27 _____ We fired star shells al[l] night & did a little bombarding. We had GQ at 500 & we got underway for K______ anchorage _ Reach K_______ anchorage at 7 AM. & tied up to Amm ship (EX 129) _ we took on over 400 rounds of 6". at 1500 3 PM we left Amm ship & tied up to liberty ship tanker & fueled. We took some stores on during fueling. 1600 (4 PM) we left tanker & we also left anchorage for Point Bowlow. We reach there at 1800 (6 PM) & drop anchor at 1900 (7 PM) We had AA & GQ right after no Jap planes showed up.____ At the anchorage were
_4 BB ________________ 3 - CA.
USS Tenn. _________ USS Wichita #45
USS Texas or N.Y. _ USS Salt lake city #25
________________ USS Frisco #
________________ CL St Louis = #49
We had GQ again at 2345 (1145 PM)
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EX -- Should be IX, or liberty ship. The IX 129 was an Armadillo-class tanker named the USS Whippet.
Photo shows a smoke screen spread over the Kerama anchorage.
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