May 14, 1945 - Finished unloading and retracted from beach. Anchored off shore we are waiting for rest of the convoy to finish unloading before getting underway.

May 11, 1945 - Morning - Finished loading. The natives worked in shifts and stuck to the job all night. Noon - retracted from beach and anchored in area. We saw a couple of big turtles swimming in the water. Afternoon - Departed Saidor for Finchshafen New Guinea. We arrive tomorrow.

April 23, 1945 - Noon - Finished unloading, retracted from the beach and anchored in the Bay.

March 13, 1945 - 1030 - Unloaded - Retracted from beach. Tied up to Liberty ship to get CB’s Picket boat removed.

December 29, 1944 - Retracted from beach, anchored in the bay. Night - another air alert and another Jap plane got caught in the search lights. This time he wasn’t so lucky, he got shot down. A lot of the ships and the shore batteries were firing at him. Someone hit him while he was behind a cloud and he crashed burning into the sea. A crash boat went after him, but I think the plane had already sank.

December 22, 1944 - Completed unloading. Retracted from the beach. Evening - got underway, we are going out tonight and coming back in on a practice invasion tomorrow.