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RETURN TO COMBAT DUTY 6 Arrived at'Port Hueneme on 1 June and commenced loading cargo. The ship got underway at 1644 on 4 June, carrying 32 officers and 1389 enlisted men. This total included 4 officers and 263 enlisted men of the 6th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, 23 officers and 1070 enlisted men of the 15th NCB, 5 officers and 56 enlisted men of the 46th NCB. I ' . The first' port of call was to be Eniwetok, however, on the third day out the ship's port boiler exploded. No personnel were injured, but the ship was forced to steam on one boiler and put in at Pearl Harbor for emergency repairs. Arrived there on 12 June and moved to the repair base the following day. One week later, on 20 June, the journey to Eniwetok was resumed. 23 additional officers and 9 enlisted men reported aboard for transportation just prior to depar- ture. The trip was uneventful except for numerous drills and an initiation which the Seabees,' held on crossing the international date line. Q On the evening of 28 Junethe COMET sailed through the channel into Eniwetok Lagoon and dropped the hook.'Three days later, as a part of Task Unit 93.3.56, with Convoy Commodore Cap- tain W. S. Campbell, USN, on the USS ARUNDEL QAPD, this ship got underway for Ulithi, arriving S July. After waiting for fivedays, the COMET joined the Ulithi- Okinawa Convoy No. 36, OTC Captain W.'N. Thornton, USN, on the USS MARATHON CAPAD. Extensive drills were held on this trip due to the threat of japanese suicide planes, and 14 luly the ships anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. At the completion of unloading on 17 July, preparations weremade for departure. After the receipt of numerous warnings of an approaching typhoon on 19 July all the ships in the bay got underway to execute Typhoon Plan X-11 For two days the ships rode out the storm and on 21 July returned to anchor in Buckner Bay. An explosion of undeter- mined origin occurred .onthe MARATHON anchored about 500 yards off the COMET'S port bow just after 0100 on 22 july. A call for assistance was sent out and a fire and rescue party from this 168
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