Mobile (CL 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHICHI I IMA - AUGUST 5, 1944 SI-IORE BATTERIES FROM TI-IIS COAST LINE STRADDLED TI-IE MOBILE . FLAME RING FROM TI-IE FIVE INCI-I. SMALL IUNK SINKS UNDER .TI-IE MQBILHS GUNS

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MARIAN AS In the late Winter, spring, and summer of l944 the MOBILE participated in actions scattered Widely across the Pacific. During this period the large areas of the Western Pacific were Wrested from lap control and the re- maining islands so immobilized and isolated as to make them Worthless. Carrier tactics and logistics were per- fected to the highest degree and the superiority of the American Navy established beyond doubt. All these actions had as their focal points the occupation of Guam, Tinian, Saipan, and Palau. The attainment of this aim made possible the liberation of the Philippines and the blows against the supply lines and homelands of Nippon, PACIFIC RAIDS TRUK, 16- I7 February, IQ44 MARIANAS, 21-22 February, IQ44 PALAU, YAP, ULITHI, WOLEAI: y 30 March-l April, l944 TRUK, SATAWAN, PONAPEJ 29 April-I May, l944 MARIANAS OPERATION SAIPAN, ll lune- IU August, IQ44 BATTLE OE THE PHILIPPINE SEA, I9 - 20 Iune, IQ44 GUAM, l2 Iuly- l5 August, l944 TINIAN, 20 Iuly- I0 August, IQ44 PALAU, YAP, ULITHI RAID, 25-27 Iuly, l944 BONINS, 3 -4 Iuly and 4 - 5 August and 31 August- 8 September WESTERN CAROLINES STRIKES SOUTHERN PALAUS, 6 September- l4 October, l944 l-- - ----A ---W --- --i -.-- .- V vw VY- ,A , Y YL, V Y