20 _____ This morning we got underway for _____ Bay on. We had early chow & we drop anchor near Wichata & Salt Lake City. Cond. II was set for bombarding as soon as we got in _ tirrit II fired its first shot at 10.00 since it blow up on April 28th. We fired 11 rounds_____ We heard the first few rounds were fired into our troops because the fire control party on shore had made a mistake.
_____ tirrit IV also fired a few rounds _ This afternoon I & III fired 25 rounds each. After tirrits also fired during night GQ. 5" fired a few rounds during GQ. Beside night GQ we had no other GQ or AA defense. Troops seem to be advancing pretty good. 80 days out of states
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Back to Nakagusuku Bay.
Wichata = USS Wichita, shown firing in photo.
Accident was actually April 18th.
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