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Oystera6
May 26, 20233 min read
4/19/44: New Guinea, Splash one Betty
"Task Force 58 steaming westward to operating area north of New Guinea." So reads the last sentence of April 19th's War Diary entry....
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Oystera6
May 24, 20236 min read
4/16-18/44: Currency vs Proficiency, Rabaul, USS Storm Magnet
For the next three days Princeton and Task Group 58.3 maintained the southwesterly course and while en route conducted training for its...
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Oystera6
May 18, 20231 min read
4/14/44: Southwesterly
While I don't suppose any of you dear readers have perchance been pained at the paucity of Peerless P posts in recent weeks, please...
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Oystera6
May 7, 20232 min read
4/13/44: Departing Majuro, RADM "Black Jack" Reeves
Her week in Majuro Lagoon at an end Princeton hoisted anchor for parts as yet undivulged at mid-day on April 13th. Some of you may have...
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Oystera6
May 3, 20236 min read
4/7-12/44: Anchored Majuro, Zig-Zag basics
From dropping anchor on the 6th until mid-day a week later, Majuro Lagoon was a bustling hive of activity as a non-stop parade of supply...
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