Sunday, August 29, 2010

August 29, 1945

29- _____ We left the harbor about 0730 _ with us were Cruisers div 12 & 13 altogether 8 CL & 1 C.V.E Carrier & about seven DDs _ we fired this morning but this afternoon the carrier planes made a sim____ acttack on us _ we pulled back into harbor at 1700 & drope anchor (Movies on main deck aft.)
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CL = light cruisers
CVE = aircraft carrier escorts
DD = destroyers

sim__ acttack = simulated attack

Photo: Cruiser Division 13. One of the ships is the Mobile.

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