29 - _____ Got out of GQ at (2.30 AM) & we had GQ again at 400 to 430 AM. at 645 Cond II was set for bombarding. AA defense set at 900 & again at 1130 but didn't last long. At 1600 we moved ship._____ We heard Hospital ship was damaged last night by Japs. Japs are using island near here for their E boats. Large number of LCIs came in today. At 20.00 (8 PM) we had AA then GQ. LSM came into 6 miles then went out. We had orders not to fire. AA went again at 23.30 _ 11.30 PM.
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The hospital ship had the wounded from the Mobile's gun turret accident on board at the time. Photo shows what a hospital ship looked like.
E boat was actually the term for a German torpedo boat. The Japanese must have had a similar fast torpedo craft that this refers to.
LCI = Infantry landing craft
LSM = Medium landing ship
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