships of TRANSROKf 16 (Temp,) and LST's temporarily .assigned to COH LST.GROUP 96 replenished logistics at LEY TE /

1. 13 September 1945 ' . ;.-.. The CHARLES LAVJREMCS and-: DANIEL: T., GRIFFIN furtherreported to CQLIl^NDER TR/.NSR0N; 16 for duty.. / , V :,' :

The DANIEL T, GRIFFIN edbarked tm. officers of 'TRANSRON 16 and departed LEXTE at 1500 f o r & G 0 and ZAMBOANGA.8 . , 1 4 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 4 5 ' :i ;''-

The DANIEL T , GRIFFIN.arrived BUGO at O6OO, disembark ed TQM. officer's of the LSMA^ES (APA 19 $) and WHITESIDE (AKA90) and sailed f or ZAliBOi.NGA, . . . ,

::: ^05([H/4Y. BivKER, FIFTII i,;IPHIBIOUS FOR CE 'BEACH BATTA LIONboardad. t b V HENEtT.V ALLEN ,at I I A N I L A . .' . ; . C0]iOIAiSR LST FLOT 5 m L C ( F F ) 7B & a r r iv e d MANre p o rt e d fo r d u ty an d was di r e c t e d t o pro ce ed to, ZAHBGANGA whenre^idy for. e ea , abo ut 16 ,Sept ember*

. PC 1251 a r r i ve d .LETTS an d- r ep or te d ' r ea d i ne ss ' f o r s ea .At 1000 COMTRANSRON . l ^ i n t h e CECIL .d ep ar te d LSYTS

.for:BUGO and ZAIBQANGA w it h t ^ ^ S f e o w i n g sh ip s i n company:

7 departed LEYTE-for ZAMBOANGAM)S, ST.. WiBX]?,: YANCEY, an d Isailed in company for BUGO,(III) - 2


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COMTRANSDIV 48 in the TALLADEGA departecTXSYTE i>r ;.ZAI-1BOANGA at 1600 with DAUPHIN, DICKENS, MISSOULA, BOTSTOURT,GASCONADE, and PAMINA,

At 1 830 the HENRY-T. ALLiSN with COiiEPKlBGRP 11 embarkeddeparted MANILA for ZAMBOANGA. ; 9 15 September 1945

The DANIEL T. GRIFFIN arrived ZAMBOi-NGA with TQM officers of TRANSRON 16 . The LENAWSE and ^HITESIDE arrived BUGO to load XthCORPS troo ps.

. , Com LST GROUP:96 departed LEYTS in 1ST 1120 for ZAiffiO-ANGA with LST's 777 , 787 , 933, 1025 . LST 1027 sailed in companyfor BUGO. . ' ' , '

The G/iLVERT (APA 32 ) arrived at'LEYTE at 0800, ^reportedfor duty,, and was directed to expedite logistics and proceed toZAMBOANGA to embark COMPHIBGRP 11 and Staff.10. \h Septem ber 1945 - . '

At 0700 "COMPBIBGRP 11 i n t h e -HISNRY T.ALLEN a r r i v e dZ A M B O A N G A . . ' r ; . ;

TRANSHON 16 ( Tem p.) l e s s t h e LSNA13E anda r r i v e d ZAMBOANGA in t h r e e s e c t i o n s , under COMTRANSRON 1 6 / C02 -TPjiNSDIV 47>-and-C0IITR/iNSpIV 4 8 , a t 08 00 , 1 30 0, and 1400 .r e s p e c t i'/i3lv,, and ; commenced lo ad in g t h e 41 st BIFArU'RI DIVISION\LST 1027 a r r iv e d BUGO t o lo ad Xth CORPS Tr oo ps .

. ' 11 ' 17 September 1945 : : '. . The G/iVERT a r r i v e d ZAI.I30ANGA, a t 143P . CCSPHIBGRP 11s h i f t e d h i s f l a g t o t h e CALVERT-. The HJSNRY T..ALLEN w i th PHIBGR14 embarked, depar ted for L J O T S and MANILA at,2000.

COMPANY-.BJCfiR FIFTH AITHI3I0US tr .a r isf er re d from ;the:HENRY T. ..LIEN atoon 1. to ' j o i n the 24 th In f , D i' At: 1500: COJ; m 11 20 a r r i v e d -2AMB0ANGAwith LST's 777, 787,

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4 ARSAS - 'Part ' ( I I I )en t s'.

5 in .WILLIAM. M. HOBBY (APD 95) departed SUBIC

COM LST FLOT 5 i n LC(FF) 788 d eparted MANILA a t 1945for ZAMBOANGA.Loading of tr an sp or ts at Zaraboanga prog ress ed ra pi dl yand COKPHIBGR 11 repor ted by di spatch t o COMFIFTHPHIBFOR t h a t shipscould be s a i l e d t o meet a FOX DAY of 28 Septembe r,

1 2 . 18 September 1945 .Load ing of 41st INF. DIV. a t ZAMBOANGA and Xth CORPSa t BUGO co nti nu ed .The C/LVSRT.with.'COMPHIBGRP O l embarked s a i l e d fromANGA a t 1830 fo r BUGO/ . ,SC 1312 re por ted fo r du ty a t 0KINAW!. in damaged c ondi ti on as re su lt of a typhoon,"RFS date un cer ta in . Ordered toeffect r epa ir s and awa it ' fu rth er order s f / ,COM LST FLOT 5 e nroute to Z/ MBOANGa in LC(FF) 788 wasdi re ct ed t o remain at ZiuilBOANG^ to su pe rv is e lo ad in g of t he . secondgroup of 5 LST's scheduled to l i f t th e 0 s t INF. DIV.

: ;13 . 19 September 1945The CiiLVERT ar r i ved BUGO a t 1130.

' COM LST GR 96 was designated COMMANDER- Ti.SK UNIT^ - , 28 ,1 ^nd departed ZAJffiOANGA at 1200 f^ r HIRO VAN with LSTfs1\?.O >";,.-777* 787 , 933, 1025 and th e: l i b e r t y sh ip SS JASPER F. ..CROFSEI. ... .. :.. ';.;.. .. ....\ . , , : ^ GOIIT NSHON 16 d eparted ZAMBOANGA'at 1500 i n t h e CSCILfci-U; DEUSL, "TOJLLAI-JD, HIGHLANDS, ST.. MARY'S,--GASCONADE, YANCKY,

i;r:o?:^3;, IflSSOULA, TODDr SKHRBURNS, and BOTETOURT, e scor ted by t heCnW^S, LATmENCE bound -fo.r1800 ^QHT^NSDI%it.7 in t he RUTLAND depar ted ZA14B0for JBUYOG^ith T/XLADEG;, DARKS,. PAHINAy; BOS.QUE, DAUPHIN,csc^fie'd by ttie D/NIJSL TGRIFFIN.- ; -; '" : . .

t'he ^ILLXl I II. HOBBY with COM UDT' 5 embarked a r r i v edand departed for BUGO. . * * . ' . ' " : . . ' ' ' . .

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ComPhibGr-11Action Report - KURIjJ-HChronological Record "bDuring the nighty in view of CTF 52 rs report that mine~sweeping would in all probability not permit anticipation.of. a 3

October FOX D AI, COM'TASK- -UN-IT 54.28.1 was ordered to proceed toABUYOG anchorage, and to divert the SS JASPER F. CROPSEY into BUGO.14. 20 September 1945 , . . ,

, . The WILLIAM IU . HOBBY/With UDT 5 embarked arrived. BUGO ,at 0800. : At 0815 LST 102? departed BUGO to join TU 54.28.1' at '1330 at Point HJ (Lat* 09-14 N, 124-28 E ) .COMTRANSRON 16 with 12 ships of the squadron escorted ,.,.b;- the CH/kRLSS LAWRENCE arrived BUGO at 1045, embarked Army boats

and departed at, 1600 plus the imiTESIDE for ABUIOG., At 1330 the SS JASPER F. CROPSSY arrived at BUGO tolo'ad Xth CORPS cargo. ' ' ' ' ; . >':The Command Post of the Xth CORPS' at DBL MONTS, lilN- D/.NAO closed at 1800 and reopened at the same time aboard the

' C A L V K R T - .. ;'; :,.,-; . . , . : .- ,. '; [ ;\\.\, .. \/:, - . j , ' /

:..." CQIIFIFTKPHIBFOR. confirmed F02 DAY as 28 September and0;ordered.shipping to be sailed to.meet this- date , to.be diverted/ if necessary, to OKiiUWih if FOX D A Y were delayed. COIIPHIBGRP 11ordered CTU 54.28,1 to cancel the diversion to ABUYOG and tp proceed as originally instructed to HIRO WxiN through Point JP andalong a route- 7 miles to starboard of the iledian Line of .RoutesIRC3J, SULPHUR, and ZINC to Point PULLET.

The rjILLIALI IU HOBBY was sailed from BUGO at 1800 toproceed to SAN PEDRO BAY for logistics,- thence via Route SQUASHto OKINAWA for additional logistics and final sailing via routeZB fC >o join the AUBURIN! in BUNGO SUIDO at 0800 FOX - 2 Day.1 5 . 21 September 1945

TRiATSR0N 16 le ss L ^ / ^ ^ ^ f T ffiffe(|>|in 2 sections,one under COM ?Jk>:gM&|^fi^ 16 ,a t 1400. The p - ; ^ ' % w ^ f f i : ^ e ^ % i O ) S%% "^psdrect minor repairs;the 7HITSSIDE to fttHpUf wrfw^TOEpLete lo adin g. The Cft-RLESLAliiiRSNCE pro cee dei J-to ' ilANIC/ilTI to ef fe ct r e p a i r s t o a d ef ec ti v e1 d a v i t . .

The ?;1LLIAI'I M, - OBBY a r r i v e d SAN PEDRO BAY a t 0700 anddeparted 1$CO for OKINAWA.( H I ) - 5
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& AREAS * Part (III):d of Events.

TU 54.28.1 escorted by PC "1251 which joined in LEYTEGULF passed through Point JP (Lat. 10-46-N, 'long." 126^14 3) at0900,SOA' 8.5 knots , ./ ,l / " ' ' 'The SS JASPER P. CROPSEI was ordered to remain at BUGOto be sailed by CQlvIFHIBGRP 14 with 4 LST's scheduled'to load atBUGO on 22 September, . 'At 1300 COMPHIBGRP 11 in the CULVERT departed BUGO withthe LENA 'EE for A3UY0G. . . :. COM LCS(L) (3) FLOT FlV^y Commander of, L O S ( L ) ( 3 ) GROUPKING in LC(FF) 1083, reported for duty at. OKINAWA with LCS(L)(3)GROUP 13 plus LCS 2and>3.( He was directed to rendezvous withTG 54.28 at Point PULLET at.0400 FOI.minus one day.

16 22 September 1945The C A L V W and LENAV.'EE arrived 'at ABUYOG anchorage at

0044.TASK GROUP 54.28 consisting; of CO L-Ti.CK GROUP 54,liinCiiVERT with TRi.NSBjON 16 (Temp,) and- escorts GHAlpS LMJRENCE' andDANIEL T. GRIFFIN was established for movemont of the 41st INF. DIV.and Xth CORPS Headquarters to HIRO-^IM, This: T.ASK GROUP less WHITESIDE, PiU-.IINA, and GHi'RLJSS L/jmMCK ;got:: underwajr f rom, iiBUIOG anchorage at 0551 and sort led on. course 105 in'.cruising forraation 1 ABLE(Division columns; Interval between columns 1000 yards; /distancebetween ships-600 yards;/ Guide in CECIL,;Column TVTO Leader; OTCin C LVERT m fleet axis 1000 yards ahead of Column Leaders)* ' .Speed of advance 13 knots* .' VHITJi lDK and 'RJ[NA overtook andjoined the formation at lbOO. At'1116 in position 10 Jl f 30" N,125 53 [ 59-ri E the formation by -C0RPW QUE:^ method came to course059. At 1^42 at Transport Po^nt One (L at/ ll 0 06V 051' N, Long.126 5?-' 05" E) the formfition came,to eourse 02


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1330 orders were rec to divert both theTransport and the Tr. confirmationo f FOX DiiY.At 1403 in Lot. 15 28' M, L o n g / X2& 9&0 TG 54.28cane t o course 359 and i nc rea sed speed to 1 4. k n o t ' s / t o a r r i v eBUCKNER BAY p r i o r to da rk on 25 S e p t e m b e r . . -. . : 'At 1600 in a p p r o x i m a t e p o s i t i o n La t. 17 45 r N, Long.129 15 } E, TU 54.28.1 changed to s. c o u r s e d i r e c t to BUCKNER BAY,..and radioed. 2TA. ?s 0630.26 .September. . ' - .

. .. ' GGSIPHIBGRP 11 " d i r e c t e d . t h e WIIXLUf M.. K033Y and LCS(L)(3) 'GROUP KING to remain a t OKIN/.VJA pe nd in g fu r t h e r or de rs .^' . The Commanding Officer of the CHARLES -Li' RSMCE n o t i f i e dGTG 5'4.28 t h a t he expected t o j o in - the Trsk Group a t d a y l i g h t 24,September . CTG 54.28 advised him of the c o n v o y ' s ' c h a n g e of c o u r s eand speed. , *" ;

In reply to'COKFIFTHPHIBFQ?l's: r e q u e s t for i n f o r m a t i o n . '.conce rn ing t h e e a r l i e s t p o s s i b l e d a t e of r e l e a s e of SC's o r PC 's ,CO!!PHIBGRP 11 r d v i s e d t 3VILLI/.H M. HOBBY, with UDT 5 embarked., '.. ,

a r r i v e d O K i i l / : . ^ a t . 0 7 0 0 . ; ' , . ' . . : ;/ .- "'.-.,. : .'TU 54.'.2b;l- and TG 54.28 continued toward OKjNA^i, s vlr-ttsr on course 359' at 14 knots, reducing speed to 13 knots

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; .')it: 0455 the 'Cj"iySdR;TT.s rs.dar picked: up a surface contact bearing 112 T,::15 miles. .The contact was identified asthe: CKARL2S LAT HENCE- which overtook and joined ^he rprma-tiori' at .0730, tcking station 2000 yards ahead of the eolunin Three leader.The D. .NIEL-.T. GEIFFXiM moved to station 2000 yards ahood of theColumn TVJO Lender.

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TU 54 .28 .1 and TG 54 .28 co nt in ue d to ward .OKINAWA, l a t t e ron course 359^ s teaming at 13 I m o t s . ' At 1353 TG 54.28 cane to co ur se 330V Speed was reducedt o 10 k n o t s at 1500 and to 5 kno t s a t 1503 . At 1509 th e fo rma t iona r r i v e d off the e n t r a n c e t o BUCKNER B/.Y, OKINAWA, and executedspeed ze ro .

Pending re ce ip t of anchorage assignments for the convoy,t h e C/XVERT. e n te r e d the BAY and anchored at 1800 in Berth LOViS 49.At 1700- CTG 54.28 ordered TG 54 28 to e n t e r the Bi.Y and anchor a td i s c r e t i o n in the tvro northern rows of L0V3 ;j ichorages, . ' IJ.1 s h i p swere anchored at 1918.- P o s i t i o n s of TG 5 4 . 2 8 : .

" 0800: 24 54' N, Long. 12& 09f 3 .1200: 25 3'-.5 ] N, Long. 128 08' 3.2000: BUGKTER BAY, OKINAWA.20 - 26 S ep t ember ,1 94 5 - . . - , . .

TG 54.28 ' remained a t anchor in BUCKM3H BAY, OKElAVfA.TU 5 4 .2 8 .1 e n te re d BUGKNER 3i,Y and anchored a t 0730 .The liTE-LLIixH M. HOBBY w ith UDT 5"and 24 Arjay observersembarked, sailed from BUCKNER BiJ &t 1200 for ^AKAYAiiA., ro u te d .th ro ug h P oi nt VODKA th en ce 8 m i l e s to s t a r b o a r d of Route ZINC toGOOSE, Route SODIUM to CHICKEN, Route IJITROGElf to BULLOCK, SOA15. knots-. STA WAKAYAMA 0900 28 September .GTU 5 4 .1 5 .1 (COM LST GROUP 44) in LvST 924 with LST's354, 810, -1.045> and SS JASPER F. CROPSSY d ep a r te d BUGO at 1400f o r HIRO WAN,; r c ^ e d 7 m i l e s to s t a r b o a r d of Routes IRON, SULPHUR,

and '2ING t o . Foitot pyLLST. STA P o in t PULLST 040 0 3 Octobe r .,' T tl '5 4 ,1 8 ,1 0 ,. TRAMSRON 14 (Tem p.) l e s s DUPLIN AKA 8 7,BIRGIT. ikKA 24, WAoHBURN AKA 108, and; SIDO^IA ;,KA 42 p l u s ROZANEAKA 3 7 , e s c o r t e d by TOLLBERG APD 1 ^ d e p a r t e d WXiXMit, a 1700for LETTS via routes N l T I O M |J p WIN.': 3TA; LSYTS 1800 1 October.C0MPH1BGRP 11 ^ ^ ^ A ^ ^ f e s W ^ * ! ^ 0 ' complete boat and boat crew^ ^ ^% he K' r^ as ^^ ^W e^ ^^ Wp ac e to l i f t following Army .


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b o a ts from TALOfl. to , j\^TSU IiJi/i: '28 LCJi(6), 5 LCM(3)/ 2 LOVP, 1Jig Boati and 1. FS boat, .-' - ' .-''''' ,: . .. , *. C011FIFTHPHI3F0R >d y iaed COMPKIBSP\C t h a SO 1312 wasa v a i l a b l e f o r r e l e a s e on 26 September* '

2 1 .' TG 54.2 8 rnd. TU 54 .28 .1 remained a t BUCKNJS BAY, OKINAWA.Ships of TG 54.28 topped off f u o l o i supp ly . . ;

TU 54 .1 5.1 co ntin ued alnng Route IRON toward o b je ct iv e.. -:TU 5 4 . 1 8 . 1 1 , Conmiander FLUCK, in DUPLIN ( A K A ' B ? ) w i t hT'&SlIBpN (AKA 108) and BIRGIT (AK;V 24) , 'ill of THANSRON 14 (Tetop,)

e s c o r t e d by'ra-fiilNGEI^(DE 746 ) dep art ed XiWXiJUi: cit '1400 for LSYTSNITROGEN and IRON. ETA.LJiXT^ 140C 2 Octobe r .CO:.?f 11-NSOT 14; enrouto L3TTS,- reported by r a d i o t o COM-*PHIBGRP 11 for du ty and advised th&t the .Souadroi l ' s .boa ts wore a tSUBIC B.'T. COMFHIBGRP 11 directed COimUNSRON 14 to d i v e r t t h eTliLFAIR and .SIBLET t o LINGATM and recorafaended diversion of o t h e rs h i p s as n e c e s s a r y t o SUBIG,to embark .b oa ts .

l The WILLIiJl IL H0I3BY arrived Mi&Xiu*J> a t 0900 and r e por ted to . CokFIFTHFHIBFOR. : . - ;: ' . - . . ; .: CO'-JI mm .LSI! PLOT 5 in LC(FF) 628 with GOIGROUP 45 in LSM 474 Repo rted t o . C^PRIBGR? 11 at'OKIHAT*7A with LSH's4 7 4 , 11 1, 112 , 283, 344, 440, 467, 476, 478, ,499 having pre vio usl yr e p o r t e d to the FORT DIRECTOR OKIrliWi :fo r load ing . ' . ' ' ' :

" " . pO: PniBGRP 11 hdviscd GTU 54.15.1,-who was proceedingalong Route IRON. toward the ,;,dbjoctive, to reraajji sou th of the la t~ 'itude of the passing typhoon center by reducing speed or bhangingcourse until able to proceed safely to destination./ : \/;C01 TRANSR0N .14 and GO^I'iilBGRP 14;- div er te d th e TliLFAIRand SIBLEY.- to LHa YEM :w,ith' orders to, stop, f i r s t at SUBIC.to era- .

bark boats,-:;and'; then at KNXU, for l o g i s t i c s . /}j?TA.SUBIC 1200 1October ,' .. ' , ' . : . ., . . . "- ' ' . ' ' . ' ' -..GOKTRANSRON 14 d i v e r t e d TU 54 .18 ,11 as f o l l o w s : TheDUFLIM and UxSKBURN to GAN' F3I^UID0 and SUBIC, t h e BIRGIT t o SUBIC:-JLl th r e e s h ip s wore ord ere d, t o c o n t i n u e ' on to L"uYTE a f t e ring boa t s a t SUBIC.


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In view of the threatening TYPHOON,, ships of TG 54.28and TU 54.28-.1- sortied from BUCKiJEIi B,,Y and steamed to the southand west of OKINAWA GUNTO. TG 54.28.was underway:at 1330, formedcruising disposition 1 ABLE and passed through Point ABLE- (1803300 yards from TSUKEN LIGHT) on course 180 speed 5 knots. At1555 course' was changed to 225. At 1625 speed was increased to7 knots and at 1715 in Lat. 25 56' N,. 12.7 551 30" E the formationcame to course 270 and remained on this course until 0539 29 Sep~"tember. At 2000/the TASK GROUP was in.Lat. 25 56' N, Long. 1273 4 ' - E . . ' -, . " ; ' ' ; / ' _ -. . , : ' - . - . .

23. 29 September 1945,A typhoon still threatened the OKIIJAWA Area. TG 54.28and TU 54^2B.l continued to steam south and west of-OKINAWA5 COMLCS(L)(3) FLOT 5 Was directed to remain in BUCKLER B!X with LCS(L)(3) GROUr KING until ordered to sail for the objective; loadingof LSM's of'FLOT 5 at OKINAWA was delayed.Positions of TG 54/28:0800: ' 25 51.5 1^6 :251200: 25 49 ' 126 58,2 0 0 0 : 25 58.5 127 07GTU 54.28.1 reported his,position at 1030 as Lat. 2527.5' 1-T, Long. 126 01,5' B, course 270, speed 8.6 knots.

CTU 54*15.1 enroute from BUGO to the objective maneuveredto keep south of the typhoon-center. ..;...2 4 / " 30 September 1945 . . ,'/:- ;.-.'

At 0839 in approximate position Lat. 27P 04' N, Long.126 27f S, TG 54.28 came to course 080 and proceeded toward theobjective at 12 knots, routed to pass between 0KIN0YI51ABU JII1Aarjd YORQN JILI/i to join Route ZINC at Point GQ0S&. Speed was in-created to 13.5 knots at 1250. At 2330 when the formation was inapproxiinate position Lat * 29 "43.2' N, Long. 129 44.2' E orderswore received from CaiFIFTHPHIBFOH to delpy FOX Dry until 6 October. At 2345 the formation came to 113" and, at 0105 to 233,to raturu to. BUGKNEIl BAI," . \ ' . ' "

of TG 54*28:0800; 26 59r N, 126 23' S.1200: 27-10.5' 127 08,5' E.1 2 9 00.1'" E.

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TU 54-2B>1/ meanwhile, had been ordered to proceed.tothe objective^ and at Q900 inposition La.tV 26 39-'N, Long.. 12423' hed altered course to 080 and increased speed to 8.6 knots,proceeding north of Y0R0NJIMA to join Route ZINC at 130 East.COI PIIIBGRP ,11 ordered the Task. .Unit to return to, BUCKKfER/BAt-whendelay of FOX DAY .was received. \. ; , ' '

. :- In view of the postponement1 of FOX DAI,. COH LCS(L)(3)FLOT 5/ previously,ordered to proceed when weather permitted, wasdirected to remain at BUCKNER BAY., The PD OKINAWA was advised ofthe revised FOX DAY and requested to delay sailing orders of HIRObound LSM's accordingly',. COiMFIFTHPHIBFQR was requested to amendorders to ships and craft, proceeding,to HIRO from ports in theEMPIRE. No diversion orders were sent to TU 54*15*1 pendingreceipt of the convoys position course and speed. . . . ;" 1'October 1945 ' : . . ;; .

At 1200 the TG 54.28 arrived off the entrance-"to- BUCKNEK BAY and proceeded to anchorages previously occupied, TheCALVERT anchored at 1258. . . ' .; -. :;..'TU 54.28T1.. arrived in BUGKtf&i BAY prior ;to dark.

, v The WILLIAM H. HOBBY with UDT 5 and 54 Army officersaboard arrived at Point BUI^Q at 0 00 and was, led by the TRACI: '=t o . H I R C 3 W i N ; a n c h o r a g e * ." ' . -: , .': .

':,. : ... . TRANSBON. 1 4 less. DUPLIN, BHIGIT, and, WiSHBUTtil,- havingbeen diverted by COM TKAMSRQN 1 4, arrived SUBIC 'BAY at I3OO, ' ;'embarked boats and departed for LEYTE via> Si-J& FERMANI)O.: The '..-.

R and SIBLEY proceeded to LINi. ; , No po si ti on re po rt was rec eived 'from TU 5426:. '2\0ctober: 1945 : : - / - . " .

TG 54.28 remained a t anchor i n BUCpJERB/iY.replenishment of fresh provisions from the FLSETI!JOODv.. :J T h i r t o e n o f f i c e r s &nd 25 men of t h e KUIIS,;POHT'DIIlECTOIl'Jm:\.-. einbarked on .the. CULVERT. "'._' . . ' ; . ' . . ' " .

'ltfiL;?H TA^BOT: (DD 3 9 0 ) and COGHLAN (DD 606) a r r i v e dBUCT/AL7' BAY, t r a n s f e r r e d 9 o f f i c e r s and 5 e n l i s t e d men t o t h eTiJH1i1Jr.uA, and l e p a r t o d &t 1645 f o r SASI23O. The o f f i c e r s r.ndmen i/vt.c- members o r a N a v y i n t e l l i g e n ^ s a t ^ a x i ^ r Q C G o J i n ^ t o i n s p e c t t h e KUiuS rfcvy Y ar d .

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..-' ". TU 54.28.1 departed BUCKN13R BAY at 1800 for HIRO WAN,routed 7 miles to starboard of Route ZINC* SOA 8,4 knots. ETAPoint PULLET O5O4OO. .

TU 54.28.2, C0HLCS(L)(3) FLOT 5 in LC(FF) 1083 withLCS(L)(3) GKOUF KING, departed BUCKNER B/Y $ 1800 for HIRO KAN,routed 8 miles to starboard of Route ZINC., SOA S.S knots. ThisTask Unrb'was ordered to rendezvous at Point PULLET with CTG 54.28 .in CALVKR.T at 050100 and to follow transports through, the sweptchannel to HIRO WAN. . TU 54.15.1 reported its noon.position as Lat. 25 21' N,Long. 130 39' .3, course 005, SGA 10,9 knots. The Task Unit-'wasordered to pa.just speed to rendezvous at Point PULLET at O5O4OO withTU 54.28.1 and to proceed with it through the'swept' channel toHHK) WM.'. . ' . \ ."

The DUPLIN, nASHBURN, and BIRGIT arrived SUBIC B/.Y toembark boats.and proceed'on to L^ITS. " '2 7 . 3 Q c t o b e r : 1 9 4 5 - '' : '.

TU 54.28.1, 54*28*2, ana54.15.1 continued enroute tothe objective. . ,;. .' /' -.'"., TR':.NSRON 14 less the TELFivIR, I^, DUFLIN, .^.SHBURN..and BIRGIT arrive! LEYTS at 1100. ' \

SC 1312 was released from duty with COMPHIBGRP 11 anddi re ct ed to re po rt t o CinCFac PEAliL fo r fur th er or de rs . ' ) ; At 0800 TG. 54*28 l e s s the CixLVSRT got underway and sor t i e d froin.BUCKIIER B..I under the t a c t i c a l command of COICTE..NSRON 16Outs ide the BAY, tr ans por ts formed -cruis ing di spo s i ti on 1 ABLE oncourse 075 , sp'eed 12 knots . CTG 54.11 in th e CiiLVERT de pa rt edBURNER B/,1 a t 0932 to o ve rtake th e tra ns po rt s; , At 1155 th e CKL-ViilflT ar ri ve d on s t a t ion in th e tr an spo rt form ation, and CTG 54.11as,-;,-:i-i.f.id t a c t i c a l command, designating 't he CECIL as guid e, cour seO':';-!_. speed 12 kn ot s. - The 'Group passed through Po in t PIDGEON and ^cl.an::'-.-. cour se..a t 13.56 to 050, b ring in g th e forma tion onto atva cx p a r a l l e l -to Route ZING and 9 mile s to sta rbo ard of. th e

Carri er TASK GROUP 58,10 Wrvs picked up b y r ? d a r a t 2250be ar ing C'3 -G .rr"J^, 13~l/2 miles from the Transport Group, on course22C, speed A;:! knots . At 2211. TG 54*28 tu rned l e f t to 010 ; TG 58 .10. tu rned}1 of;,. bo. 130oy / At; 2249;.'after the two groups h?d passedwell clear , TG54*28. ret urn ed to. base course .'050, on a tr ac k 2miles west cf : the rtoute^H^Mlftdxan Linev "; .'; . ( I l l ) - "12


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. Positions .of .TG .54.28:-, '.". 1200: . 26.20' N, Long. 128' 30'' S.2000; 27 21*5' N, Long. 129 58' E, , .,. .'

,. ,' 26.'.'4 October, 1945 - .' ^ :\ ': ' /rTU's '54,28.1, .54v28.g,-54*15.1 and TG 54-28 continuedtoward the objective. '.;At 0229, TG 5428 came'-to course 021 on a track 9 milesto starboard of the median line from Point GOOSE to Point CAPON.The course '.was changed to 016 at 0850. Increasing head winds, .slowed speed, of advance.- To compensate speed was increased, to ,.-.13,5 knots'at 1326. ' At 1440-TU 5428.1 was picked up by radar

bearing 013 10 miles from the CALV3RT,. During the afternoon wind velocity increased to 38

knots/'direction .015' ; '-' ' ; ' / . ' . . At 1-7301word was received,from CTF 54 that FOX Day wasdelayed until 7 October because of a' threatening typhoon. CTG /54.11 ordered TG 5428 to r e t e speed to 7 knots at 1744; tocome to course O25(Q at 1745; ai d to remain south and, east ofPoint PULLET until the. weath'er con tiitiQns clarified, ready toproceed into the INMND $$At Spee4 was increased to 9 knots at.2 0 3 . 0 t o a f f o r d ' b e t t e r m a n e u v e r a b i l i t y . ; ; ' . '.".'

.' TU 54^28.2 was ordered to disregard rendezvous withTG 54*28 and to proceed through BUNGO SUIDO swept channel toshelt-ered anchqrage in USUIvI MAN.,....'; '

TU's 54.28.2 and 54.15.1 were directed to cancel theirrendezvous and to operate west end south of Point"PULLET.

Positions of TG 54.28: 6800: 29 17' K, 131 26' E.1200: 29 50f N, 131 45'-3.2000: 31 16' N, 132 15r E.Reported 0800 position of TU 54.15.1 31 34' N,00' E. '5 October 1945A.t 0349 V'jord was rec nshould"p?js Point BUNGO at 0700 eafas practicable. To comply, TG course to u00

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0242, increased speed to 10 knots at 0329 and to 12 knots at 0345.At 0409 course was changed to 345. Orders to form cruising disposition Dog (double column) were executed at 0631.

Units entered BUNGQ SUIDO infollowing arder: TU 51.3.32 (Gunfire Support Unit) lead by ELLYSON; TU 54.28.2 (LCS Unit);MT, MCKINLEY with RUNKLS and HARVESON; BASSET escorting COM LSLIGROUP 36 in LSM'420 with LSM's 62, 337/< 338 and 354 from. T'sAKAYAMA,TG 54.28 lead by TRACY.TG 54.28 began entering P/JNGO at 0839 and passed theBASSET'with 5 LSM's in the swept channel. At Point CARDIFF transports formed single column astern of CALVERT. The TASK GROUP proceeded through the channel at .15 knots reducing speed to 11 knotsin the restricted area between 33-315 Nand 33-38.5 N.With the exception of TU 54.28,2 which anchored in.USUKU HAN, all units which entered BUNGO SUIDO in the morning of5 October anchored for the night in the swept channel between latitudes 33 42f M and 33 50f N. The CiLVSRT anchored at 16125000 yards bearing 186 from the-Southern tip of. TJRI SHII3A.During theL evening Japanese"pilots and interpreterswere transferred from the GAINARD to the MT. MCKINLEY, . 1ONTFSLISR,CALVERT, CECIL, RUTLAND and :TALLADSGA.; ' r " :' ' . -.

A total of 7 floating mines were sighted by units passing through the swept channel on5 October. Of these one /as sunkby gunfire. . , .

. . Position reports from TU's 54.28.land 54.15.1 indicatedthat they would be unable-to reach USUKU WAN. prior to dark, TheTask Units were ordered to rendezvous at'first light 6 October atPoint BUNGO and proceed via swept channel to HIRO. WAN.,COM LST FLOT 5 in LC(FF) 788 departed ZilMBOANGA forEl^'nA to confer with COMPKIBGRP 14 regarding the loading of LST1s

;: 1,'OIC-AYEN. ^ / ' ; ; ,-'^ 6 October 1945- . :T F 54 des igna ted CTG 54.11 OTC of the movements of a l lun itcr ecepoing the liT. MCKINLEY. and HARVESON from the swept channelanrb ^ras- to HIRO WAN. . In compliance wi th or de rs from CTG 5 4 . 1 1 ,TU- 5A #'' Lr-'iS' by the ELLYSON got, underway a t 0600 followed a t ;0625 \ss "iz CAJ^ERT'lead by theTR^CY. TMNSR0N l6 : with CHARLES I..V :K.Ci.C.S, D.;K.:


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CTG 54.11 arrived in' the AKI MADA\anchorage at O&35 .and assumed duties as SOP/1 (Admin). The MT. MClCOILSI withQTF54 embarked, Gunfire Support ships, 'and Transports anchored inassigned berths in AKI'NADH.1 Already present in the inner baynear HIRO were minesweepers^ of TG 52*7, Guinea Pig-ships (cargovessels used to test swept- channels) of TG '52.11, TIJ 5418..15(12 LCT's), TWhKOUI ;UTFvll^), PC 1127, OSMOND INGEAM (APD 35)ythe T^LLiAM M. HOBBY with UDT 5 embarked;: "and LSM 386 with anaval bomb-disposal team embarked. TU 54.28.2 arrived in AKI'NADA at 1147 and anchored west of assigned transports berths.At 1240 the'JICARILLA, POTAMiTQKI and PRESERVER arrived and .anchored near "CCS Group. . ; .

After a conference aboard the CBCILNvith advance reconnaissance parties, CTG 54.11 directed transports to move into inner anchorages and prepare to unload. . ....., /J.1 LSM's dompleteci. ninlbading and assisted transports

t h r o u g h o u t t h e n i g h t . "-:/-"' Transports fueled il!S'S of TG 52,7 during the "ni it.

:,..../. TU'-s 54.15.1 and 54.2S.1 were1 unable to reach HIRO. :,WAK prior to dark and anchored.j#y th; swept channel south ofVJBX SHIlui'i. In passing through the swept channel LSTfs sighteda n d s a n k y m ^ n e s . -. ' '.- / . '','' '"

PC. 1127 was ''released, and directed' to'' report to CinGP a c f o r o r d e r s . ... . ; . '.-..... ^-''/ . . '',- . .

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CinCPac for further orders; the PC toawait sailing orders to .P E A R L . . . ; ' . . : . . . ' ,. ' : \ . ; ' . .; " .' .The CECIL-J. D OUE was -directed-to-report to CTU 51.3.3for duty after the VULCAN, with SerDiv 103 Unit DOG embarked, hadentered ^ G O SLTIDO,. about 1200. ;." . . - The.. Commanding Ge neral of the i+lst Inf. Div, assumedcommand ashor e at 1100* , ';The LENA?/EE was designated to receive personnel eligible for discharge. .' .,..-'COJiLSTFLOT 5 In LC(FF)- 788 arrived at J m N l U to confer wit h COMPHIBGftOUP 14. :Departures from KIRQ J ?^;0600 ESMOND fe )/0600 BASSETT. (APD 73) with :.COM LSI! GROUP 36 in LSM. 420 plus as?.0;s-62| 3 3 7 ^ 33.6 and 354 for WiKAlAM/i.0600 . LSM 386 for- SASE30i ; -'N ': ';, '. . " . Arrivals, at Hgg)

- 0800 TU's 54-28.1 and,5415. ' l> a- t o t a l of. 10-LST's .'1 pl us l i b e r t y sh ip JASPER F. CROPSSI.3 2 . . 8 October 1945 . .: . . : . - '

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-. CTF 54,cancelled PC 1251 orders to proceed PEARL anddirected the PC to report by dispatch to ComMarianas for duty.

Departure of LST's and LCS GROUP KING was delayedpending improvement .of weather conditions.

Ships of TRAMSRON 14 scheduled to load at TALOH* lessDUPLIN and;!VASK3URN arrived at TaLOtlP.. . : / '"',

.Departures from HIRO V^Ns - . N o n e . ;; '

Arraval s _at. HJ :RO L WAN: . . y1400 Japanese cru iser YAKUMO and Transpor t No. 19, - . ; to avra.it arr ival of t an k e r SAUGATUCK. . (

\ ;33.. . 9 October 1945 . / ' ' '.; Sched uled depar tu re a t 0600 of LST r-ROUPS 44 and 96'for LINaXS^. end pf LCS GROUP KING fo r SNIYSTOK was postpo ned 24hours because of the impending typhoon.

CTF 54 can ce ll ed pr ev io us .o rders to LCS GROUP KING .and di rec ted them re po r t t o COl FIFTH FLiT in cdmplian ce wit hor de rs 'f ro m CinCPac. '. . ' . ''-.;. . .. ': ' . The Y KIB-IO was inspe cte d by re p re sen ta t iv e s of CTU5I.33. and was found to be completely demilitarized.

. . LST 20P and th e merchant sh ip 'YtiJJIlSR KIDDE ar ri ve d a t Po in t BUIIGO unan nounced . In view of t h e impending typhoon th eLST was dir ec te d t o a nc ho r ; in SUJ'UHO \ti$ and -th-e'WALTER KIDDS i n 'U3UKI WAN u n t i l weath er pe rm it te d passage t o HIRO .WAN. . ' ,-'' CinCPac d i r ec ted t h e . CHi-iHLSS LA RICE and DANIEL ..-hV.FFIIf t o yroceed t o 1OIL/* and r epor t t o C0MFH3XSJ FR0N fo r du ty ,

" In compl iance with orders from CTF 54 COMTRANSRON 16ro;:..)r;..-d t o X om Se rvPa c. fo rrdu ty i n .2 -iGrIG GixRPET 'with a l l APA sXJCS y/JPKIN, The DAUPHN/ MEDIA an d. ?;:MIi^ : were: di re ct ed to , ..p: -oc 3c i. t o LING/,YEN as route d. by CTG 5 4 . 1 1 . The TOLL/vND, v7inTBSIDE,Y..-i'.Zy:z-"w,d. TODD, reported t o CihGPa^c for du ty f. ',; ' . . .

"h - 5U;:,AHNEH.,.with GfflBEiiUjand WiLTER WkM' departed BUNGO5, rr"1: ;l ;'.^ . .:c..r.:i'hiKAYiiI. .i, and repor ted to ,COMSSCOETCAEFORCE for duty , : 'Typhoon, condition 1 wawinds did not increase during the

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COM 1ST FLOT 5 -in L C C F F ) 788 departed riANILA for SUBICand LING/TEN. ' . Departures from HIRO WAN:None. : ' 'Arrivals at HIRQ I AN;- ' 1300. vrjLCJJ (AR 5) with SarDiv .103 Rep-embarked,SNOREE (AO 69), SAUGATUCK (AO 75), LCI 944.Upon arrival the SAUG*-TUCK, fueled the Japanese

cruiser IAKUMO and Transport No. 19.34. 10 October 1945

Ships and craft in HIRO WAN observed typhoon condition1 throughout the day, LCT's and small boats took shelter in KURE.The departure of LST GROUPS 44 and % was again postponed 24 hours.At 1720 wind increased to 30.knots from, the northeast, typhoon condition 2 was set at 1722. At 2000 the barometer reached the lowestpoint 29.25. Wind velocitydecreased after 2000. No damage was :reported. :

To facilitate routing ships" through BUNCO SUIDO CTG54.11 requested CJ.T 5. to station a control vessel at Point BUNGOto provide charts and swept channel information to incoming ships.

JiIRO;W0700 ' Cruiser-YiJCUIiO and Transport No. 19 forKURS.

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35 v i i ^ O c t o b e r_ l_ 9 45 . - .-. ^ At 0013 s e c u r e d f r o m t y p h o o n c o n d i t i o n .2 .

.. / / T I & N S R - ^ X/JlJCEJ and TffllTESIDEd e p a r t e d HIRO T AN a s ; shown below. :

LGT GROUP 72 w a s; r e l e a s e d b y CTG 54.11 and d i r e c t e d t or e p o r t t o CG KURE Base for ' duty wi th ' 533rd EBSR. .CTF 51 d i r e c t e d WESSON (DB1B4 ) ; r e p o r t t o OTG 54.11 f o rd u t y a s co n x . ro ! v e s se l L . t _ jj n t ran ee a t BUNCO SUIDO.

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06.Q0. C0MTR,vNSR0N'l6\in CSCIL'with DEUSL, DARKE, L3N!im& and BOSQUE f o r GUAM t o j o i n l&GIC CARPET.

0630 .OTiTRANSDIV 48 i n TALLAJ3EG/. wi th DICKENS andGASCONADE f or LEYTE to .join MAGIC CARPET.

0645 CTU 54 .18 .24 , COM LST GROUP 44 in LST 924 wi thCOK LST. GROUP 96 i n LST -1120 p lus LST 's 354, 777, 78 7, 890,. 93 3, 1 02 5/ 1027 f o r MANILA, t o' r opor t to.. (DOliPHIBGRP 14 f o r l o a d i n g :

0700 ..PRATT-..VICTORY1 and-iiaRATHOli fo r' 0730 COJiTRANSDIV 47 in RUTLAI-with'HIGHL/.NDS, ST. ,, ; ' ~ . IIARY'S, MISSOULA, SHiHRBIiRNS and BOTETOURT f o r

OKINAWA t o joi n I4AGIC CARPET and l i f typlrioons u r v i vo r s . . Pr oce ed in g in companjr' f o r MANILA t o re po r t t o C0I4PKIB

GRP 14- -DiiUPHIN-, 1EDIA, PA OTA e sco r ted by CHi'.-RUiS LA\;i2JCii andDANIEL T. GRIFFIN. Es c or ts t o r ep o r t. . to

083Q LCT 751 and VHX&liM U. HOBBY with advancedv roconnaisance party toA-rivalf: .6t ,HIR0 WSi : ;

Merchant ship H!ALSR KIDDE. --.147 . LST. 202 with ACQRN 52 embarked. ' '12-October.J.36.

Lib-ort^. parties- to HIROSHB-Ih by LCl-f were" inaugurated.. ^ At 1400'Captain-.-Nathan^BARD in the, VULCAN assumed

d u t i e s as P ort D i r e c t or HIRO- .TilAN - KURE." ' \ ; ,; ' " '. * . : - - - . . : . . ' 1 :' ' ' , . ' -

; . .." : D e p a r t u r e s f r o m H l R O .WAN-:- :.' ' - : - ; - :. ;0600 PC 1251 for. GU/,H to'; report to ComMarianas for

:0600 JICARILLA (APT 1Q4) and TRES RVER (i RS 8) f o r' i v . t o re po r t t o CTG 51. 9 fo r. sa lv ag e workA r r i va l s a t HIRQ "*AN: \1340 Japanese CV HOSHO Lei from SaUGATUCK.

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37The WESSON reported on station at BUNGO .SUIDO at 1515as KSCI5 and shortly thereafter challenged the Japanese D'O KAi/IISHIMAand granted permission for the ship to proceed on to KOREA.Daily courier service to ^ K A Y A M A - from HIRO VJAN wasinaugurated by the departure of the GAIN; RD at 0900. Courier shipsscheduled to arrive -VvVJC/iYAli'i 0800 on day after leaving HIRO, andto depart WAKAXAilA-- at 1600 the same day, arriving HIRO VJAN at 1500

the next day. . The TELFAIR departed MANILA to load at LING; .YEN commencing 14 October. . . .Departures from HIRQ filjN: ;. . 0600 VSSSON (DS 184) to take station at Point BUNGO asEn.tranee Control vessel.0900 GAINARD (DD 706) for IAi A on courier trip.Arrivals at HIRO- ?vAN: -. '1500 WILLIAM 11. HOBBY (APD 95) from 1ILTSUHAMA.,1700 YAKUTAT (AVP 32) to establish seaplane base.1700 SIIJS: (APD 50) with strategic bombing expertsembarked.

, 1715 LOT 751 from KITSUHAJ1A. ^ " ( . j- 38. 14 October 1945 . ' v

- COM LSL FL0T16 in LSM 498 with LSH 78, 103, 112, 122,253., 309, 440> 462, 466, 476, 478, 499 entered BUNGO SUIDO at 0800but failed to reach HIRO WAN prior to darkness and anchored for thenight in.IYO NADA swept channel near Point CLAYPOOL.

Courier plane service between liAK/'.YAJIA and HIRO I'JkN wasinaugurated.

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TASK UNIT 5 4 * 1 5 .6 , COM LSI I GROUP 34 i n LSM 11 6 d e p a r t e dZAMBOiVNGA a t 170 0 w it h LSM 1 20 , 28 ?, 35 7 , 35 B, 3 6 9 , 4 1 5 , 4 16 , 42 9,4 # 1 , 43 3 , lo ad ed a t ZAMBOANGA&rid L S i 's 1 19 , 12 3 , 367 lo ad ed a tTALOMO, LSM 418 was u n a b le t o s a i l . / . LST 16 6 d e p a r t e d BIJOO a t 18 00 fo r -TAL0M0. TU 5 4 . 1 5 . 9 COSt LST GROUP 13 i n LST 4# 1 w i th L ST 's . ,73 '4 , 7B5 , 7BB, 95 3 , and 975 a r r iv e d T/iLOMO f o r lo a d in g a t 080 0 .LST 16 6 d e p a r te d BUGO a t 1S0 0 t o p ro ce ed TiiLOMO.D ep ar tu re s, from FIIRO HAN:

. 0 9 00 JOHN'R*. PIERG1S (VD 7 5 3 ) f o r W A K m H A o n c o u r i e r >t r i p . " . . ' . '

12 00 TiOLLIi'J-: LL. KOBBT .(APD -95) w i t h UDT 5 em ba rk ed '. : - f o r G U A M . ' ' . , t :

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39* 15 October 1945Repre sen ta tive of X Corps inspect ed the 13 LSM'ounder the command of COKLSKFLOT 16 off MITSUKiiMiV and directed LSM's 78, 103, 122, 253, 440, 476, 473, 499, to unload a tMITSUHiiKA.. ' ' > . . .

. LSM's 493 (F) 112, 309, 462 and 466 remained offMITSUHAMA prepared to proceed to HIRO W A K at first light 16 OCTOBER.Japanese under supervision of CG X Corps begandumping torpedos in MEKO SSTO.

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Departures from-HIRO \u*N:0547 COMLCSFLOT 5 i n LC(FF) 1083 wi th LC(FF)10 81 and 12 LCS of Group KIiiG for SUBICand Mi*NILn to r e p o r t t o CTF 74.0623 CTU 54.IS .26 C aptain KINGSUND i n TOLLANDwi th LiNC^I, I^i ltSSlDS and TODD for SUBICand_MiiHILA. TODD t o c a l a OKIN/u/A . enroute.,

.0650 TAWiiKONI (ATF 4.14) for OKINAHA t o. repor t to- QTG 51*9. ' , ' 0741 Japanese CV HOSKO fo 'SAEEI , JALIUT,M.iL0SL^P, M)TJS and URAGA.

.0830 LCT 751 for MITSUH/JiA with Group 11 BeachMaster, embarked.

0900 'ROWAN'(DD 782) for WAKAYiiMA on cour i er t r i pA r r iva l s a t HIRQ WAN;

1500 GAINiiRD (DD 706) from )iiAKiilMk on cour iertrip.l600"VA|IDENBURGK' (APB 48) to report to SSRDIV103 Rep as re l i e f for LST 1054. . '1615 COMLSMGROUP 36 in LSM 420. with LSM's 337and 338 escorted bv: PCS I46O. LSM'sunloaded e lements -of 533rd EBSR.1460 reported to CTSJJ4 fp-^qr dutvj1700 KERN (AQG 2)SSRPIV 103

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TELFAIR, SEBLEY and'GRIGG S s a i l e d fro m TALOMO f o r MITSUHAMA an d HIROWAN* , . . . . . . . ' . ' . .

4 0 , . 16 October,, 1945 CTG 54.11 and COMGEN. X Corps;departed HIRO WAN in theRIMiELS to inspect MITSUHAMA area1 in preparation...or landing the 24thInfantry Division,D e p a r t u r e s ' f r o n v H I R O ' W A N; ' .':

0600 , CCaffiSiaSRP. 36 i r i LSM -420 .with LSM's 337 andf o r '; . 0900 CMFLIN (DD '601 ) on, c o u r i e r t r i p t o W/JCAYALJAA r r i v a l s a t KIRO W*$i\ '

,; 1030 C(MLSMFLOT 16 i n L S M 498 with LSM's 1 1 2 , 3 0 9V: . , ' ' 4 6 2 a n d

" ). ' : I500: JOHN R, PIERCE %W 753) from WAKMiMh. on ; c o u r i e r . ; t r i p , ' . i . 1 - - ^ ,:. ,:. ... ', '

ALLEWDA3 S AH, 127:and GRIGGS APA 310 departed LEYTE at0600 to join TRAWSRON 1 4 at 1530 in.lat. 11-06-05 N. long,. 126-520 5 E . - ' ; . : ; , V - . ' : " . . - ' v " ' . : ' ' ; - : . - '

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0900., . CECIL J . . DOYLE PE 368 o n r C o u r l e r t r i p toWAKAYAMA. . ! , " ., 1200 CCMLSMFIOT 16 i n IgM 498 with LSMJ s 112, 30 %462, 466 t o MITSUHAMAto j o i n LSM's 78, 103,122;. 253, 440; 476, 478, .499.

a t .HIRO V: 1500 .ROVfAH (DD; 782) from WAKAYB& on c o u r i e r t r i p

1700 GEMSBACK (IX 1 1 ^ ) , COSS TOT (AG 77). (AS 22) vdth CaiSUBRON 13 embarked, and- . ; . / COUGAL ARS 8 to report to.SERDIV 10 Q Rep,17 15 L i b e r t y s h i p -THSOPORS FOSTER..

The TilLITA AKS 8 arrived USUKI YW t o p r o v i s i o n/ CTU 5k.l$+5' Capt PADDOCK i n BARN iIELL d e p a r t ed X I vY EN' a tO6OO wi th m FA Xft ; Bl^CTRA; .TENSION, Lgi DlR HND CSPHEUS escorted byLUDL017 for HIRO M|\f, S I B I S X s a i l e d : i n d e p e n d e n t l y t o j o i n th e TU on18 Oc tobe r , : ;'

M* - 18 October 1945; . ' ' - :. CTG 5 4 .1 1 and CG X Corp s d e p ar te d ?!IRQ by t r a i n t o i n s p e c tf a c i l i t i e s a t OKixYAMA, . ' '. ; .";,. . . :.,.

Su rfa ce co u ri e r t r i p s from HIRO WAN to VtJC*Y/il-iiV wer e reducede f f e c t i v e 18 O c t o b e r , t o 2 t r i p s per week l e a v i n g HIEO WAN on Mondays ' "and Thursdays* _ ' . ' , . .COMLSMFLOT 16 depar ted MITSUHi^ a t 060Q w i th 13 LSMsfor Okinawa*d e p a r t u r e s f r o g i B IR O V&N: '> '.". . ^ ;- . . . ._ ,'.

0 6 0 0 1 ST 1 0 5 4 f or "S A SK B O v E n g i n $ t r o u b l e c a T i s ed.: j LST t o a n c h o r , f o r n i g h t i n USUKI WART t o e f f e c t; - ; ' ; - ; .- '', : r e p a i r s , ' " ' : : ' , ; ..' ' :. " ' : ' . . - . .

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A r r i v a l s a t KIBO raAN:' . .1 5 0 * CHAMKLIN (DD 601) from M^YAMA o n c o u r i e rtrip*

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44. 20 October 1945*The SAUG-ATUCK completed fueling minesleepers inSUKUMOKO and departed at first light fo r YOIfOHiiMA to report to C0L3SERDIV102,Departures from HIRO l/ANt ,

0600 FOTAUATCMI (ATF 109 ) for BUNGO SUIDO toawait arriva l of TRANSRON 14 *0600 ATR 9 for USUKI WAN to await arrival of

T R A N S R O N 14. - .-.'.'.600 Japanese Transport Number 160 for^KURE.

. .' 0900 FRANKFORD (DP 49 7) for P3ARL via K)K0SUKA' . and SAIPAN.1245 PC/ 1127 for MIlSUHiiMA to proceed on 21 Oc tobe rto distribute charts to TtUNSRON 14 at Point

C/iWTER. .-."Arrivals at HIRO :iCAN; ; . . '.

1200 Japanese Sub 1-402 to report SERDIV 103 Re p.to serve a s fuel storage for mine'sweepers',1317 \ TALITA (AKS #) to repo rt to SEHD1V 103 Re p,

. . CTU 5X>3.26 AIR SUPPORT'UNIT) de pa r t ed Yokosukaa t 1100 fo r Po in t PULIET.'. CTU 51 .3 .34 {COIIDSSRON 63 i n COMPTON DD 705) wi th ROWAN(DD 732) r e po r t ed f or duty as MITSUHAM V LANDING .SUPPORT UNIT. Theu n i t was o rdered t o p ro ce ed t o MITSUHAMA Td th t h e G iLVERT on 21 O ct ob er ,

45 . 21 October 1945.George Day sh ip pi ng pa ss ed P oi nt BUNGO as f o ll ow s: TG 51, 1(CTF 51 ( (Vice A dmiral OLDENDORF)) i n APPiiLAGHIAH wi th COIvELL) a t _

0 6 1 4 ; TU fs 54.13*2 ;and TU 54 .1 3. 11 (t ra ns po rt s car ry in g tr oo ps for .".-MITSUHi:LyA.and/OKAIA!.iA) a t : 0 6 3 0 ; TU 54,1 5*5 tCOliTRA!JS.DiV 62 wi th t r a n s - ,p o rt s c ar ry in g X Corps ele men ts fo r HIRO) a t 0650The TRACY met IU 54 .1 3. 2 a t Po in t BUNGO and precede d t r a n s p o r t sthrough th e channel* .

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ATR 9 so rt ie d from USUKI WAN and pre ced ed tr a n s p o r tsthrough swept channel to MITSUH/11A searching for minesPC .1127 d i s t r i b u t e d an ch o rag e ch a r t s t o a l l sh ip s a tP o in t . CANTER* , At 1015 CULVERT, wi th CTG 5 4 .1 1 a nd CG X Corps em bar ked ,l e f t HIRO WAN f o r MITSUHAHA.. The P o^ t D i r e c t o r HIRO iJAM assu medd u ti e s of SOPA (ADMIN) HIRO YJAN, '

, TU 54 .13 .2 a rr iv ed MITSUHA& a t 1 61 5. ' Unloading of cargocommenced a t 2100,; . - .TU 54 .15 5 anc hor ed a t 1630 i n v i c i n i t y off Po in t .DEXTER.

TR^NSDIV 38 w it h 't ro o p s fo r OKXIiMU plus . .ALLENDAIJE (iiPA 127)an ch o re d i n AKI NADA at ;.1737^ ;': '. ' D ep ar tu ro s from.HIRO \UM.::, -:; . y .'--.-'. .

10 15 CAX ERTy CTU 5 1 .3 * 3 4 i n CQLiPTOK (DD 70 5) w i t hROm.N-^D 7B2)v IC I ' 9 4 4 w i th KITSUHAM* P or tD i r e c t o r U n i t , and PCS 1460 a l l f o r MITSUHyiMA.A r r i v a l s a t H I R O %it:"'-"):-!: : - '., ' . '

0S00 j a p t r a n s p o r t YiiKUZE and E s c o r t Number J?..9 to. '.fuel* , ;. . . ' .

160 0 G ilNARD (DD 70 6) from V iK.iyAMi. on c o u r i e r t r i p >1630 y LOT-1170 from LITSUHB^A,

; " 1737 :" : .COMTRid\fSDIV 38 i n B^MSTABIE (APA 93) w it h, : MIFFLIN (APii 207) } NEV/.KEKT (APA 217) and BIRGIT:(AKA 24) c a rr y in g ^2ls t -RGT:plus"A LLEliPi i lE (iiPA 1 ^ );' w i t h X Corp-'g el em en ts an d es c o r t EDISON (DD 4 3 9 ) .A r r i v a l 3 , . a t 1 MITSUH/MA: ' ' , ' .

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(BE .549).',, : . - - ' - 1630 TU 5 ^ 1 3 . 2 , COlIT. / with-.- .50IXINGE?t, . GRIGG S, L,xNDER, DUPLIN, ' .S

G^SVILLS/SUIITER, T/iBO&i, QKANOGAN, BLuDSN,CRITTEMDSN, ROJ^I, -SYLVaNIA, I^SHBUIiN e s c o r t e db y NIBLiiGK, PC. 1 1 2 7 , a n d PQTAl/ATOlil ,46 22' O c t o b e r GEXBGJ5.DAT- , V " ."

TU 51.3.26 PUGST SOJJW (OVil 113) and PURDI (DD 734)a r r iv e d off BUNGO'SUIDD- a t 0600 to pr ov id e C a r r ie r Sup port to MISU* ' 'HA}^ la nd in g. . CKAMPLIN (DD 601) jo lh S d -t h e: Ta s ' U ni t a t P o in t IULLST^t1600,and. rel ieved PURDYf .PURDI reported to CTU 51.3.3 When roliGVed and vi.o tir ^c te u . to . proceed to HIRQT/AK duri ng da yl ig h t 23 Octo be r,

..,..' '" . TU 54 .13 .2 ' cb nt ih ue dv in lo ad in g cargo .thro ugh ou t th e n ig h t'HOW Hour fo r .p er so nn el lan din g ivas des ign ated as . 08 30 . The f i r s twave h i t t h e beach " 'at 08 31 . At 200 i ip A 'sw er e 28% uiiloaded; AKA*s. The 2/+th I n f a n tr y t)i vi $i pn Corniaander/ Major Ge ner alv:ip0DRUFF>. assum ed, con tro l.,c is jao re ^

' "Fi re Support c i r c u i t s and gun ba t te r ie s ' .w ere manned a tjp and were s ee rr ed a t 12 00 , At 2142 CTG 54 .1 1 inform ed CTU 51*3 ,3' 't ha t gunf i re ' and a i r suppor t sh ips were no longe r req u i r ed - fo r theHISUfiiiiL " la nd in g. The .HJGST SOUM) and ' .CJUICPLIN de p a r te d P o in t PULLETf o r IOKQPUKA 'at ' 2300 'f '".>.:' . ' / - ,

D e p a r t u r e s f r o y i1225 i corps. arid - sta ff embarked.

1445:- IClBLaCK (Dp. 4 2 4 )/ fo r ^H IR O .;^ to com plete" ; . l o g i s t i c s . . *-::: ';:' '-' ; - ' ' " ' _ *

. 15 15 .KTR 9 f o r HIRO ~'!nU i o r e p o r t t o SE RD IV 1 0 3A r r i v a l s a t k l T ^

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0600 Ctl IPLIN (DD 601) to r e l i ev e PURDX in TU 51.3.26.0700 Japanese Transport YUKAZE and Escort Number 59 ..:'

f o r F U S A N . " '0800 KIT 1170 for' MITSUHAMA. .0900 JOHN R. PIERCE (DD 75 3) fo r iuK/iiiH/x on c o u r i e r . :t r i p .

Arrivals at KIHO XjlM: - . .;0900 , . CCraAHSDIV -62 in Bi.RNl EIX (APA 132) with SIB JM (A?A 206)> T E L F A I R - ( A P A 210),' CEPHSUS (Mt 18),' . E1SCTEA (AKA k), WINSTON (i,Ka 94) and LENulR(AKA 74) t o - u n l o a d C o r p s t r o o p s and e q u i p m e n t *

tf (DD--.438) :1430 ROI&N. (DD 782) m t h CG X CORPS and staff from1600 3JARIN AF 33 t o r e p o r t t o SERDIV 103 R e p f t op r o v i s i o n s h i p s a t KIFtO VJAM*

- ' ' 17G0 ;NIBUCK (DD 4 2 4 ) - f r o m MITSUHAMA f o r l o g i s t i c s ,1 7 4 5 hTR :9"-filojn.MITSUHAM*i- t o r e p o r t t o SERDIV K>3 Rep#

Anchored i n IYO N^DA t . . - . . . : . . TU 5 4 . 1 5 . 6 COMLSISROUP 34 w i t h 11 LSK' s for HIRO VIAN and 3f o r iIIT5UHAMii p a s s e d Po^ .nt BUN&O a t 1100 and a n c h o r e d for the n i g h t i n110 NAD^U - " _ '-' : : ,; . \ . . . . . , ' . ;

47. 23 October 1945. ; ; . ^ .

' ' - - U n l o a d i n g of 2 4 t h I n f a n t r y D i v i s i o n f r o m s h i p s of TRiiNSROK1 4 ( Te m p ) c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h o u t t he -day. By 2000 5 APA's and 3 AKA ls . werec o m p le te ly un loc'id ed. Rem airdrig iiPA '.-a- we re &0% u n l o a d e d ; x i K i i!s 23^*

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Departures from MITSUHiAla:0e00 COVffiLL (DD 547) fo r WAI16 00 COMlNPiiC i n DOYLE (EMS 3 4 ) fo r SaSSBO.

A r r i v a l s a t HIT5UH.>HA:0830 LSM's 1 1 9 , 1 2 3 , 3 67 from OKINAWA. ,LSM'scompleted un load ing pr io r dark and anchoredto aw ait rende zvou s w ith LS1I Group 34*09 00 M erch an t Sh ip JASPSR CROPSEY fro m HIRO WAN.11 05 COMINPAC i n DOY1# DMS 34 t o c o n fe r w i th CTF.

. 13 30 JAMES C. .OVENS- (DD 77 6) t o re p o r t t o CTF 5 1 . / H I R O WxU'; - ..'.'.

1 The Commanding General of the OKAYAM Task Force, Brig*General CORT assumed command ashore at O73GUn loa din g of t h e 2 1s t BCT from s h ip s o f TRaNSDIV 38 (Temp)was completed at 1100,

' Sh ips o f TU 54f l5*5 con t inue d to un loa d e lem ents o f XC or ps . By 2000 1'AP& ..and 1 AKA were c om pl ote ly un lo ad ed Rem ainingAPA's w ere 6 7^ u n lo ad ed ; i i f e

11 LSM's of TU 5415*6 also conpleted unloading.D e p a r t u r e s f r o m H I R Q W i N t - . ~ . .'.' ./

1030 Japanese DD HARUZUKI and N,iO:Ki.ZE for SAEKI*.A rr iv a ls - a t '

0900; Japanese transport EuMlKAZE for fuel.1100 TU 54.15.6 GO^i'iG-ROUP 34 in LSM. 116 with ISM's

1 2 0 / 2 8 9 , 357, 35^, 369, 4J-5, 416, 429, 4S1 . and 483 from-OKINAUA. . . ' S: .1500; FURDY(DD 734) to report to CTU: 51.3.3. 1600 Merchant- ship JOHN HANSON with 1500 Japanesecivilians.

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23 October (Con't)1730 Merchant Ship JAMES DSVEREUX from JINSEN,

Anchored in 1Y0 .Following ships passed:>through BCJNGO; SUIDO during thmorning and anchored prior dark in tLAUDSRDAIE (APA 179) > BEATRICE VICTORY and SAMUEL G. HOVE

c a r r y i n g N C B . U n i t s , for A C O R N , 5 2 . ;:CO. XSM3ROUP 45 in ISM 474 with imis 283 and 467 for

MITSUMA plus ISM's 44, 94, HI,. 227/286, 469 or HIBO.:

SERDIV 103 Unit Easy in BEAVER (ARG 19) with B&A.ZOSAO 4, i'MIPSTOCK 10 49 and LCI .1020 for MISUHAKAv Philippine Departures; , ....

Departure of. TU 54*15,21 delayed until 0600, 25 OctoberLST 166-joined'the Task Unit'in.LINGAXSN, ;

4 8 . 24 October 1945.: - ; ; - :: :'. M I T S U H A M / i , , ; .:. .; ; ,

Unloading of the 24th^Infantry Division continued. By2000 all transports were Unloaded, with the exception of the WASHBURNand DUPLIN which were ^%, and 60$ unloaded respectively. >' XSLPs 283, 467 and 474 completed unloading during theday* LSMf s 44 and 94 arrived for unloading at 1900 from.HIRO.

COMTRANSRO'N 14 was directed to report-with all APA'sof ^lis temporary TransRon less the'CRITTSNDEN to C0M3ERVPAC- for dutyin MAGIC C/vRPET. -....;- > ..:;,; ;\: : :r- 'AKA'sofTRj^NSRON 14 ,(?emp) were directed to report toCINCPAC for further orders*

. V PC 1127; reported to for further orders incompliance with orders from CINCBiCvDepartures, from MITSUHAM/

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