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USS Ormsby (APA-49) Timeline

1943 28-Jun     Ormsby Commissioned, San Francisco, CA
  28-Jun - 24-Jul San Francisco
  26-Jul - 29-Jul San Diego
  5-Aug - 14-Aug Pearl Harbor
  21-Aug - 31-Aug Funafuti, Ellice Islands
  3-Sep - 5-Sep Pago Pago, Samoa
  11-Sep - 1-Nov Wellington New Zealand, Practiced amphibious landings.
  7-Nov - 13-Nov Efate, New Hebrides
  20-Nov - 28-Nov Invasion Landing of US Marines, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
  7-Dec - 22-Jan Pearl Harbor, Practiced amphibious landings.
1944 31-Jan - 4-Feb Invasion Landing of US Army Troops Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
  8-Feb - 19-Feb Funafuti, Ellice Islands
  24-Feb - 27-Mar Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - Practiced amphibious landings.
  28-Mar     Reinforcement Landing of US Army Troops, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
  31-Mar - 19-Apr Milne Bay, New Guinea
  23-Apr     Invasion Landing of US Army Troops, Aitape, New Guinea
  26-Apr - 1-May Longamak, New Guinea
  3-May     Reinforcement Landing of US Army Troops, Aitape, New Guinea
  10-May - 4-Jun Russell Island, Solomon Islands. Practiced amphibious landings ending at Guadalcanal
  8-Jun - 12-Jun Kwajalein, Marshal Islands
  15-Jun - 1-Jul Saipan, Marianas Islands - Steamed in circles awaiting orders to land reinforcement troops for the battle of Saipan.
  3-Jul - 17-Jul Eniwetok
  21-Jul - 25-Jul Invasion Landing of US Marines, Guam, Marianas Islands
  28-Jul - 30-Jul Eniwetok
  5-Aug - 14-Aug Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
  16-Aug - 8-Sep Guadalcanal
  15-Sep - 20-Sep Invasion Landing of US Marines, Peleliu, Palau Islands
  24-Sep - 25-Sep Manus, Admiralty Islands
  26-Sep - 13-Oct Hollandia, New Guinea, Humboldt Bay
  20-Oct     Invasion Landing of US Army Troops, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  25-Oct - 2-Nov Hollandia
  5-Nov - 10-Nov Moratai, New Guinea
  14-Nov     Reinforcement Landing of US Army Troops, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  20-Nov - 21-Nov Manus Island
  25-Nov - 27-Nov Tulagi/Guadalcanal
  14-Dec - 15-Dec San Francisco
  17-Dec - 12-Mar San Pedro, CA for repairs & overhaul
1945 13-Mar - 20-Mar Port Hueneme, CA
  26-Mar - 29-Mar Pearl Harbor
  6-Apr - 7-Apr Eniwetok
  11-Apr - 15-Apr Guam
  18-Apr     Eniwetok
  24-Apr - 29-Apr Pearl Harbor
  5-May - 7-May San Francisco
  10-May - 22-May Seattle
  29-May - 2-Jun Pearl Harbor
  10-Jun - 11-Jun Eniwetok
  14-Jun - 23-Jun Guam
  24-Jun - 25-Jun Tinian
  25-Jun - 26-Jun Saipan
  30-Jun     Eniwetok
  6-Jul - 7-Jul Pearl Harbor
  13-Jul - 31-Jul San Francisco
  13-Aug - 16-Aug Eniwetok (on 14 Aug, word reaches Ormsby that Japan has surrendered)
  22-Aug - 23-Aug Ulithi, Caroline Islands
  27-Aug - 6-Sep Manila, Philippine Islands
  13-Sep - 19-Sep Occupation Landing of US Army Troops - Yokohama, Japan
  24-Sep - 30-Sep Guam
  1-Oct - 2-Oct Saipan
  11-Oct - 17-Oct Occupation Landing of US Marines for repatriation of Chinese people - Tsing Tao, China
  23-Oct - 30-Oct Manila, Philippine Islands
  2-Nov - 14-Nov Haiphong, French Indo China - Loaded Chinese 62nd Army Troops
  18-Nov - 19-Nov Takao-Ko, Formosa - Disembark Chinese 62nd Army Troops
  22-Nov - 27-Nov Manila, Philippine Islands
  30-Nov - 3-Dec Okinawa
  20-Dec - 17-Jan Portland, Oregon
1946 20-Jan     San Pedro, California
  29-Jan - 31-Jan Panama Canal Zone - Passed through Panama Canal
  4-Feb - 6-Mar New Orleans, Lousiana
  7-Mar     Arrived Mobile, Alabama
  13-Mar     Crew left the ship
  15-Mar     USS Ormsby APA-49 Decomissioned - End of an Era