Status - John Skinner - USS Daly:
USS Daly (DD-519) -New Guinea
May 31st: On patrol north of Biak Island in the morning, returned to Hollandia and entered Humboldt Bay in the early afternoon. Fueling in the evening. Temperatures 70s-80s, light breezes.
June 1st: In port at Hollandia all day. Temperatures 80s-90s, light winds.
June 2nd: Again in port all day. Temperatures 80s, moderate breezes. Took on ammunition in the morning.
June 3rd: Underway for a few hours mid-day for anti-submarine patrol outside harbor, otherwise anchored. At 11 PM, underway to return to Biak area for patrol duties. Temperatures 80s. light winds.
Fighting continued on Biak Island. US forces were attempting to capture three existing airfields on the southern part of the island. The Japanese forces were on high ground above, so the advance was slow going. The Navy planned to use the airfields to support the invasion of the Marianas.
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the Central Pacific, the various task forces for the invasion of the
Marianas were now in motion, moving toward the mid-month invasion of
Saipan, Tinian, and Guam.
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More Information:
- Official Navy Chronology, pp. 489-491.
- New Guinea and the Marianas, Samuel Eliot Morison, pp. 96-123, 157-169.
- War at the End of the World, James P. Duffy, pp, 328-338.
- Events of May, 1944
- Events of June, 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, May 1944
- Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives, USS Daly, DD-519, June 1944
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