May 16, 1945

16th _____ Got up after all night in had GQ at 515 to 545 AM. drope anchor at 830 _ we (turrit II) had loading drill _ we shifted 200 rounds of HC. to turrits III & IV _ Still in Cond. II & still bombarding off & on. Turrit I fired 200 rounds of H.C. We had our regular night _ AA defense until GQ twenty minutes later till 2030. AA went again at 2100 till 2130 (930PM) _ GQ went again 2300 to 2400 (12PM) _ We took on some mail today.
_____ Dope going around is that were going to Let___ for new guns
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Let = Leyte Gulf, Philippines

Photo shows cleaning of big guns.