World War II Pacific Theatre operations USS Shaula (AK-118)

1 world war ii pacific theatre operations

1.1 converted fleet issue ship
1.2 servicing south pacific units
1.3 end-of-war activity
1.4 caught in damaging typhoons

world war ii pacific theatre operations

on 17 may, shaula departed hampton roads, virginia, on shakedown cruise. on 1 june, attached naval transportation service and, 2 days later, sailed davisville, rhode island, loaded cargo. in mid-june, underway pearl harbor, via new york city, guantánamo bay, , panama canal zone.

converted fleet issue ship

shaula arrived @ pearl harbor on 13 july; discharged cargo; , sailed naval supply depot (nsd), oakland, california, on 3 august. there, converted fleet issue ship dry provisions, loaded cargo, , ordered return pearl harbor. upon arriving there on 30th, rerouted seeadler harbor, manus. 20 september 16 october, discharged cargo u.s. 3rd fleet units and, when empty, sailed san pedro, california, reload.

servicing south pacific units

shaula stood out of san pedro on november 23d. called @ pearl harbor , continued eniwetok provisioned fleet units 15 25 december 1944, when moved ulithi. remained there until 12 february 1945, when sailed in convoy guam. 8 days later, sailed san francisco. after completing voyage repairs , reloading, headed west, on 3 april, ulithi , leyte gulf.

end-of-war activity

the cargo ship remained in leyte gulf 25 may 2 october when sailed wakayama, japan, via okinawa. shaula departed wakayama 3 weeks later bungo suido provision minesweepers; thence hire wan, nagasaki, , sasebo.

caught in damaging typhoons

on 19 november, underway sasebo samar, philippine islands. on 24th, shaula in center of typhoon containing winds in excess of 100 knots. lost 1 lifeboat , 1 life raft. next day, in center of similar typhoon. in heavy seas , rolling 47°, shaula lost 2 lcm s on side. reached samar next day , entered drydock repairs. after completed, operated in philippine islands until departing shanghai on 15 february 1946. visited yokohama , manus before entering pearl harbor on 3 may, en route u.s. west coast.