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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....
Oystera6
May 26, 20233 min read
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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...
Oystera6
May 24, 20236 min read
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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...
Oystera6
May 18, 20231 min read
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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...
Oystera6
May 7, 20232 min read
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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...
Oystera6
May 3, 20236 min read
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