Tennessee (BB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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23-24 February 25-29 February .... I-6 March ........ 7-I4 March ....... I5-I9 March ...... 20 March . . . 2I-24 March ...... 25 March-6 April . 7-I5 April ....... I6 April-30 May . .. 3I May-7 June . .. 8-9 June ......... I0-I3 June ....... I4-22 June ....... 23-24 June ....... 25 June-I5 July . .. I6-I9 July ....... 20-2l July 22 July .......... 23 July-I Augus+ . . 2-9 Augus+ ....... I0-I I Augus+ ... .. I2-I8 Augus+ ...... I9-23 Augus+ ...... 24 Augus+- I Sep+ember . . 2-3 Sep+ember . . . 4-5 Sep+ember . . . 6-I I Sep+ember I2-I9 Sep+ember 20 Sep+ember . . . ZI-24 Sep+ember 25-27 Sep+ember . 28 Sep+ember- II Oc+ober I2-I8 Oc+ober ... I9-29 Oc+ober . . 25 Oc+ober . . . 30-3I Oc+ober .. I-4 November . . 5-I5 November I6-I7 November IB-26 November Underway enrou+e Maiuro. A+ anchor a+ Maiuro. Underway enrou+e New Hebrides Islands. A+ anchor a+ E+a+e Island, New Hebrides. Underway enrou+e New Ireland. Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ of Kavieng, New Ireland. Underway enrou+e New Hebrides Islands. A+ anchor a+ Efa+e Island, New Hebrides. iUnderway enrou+e Pearl Harbor, T. H. Ber+hed a+ Pearl Harbor, T. H. .Underway enrou+e Kwaialein. .A+ anchor a+ Kwaialein. .Underway enrou+e Marianas Islands. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pa+ion of Saipan, Marianas Islands, dur- ing which +ime ship received re+urn +ire and hi+s from enemy shore ba++eries on Tinian. .Underway enrou+e Eniwe+ok. .A+ anchor a+ Eniwe+ok. .Underway enrou+e Guam, Marianas Islands. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmenl' and occu- pa+ion of Guam. .Underway enrou+e Saipan. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pa+ion of Tinian, Marianas Islands. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pa+ion of Guam. +o, and a+ anchor a+ .Underway enrou+e Eniwe+ok. A+ anchor a+ Eniwe+ok. Underway enrou+e New Hebrides Islands. ..A+ anchor a+ Espiri+u San+o Island, New Hebrides. ..Underway enrou+e Solomon Islands. ..A+ anchor a+ Por+ Purvis, Florida Island, Solomon Islands. ..Underway enrou+e Wes+ Caroline Islands. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pa+ion of Angaur Island, Palau Group, Wes+ Caroline Islands. ..A+ sea. ..A+ anchor a+ Kessel Passage, Palau Islands. ..Underway enrou+e AdmiraI+y Islands. ..A+ anchor a+ Manus Island, AdmiraI+y Is- lands. ..Underway enrou+e Philippine Islands. . .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pa+ion of Ley+e Island, Philippine Islands. During +his +ime +he TENNESSEE was under numerous Japanese air a++acks. ...Par+icipa+ed in +he Ba++le of Surigao S+rai+, Philippine Islands. During +his sur+ace en- gagemen+ +his vessel delivered heavy +ire on Japanese warships. ...Underway enrou+e, Uli+hi. ...A+ anchor a+ UIi+hi. ...Underway enrou+e Pearl Harbor, T. H. ...Ber+hed a+ Pearl Harbor, T. H. . . .Underway enrou+e Bremer+on, Washing+on. 'I945 27 November, '44- 24 January, '45 25-26 January . . ..Ber+hed a+ Puge+ Sound Navy Yard, Bremer- +on, Washingion. ...A+ anchor off Blake Island, Puge+ Sound, Washing+on. 27 January ........ 28 January- I February ..... 2 February ....... 3-I I February .... I2-I3 February ... I4-I5 February ... I6 February- 7 March ....... I0-20 March .... . 2I-25 March ..... 26 March-3 May .. 4-6 May ..... . . 7 May-2 June . .. 3-9 June .. .. I0-22 June .. 23 June-3 July 4-I4JuIy .. Trial run c++ Por+ Townsend, Washing+on. Underway enrou+e Pearl Harbor, T. H. Ber+hed a+ Pearl Harbor, T. H. Underway enrou+e Marianas Islands. A+ anchor a+ Saipan, Marianas. Underway enrou+e Volcano Islands. Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and as- sauI+ of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. Underway enrou+e Ulifhi. 8-9 March ........ .A+ anchor a+ Ulirhi. .Underway enrou+e Ryukyus Islands. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and as- sauI+ of Okinawa Shima. Okinawa Gun+o, Ryukyus Islands. During +his opera+ion +he USS TENNESSEE successfully assis+ed in repelling numerous enemy air a++acks, and was s+ruck by a Japanese suicide plane on I2 April l945. .Underway enrou+e UIi+hi. .A+ anchor a+ Uli+hi. .Underway enrou+e Okinawa Shima. .Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and as- sauI+ of Okinawa Shima. .Par+icipa+ed in pa+roI mission in Ryukyus Islands area. Par+icipa+ed in pa+roI mission in Eas+ China Sea. I5-I6JuIy .. .... A+ anchor a+ Buckner Bay, Okinawa Shima. I7-24 July .... .... 25 July-7 Augus+ . 7 Augus+- I5 Sep+ember I6-I7 Sep+ember I8-I9 Sep+ember 20-2I Sep+ember 22 Sep+ember- I Oc+ober . .. 2 Oc+ober . . 3-6Oc+ober . . 7 Oc+ober . . 8-I4 Oc+ober . . I5-22 Oc+ober . 23-26 Oc+ober . 27-29 Oc+ober . 30 Oc+ober- 2 November . 3-I4 November I5-I8 November I9 November- 6 December . 7 December . . . Par+icipa+ed in patrol mission in Ryukyus Islands area. ,.Par+icipa+ed in pa+roI missions in Eas+ China Sea. During +his opera+ion +he USS TEN- NESSEE assis+ed in suppor+ing Carrier Task Force delivering air s+rikes aqains+ enemy ins+aIIa+ions in area of Shanghai, China, on 28 July I945, and Chusan Is- land off China coas+ on 6 Augus+ I945. ..A+ anchor a+ Buckner Bay, Okinawa Shima. . .Underway in Eas+ China Sea during +yphoon. ..A+ anchor a+ Buckner Bay, Okinawa Shima. ..Underway enrou+e Wakayama Harbor, Hon- shu, Japan. ..A+ anchor a+ Wakayama Harbor, Japan. Par+icipa+ed in occupa+ion of Japan dur- ing which on 25 Sep+ember, I945, +he USS TENNESSEE suppor+ed +he ini+iaI landing o+ occupa+ionaI forces 0+ U. S. Arm a+ Waka ama and sen+ ashore a Y Y I Marine reconnaissance par+y +or purpose of gaining in+orma+ion o+ area. Underwa enrou+e Tokyo Bay Japan . . . y , . . . .A+ anchor a+ Tokyo Bay, Japan, par+icipa+ing in securi+y of Yokosuka Naval Base. ..Underway enrou+e Wakayama Harbor, Japan. ...A+ anchor a+ Wakayama Harbor, Japan. ...Underway enrou+e Singapore. ...A+ anchor a+ Singapore. . . ,Underway enrou+e Colombo, Ceylon. ...A+ anchor a+ Colombo, Ceylon. .. ,Underway enrou+e Cape Town, Sou+h Africa ...Ber+hed a+ Cape Town, Sou+h Africa. . . . . Underway enrou+e Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania. ....Docked a+ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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ff fagqw T Ffa?-2. ' fe ship's 'F . . E L,,m i,,!' e lflherdry N , y during the ,,, WCII' Compiled from unofficial records. 7 December ....... 7-I5 December .,.. I6-I9 December . .. 20-28 December . .. 29 December. '41- 25 February, '42 26 February- 2 March ........ 3-I7 March ....... I8-22 March ...... 23 March- I3 April ........ I4 April-9 May .... I0-I2 May I3-I4 May ........ I5-25 May ........ 26-28 May ,....... 29 May-4 June .... 5-I8 June ...... . .. I9-2l June ... . .. 22-23 June ........ 24 June-4 July .... 5-6 July .......... 7-3l July ......... I-I3 Augusf ....... I4-I7 Augusf . .... . I8-26 Augusf ...... 27 Augus+, 42 +o 1 Msy, '43 ..... 1941 Parficipafed in defense againsf Japanese aerial affack af Pearl Harbor, T. H. Moored fo quay, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, T. H. Berfhed af Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, T. H. Underway enroufe Bremerfon, Washingfon. 1942 Berfhed af Navy Yard, Bremerfon, Washing- Ion. Underway enroufe San Francisco, California. A+ San Francisco, California. Al sea. A+ San Francisco, California. Af sea. Unif of Task Force ONE operafing wilh fasl group of U. S. Pacific Fleer dur- ing Baffle of Coral Sea. Af anchor af San Pedro, California. Underway enroufe San Francisco, California Af San Francisco, California. A+ sea. Al San Francisco, California. A+ sea. Unif of Task Force ONE operafing wifh fash group of U. S. Pacific Fleef dur- ing Baffle of Midway. A+ anchor a+ San Pedro, California. Underway enroufe San Francisco, California. A+ San Francisco, California. Af sea. A+ San Francisco, California. A+ sea. Uni+ of Taslr Force ONE operafing wifh faslr group of U. S. Pacihc Fleef dur- ing inifial landings on Guadalcanal, Solo- mon Islands. Berfhed a+ Pearl Harbor, T. H. Underway enroufe Bremerfon, Washingfon. 1943 .Ship undergoing remodernizafion a+ Pugef Sound Navy Yard, Bremerfon, Washingfon. During +his period +he ship's company was quarfered af Navy Barracks, U. S. Re- ceiving Sfafion, from 8 Sepfember, l942, ra I4 April, I943. 8-2l May .... 22-30 May . . . 3l May . . . lJune 2-B June ... 9 June .... I0-2l June ... 22 June-3 July ..... 4-5 July ....... 6July ..... 7-l2July .. I3-22 July .... . 23 July-2 Augusf 3-I2 Augusf ....... I3-I7Augus+ ... I 8-23 Augusf ...... 24-30 Augusf . . . 3l Augus+- 20 Sepfember 2 I-22 Sepfember 23 Sepfember- 8 Ocfober ...... 9- I 4 Ocfo ber, '43 I 5-20 Ocfober ..... 2 I Ocfober- 4 November ..... 5-I2 November .... I3-I9 November 20 November- 3 December ,.... 4-I0 December .... I I-I4 December I5-20 December 2 I-28 December 29 December . .... . 30 December, '43- I 2 January, '44 I 3-20 January 2 I January ..... 22-30 January 3l January- I February 2-5 February ...... 6 February .. . 7-9 February ..... I0 February .,.. I I-I4 February I5-I6 February I7-22 February ,,., Trial runs in Puge+ Sound area. Underway enrou+e San Pedro, California. A+ sea, and a+ anchor a+ San Pedro, Cali. fornia. A+ anchor a+ San Pedro, California, and af sea. Underway enroufe Aleufian Islands. A+ anchor a+ Adalc, Aleu+ians. Parficipafed on pa+rol mission in Bering Sea as par+ of Nor+h Pacific Force, U. S. Pa- cific Fleef. A+ anchor a+ Adalr, Aleu+ians. ' A+ sea. A+ anchor a+ Adalc, Aleu+ians. Underway enrou+e Du+ch Harbor, Alaslca. A+ anchor a+ Du+ch Harbor, Alaslra. On pa+roI mission in AIeu+ian wafers, and during which +ime +he USS TENNESSEE par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ of Kislra on 2 Augus+, I943. A+ anchor a+ Adalr, Aleu+ians. A+ sea. During +his period +he USS TEN- NESSEE parficipafed in +he bombardmen+ of Kislca on I5 Augus+, I943. A+ anchor a+ Adalc, Aleu+ians. Underway enrou+e San Francisco, California. A+ San Francisco, California. Underway enrou+e San Pedro, California. A+ anchor a+ San Pedro, California. Underway enrou+e Pearl Harbor, T. H. Berfhed a+ Pearl Harbor, T. H. Underway enrou+e New Hebrides Islands. A+ anchor a+ Efafe, New Hebrides. Underway enrou+e Tarawa Afoll, Gilberl' Islands. Parficipafed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pafion of Tarawa, Gilberf Islands. Underway enrou+e Pearl Harbor, T. H. Berfhed af Pearl Harbor, T. H. Underway enrou+e Hun+er's Poin+, California. Hun+er's Poin+, California. Underway enrou+e San Pedro, California. 1944 A+ anchor a+ San Pedro, California, and operafing off Clemenfe Island. Underway enrou+e Lahaina Roads, T. H. A+ anchor a+ Lahaina Roads, T. H. Underway enrou+e Kwaialein Afoll, Marshall Islands. Par+icipa+ed in +he bombardmen+ and occu- pafion of Kwaialein. A+ anchor a+ Kwaialein. Underway enroufe Maiuro Afoll, Marshall Islands. .A+ anchor a+ Maiuro. Underway enrou+e Kwaialein. A+ anchor a+ Kwaialein. Underway enrou+e Eniwefok Afoll, Marshall Islands. 4 Parficipafed in +he bombardmen+ and occur pa+ion of Eniwefoh.

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Fighiing rear-guard acfion in dark days of '42 Repaired and reTiTTed, ready To again Talce up The baTTIe, The USS TENNESSEE leTT The BremerTon Navy Yard on Eebruary 26, I942, during The darlcesT period in American hisTory since The days oT The RevoIuTion. In simuITaneous sTriIces, The swarming warriers oT Nippon covered The Tar reaches oT The PaciTic-in The Philippines, aT Singapore, I-long Kong, The DuTch EasT Indies. Schooled in modern iungle warTare, Japan's armies in a Tew shorT monThs expanded Their empire by Thousands oT miles. For The TirsT Time since I8l2, The Tlag oT a conqueror waved over an American pos- session. Hawaii lived under The consTanT ThreaT oT inva- sion. Alaslza was in danger, The VVesT CoasT oT The UniTed STaTes lay exposed To guns Trom Japanese T-ulamarines. Guam, haIT-way sTop Tor Trans-PaciTic planes, Tell on The TourTh day oT The PaciTic war. Tiny Walce hrzroically wroTe a new chapTer in American hisTory when Tewer Than 400 American Marines wiThsTood The onslaughT oT Thousands oT Japanese Tor I4 days. GreaT PaciTic basTions oT BriTish Imperial mighT Tcll To The soldiers oT The Emperor. The proud English ships, The PRINCE OE WALES and The REPULSE, sank in The shallow waTers along The Ivlalay COaST, vicTims oT Japans newly discovered air power. Plunging Through The Mangrove Swamps in a nighT aTTack, The Japanese enTered Singapore February I5. Singapore's gianT guns sTiII Trained in The wrong direc- Tion-vseaward. General Douglas IvlacArThur, wiTh his small army oT 35,000 Americans and loyal Filipinos, Tell back To The BaTaan Peninsula Tor a IasT deTense oT The Philippines, beginning a IasT diTch sTand among The Banyan RocTs oT BaTaan which can never be TorgoTTen. Commended by a DuTch Admiral, a combined allied TleeT was Trapped in The Java Sea. In The en- gagemenT which Tollowed on February 27 and 28, The TleeT lo:T I5 American, BriTish, AusTraIian and NeTher- land: warships beTore They could be wiThdrawn Trom T T :ne punishing air and submarine aTTaclcs. The enemy capTured Ivloulmein, enTered Rangoon and Mandalay. Pushing Through Lashio, They reached T-ree Chinas Yunan Province: Toolc conTroI oT China's neline. The Burma Road. General Joseph W. STiI- weli and a IiTTle band oT ragged Americans and X W H WW X ,,,, u,.--..,uE.....s.