Editing (section) USS Thuban (AKA-19) 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Lingayen and Iwo Jima, 1945</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The passage was marked by the sighting of an enemy aerial snooper and the sinking of a Japanese <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22midget%20submarine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22midget%20submarine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmidget%20submarine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarine</a> by destroyer <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BUSS%7CTaylor%7CDD-468%7C3%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22USS%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ETaylor%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%26nbsp%3B%28DD-468%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Taylor%26%2332%3B%28DD-468%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/USS_Taylor_(DD-468)" title="USS Taylor (DD-468)"><i>Taylor</i><span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>(DD-468)</a>​</span> south of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Apo%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Apo%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BApo%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" class="new" title="Apo Island (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXBvX0lzbGFuZD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Apo Island</a>. Early on 9 January 1945, the attack cargo ship entered Lingayen Gulf. No enemy opposed her approach; and, by 0900, her landing craft were in the water, and <i>Thuban</i> had begun to discharge her cargo. During a twilight air alert that day, enemy attackers dropped bombs nearby, and <i>Thuban</i> fired on a Japanese fighter plane. During the predawn darkness on 10 January, enemy <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22torpedo%20boat%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22torpedo%20boat%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Btorpedo%20boat%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boat</a> attacks in the area prompted <i>Thuban</i> to establish a boat patrol to defend the ship against surprise attack. As <i>Thuban</i> made smoke during the ensuing morning twilight, a low flying Japanese plane made a <i>strafing</i> run on the ship. Despite its advantage of surprise, the raider made no hits but escaped before <i>Thuban</i> could open fire. As the ship unloaded the last of her cargo on the night of 11 January and 12 January, a Japanese plane splashed <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bconvert%7C500%7Cyd%7Cm%7C-1%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22convert%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​500 yards (460 m)​</span> away off her starboard beam; and, as dawn approached, she narrowly avoided damage when two bombs fell only <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bconvert%7C200%7Cyd%7Cm%7C-1%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22convert%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​200 yards (180 m)​</span> off her port quarter. Later in the day, she got underway and set a course southward. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As <i>Thuban</i> steamed toward Leyte Gulf on the morning of the 13th, a Japanese <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22suicide%20plane%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22kamikaze%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bkamikaze%7Csuicide%20plane%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">suicide plane</a> attempted to glide-dive into the attack cargo ship. Despite heavy fire from <i>Thuban</i>, the kamikaze pressed the attack until the last possible moment, then banked to port and dove, crashing the bridge of the attack transport <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BUSS%7CZeilin%7CAPA-3%7C3%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22USS%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EZeilin%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%26nbsp%3B%28APA-3%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Zeilin%26%2332%3B%28APA-3%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/USS_Zeilin_(APA-3)" title="USS Zeilin (APA-3)"><i>Zeilin</i><span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>(APA-3)</a>​</span>, <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bconvert%7C1300%7Cyd%7Cm%7C-2%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22convert%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​1,300 yards (1,200 m)​</span> away from <i>Thuban</i>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><i>Thuban</i> anchored in Leyte Gulf on the 15th but got underway three days later, bound for the Schoutens, and arrived at Biak Island on the 22nd. After loading elements of the Army's <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%2241st%20Division%22%2C%22link%22%3A%2241st%20Infantry%20Division%20%28United%20States%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B41st%20Infantry%20Division%20%28United%20States%29%7C41st%20Division%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/41st_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="41st Infantry Division (United States)">41st Division</a>, she departed New Guinea on 2 February, paused briefly in Leyte Gulf, and arrived off <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mindoro%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mindoro%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMindoro%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" class="new" title="Mindoro Island (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWluZG9yb19Jc2xhbmQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Mindoro Island</a> on the morning of the 9th. There she lowered her boats and began unloading which continued through the night as Allied mop-up operations on Mindoro reached completion. Underway on the 10th, she proceeded via Leyte and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ulithi%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ulithi%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUlithi%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> to the Volcanos. Arriving at a point <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bconvert%7C70%7Cmi%7Ckm%7C-1%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22convert%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​70 miles (110 km)​</span> southeast of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Iwo%20Jima%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Iwo%20Jima%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIwo%20Jima%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a> in company with TG<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>12.6 on 9 March, she remained there until the morning of the 17th when she proceeded to the hard-won island and embarked tired, battered, but victorious Marine units. She weighed anchor on the 27th and reached Saipan on the 29th, where she loaded cargo of the 5th Marine Division Air Transport Group. She departed the Marianas on 14 April and steamed to the Hawaiian Islands where she discharged her cargo before continuing on to moor in San Francisco Bay on the 27th. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Following repairs, she loaded fleet issue stores at the Oakland Naval Supply depot and departed San Francisco Bay on 19 July 1945. She stopped at Ulithi on 4 August, rendezvoused with elements of Service Squadron 6 on the 8th, and throughout that month provisioned ships of the 3rd Fleet off the coast of Honshū as they awaited the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22occupation%20of%20Japan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Occupied%20Japan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOccupied%20Japan%7Coccupation%20of%20Japan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Occupied_Japan" title="Occupied Japan" class="mw-redirect">occupation of Japan</a>. After the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22formal%20surrender%20ceremony%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Surrender%20of%20Japan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSurrender%20of%20Japan%7Cformal%20surrender%20ceremony%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11059830065dec121742067" href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">formal surrender ceremony</a> in Tokyo Bay, she continued to supply American ships, visiting anchorages on the Korean and China coasts into the new year. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key military:rte-parser-cache:115944 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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