March 1, 1945 - We have 5 LST’s, 1 Tanker, 1 LSM, and 1 Escort in our convoy. Sea is fairly rough. A lot of the CB’s are seasick.

February 22, 1945 - 1030 - Changed orders again and headed for Morotai. We have come something over 1000 miles out of our way by coming down here and then heading back. By now we have 6 LST’s, 1 LSM, 1 Tanker and a Picket boat in our convoy. The rest dropped off at Biak and Hollandia. Today we crossed the Equator for the 14^th time.

January 25, 1945 - 0800 - Got underway for destination. After noon passed through Surgao Straits. Evening - passing Mindanao and another small island. Night - had another flash red, but saw no planes. We got a message today to put more screening ships out due to increased sightings of Jap subs in the area. We are in a convoy with 44 other ships, mostly LST’s with a bunch of LCI’s, LCS’s, LSM’s, transports and escorts. One of the ships in the front of the column broke down and we had to stop to avoid hitting the ships in front of us. We are in task unit 78.3.4.

January 13, 1945 - We are in a convoy with 30 LST’s, some LSM’s, LCI’s, with sub chasers and PC’s for escort.