May 18, 1945

18- _____ We went in[t]o ______ anchorage & went straight up to Amm ship & took on 1500 rounds of 6" Amm. They didn't have 5" Amm. _ while we were along side Amm ship the Heavy Cru[i]sers USS New Orleans & Frisco came along Amm ship starboard side. We left Amm ship & drope anchor _ a few minutes later LST 813 came along side & we took off 1800 rounds of 5" Amm. & also some forty MM. We also took on Stores from LCM. We left ______ anchorage at 1500 & came across to Point Bowlow were we went between the other ships & drop anchor.
_____ On our port side anchored is (LSD) #8 & also anchored there are

BB- N. Mex.
" __ Miss.
___ Texas
Colorado & N.Y. are farther up from Point Bowlow more to the south.

_____ Also the New CL USS Vixbrids & USS Vincans are bombarding. New Mexico is doing a little firing _ We did no firing al[l] night. We also had night alert. We were told that a DD was sunk in same place were in now _ it was sunk this after noon by shore batteries.
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Still at Kerama anchorage.

LSD = Dock Landing Ship. The #8 was the USS White Marsh, shown in photo.

USS Vixbrids = USS Vicksburg (CL86)
USS Vincans = USS Vincennes (CL64)