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USS PICKING WORLD WAR II LOG January
25, 1944
Zone description_plus ten: Steaming
as before. 0800 Position Latitude 53°ll N, Longitude
l74°20’ E. Commenced zigzagging according to plan. 1000 Commenced steaming various courses and
speeds while carrying out exercises. 1128 Sighted Attu Island bearing 250°
T&G, distant 26 miles. 1136 Resumed station in anti-submarine
screen. Base course 275° T&G, 267° psc. Speed 16 knots. 1147 Commenced zigzagging according to plan. 1200 Position Latitude 53°ll’ N,
Longitude l74°l2’ E. 1254 Ceased zigzagging. Steaming various
courses and speeds while carrying out exercises. 1451 Commenced approach to Massacre Bay,
Attu Island, Alaska. Task Force in column, PICKING guide. 1545 Entered Massacre Bay. 1556 Anchored in Massacre Bay, Attu Island,
Alaska. Various units of U.S. Fleet present. OTC is CTF 94 in U.S.S.
RICHMOND. January
26, 1944
Zone description plus ten: Moored
as before. 1353 Anchor aweigh, underway in company with
Task Force 94 from Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska in accordance with CTF 94
visual dispatch 262215 of January, 1944. Steaming various courses and speeds
while standing out through channel. 1514
Took station in anti-submarine screen 5000
yds ahead of cruiser column. OTC is CTF in 94 in U.S.S. RICHMOND. Base
course 050° T&G, 045° psc. Speed 12 knots. 1533 Commenced zigzagging according to plan. 1800
Changed base course to 110° T&G, 335°
psc. 2000
Position Latitude 53°07.5’ N, Longitude
l74°56’ E. Changed base course to 335° T&G, 335° psc. 2057 Took station in special Task Force
disposition #3, PICKING with DesDiv 97
in screening line 10,000 yds. ahead of cruiser column. 2210
Took Station in special Task Force
disposition #4, PICKING with DesDiv 97
forming on line of bearing 45° to left of base course, 13,000 yds. Ahead of
cruiser column. 2240
Resumed station in anti-submarine screen
5000 yds ahead of cruiser column. Base course 335° T&G, 335° psc. Speed 12
knots. January 27, 1944 Zone description plus
0107 Changed base course to 270° T&G,
270° psc. 0800 Position
Latitude 54°02’ N, Longitude l72°00’ E. 0920 Changed base course to 135° T&G,
135° psc. Changed speed to 15 knots. 0950 Changed speed to 7 knots. 1000 Commenced steaming various courses and
speeds while carrying out exercises. 1630 Resumed
station in anti-submarine screen. Base course 110° T&G, 105° psc. Speed 8 knots 1650 Changed base course to 095° T&G, 092° psc. January 28, 1944 Zone description plus ten: Steaming as before. 0610 Changed base course to 155° T&G, 160° psc. 0630 Changed base course to 200° T&G, 195° psc. 0700 Changed speed to 15 knots, 148 RPM. 0800 Position Latitude 53°38’ N, Longitude 173°35’
E. 0803 Changed base course to 270° T&G, 270° psc. 0811 Commenced steaming various courses and
speeds while carrying out exercises. 1200 Position Latitude 53°32’ N, Longitude
172°57 E. 1330 Resumed station in anti—submarine screen. Base course 125° T&G, 135° psc.
Speed 15 knots. 1355 Commenced zigzagging according to plan. 1516 Changed speed to 15 knots. 1529 Changed course to 110° T&G, 115° psc. 1535 Ceased zigzagging. 1642 Commenced steaming various courses and speeds
while approaching Massacre Bay, Attu Island, Alaska. 1820 Entered Massacre Bay. 1825 Anchored in 8 fathoms of water in Massacre
Bay, Attu Island, Alaska. Various units of U.S. Fleet present in harbor. SOPA
is CTF 94 in U.S.S.RICHMOND. January 29
, 1944 Zone
description plus ten: Anchored as before. January 30, 1944 Zone descr~p~ion
plus ten: Anchored as before. January 31, 1944 Zone descriptionplus Anchored as before. February 1, 1944
Zone description plus ten:
Anchored in
WICKES moored
alongside to port. 1650 U.S.S. WICKES underway from alongside. 1707 Underway from anchorage, steaming various
courses and speeds while
proceeding alongside U.S.S. WICKES alongside U.S.S. KUYAMA. 1733 Moored port side to U.S.S. WICKES, alongside
U.S.S. KUYAMA. Massacre
Bay, 1923 Underway from Massacre Bay, Attu Island,
Alaska in company with Task oup 94.6 in accordance with ComNorPac secret
despatch 020449 of
GrFebruary in execution of secret operation order 2-44. Steaming various
courses and speeds while standing through channel. O.T.C. is CTF 94 in U.S.S. 2007 Set base course to 087° T&G, 077° psc.
Speed 15 knots. 2100 Changed base course to 030° T&G, 035°
psc. 2110 Changed speed to 12 knots. 2206 Changed speed to 15 knots. Changed base
course 300° T&G, 295° psc. 2215 Took station in destroyer anti-submarine
screen, position 4000 yards
ahead of guide. Changed speed to 12 knots. 2221 Changed base course to 345° T&G, 342°
psc. Commenced zigzagging
according to plan.
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