14- _____ this morning we were told we were going to enter Nagasaki Bay & drope anchor in the outer harbor. We might stay there for 5 days._____ We drope anchor at [1150] & we were just a hundred yards from shore.
_____ A lot of sunken ships are laying around & we found USS Wichata also Hospital ship Haven in here taking on prisoners of war to be transfered back to Okinawa. Also here is a small carrier & about 5 DDs. also 5 LSTs.
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Wichata = USS Wichita, a heavy cruiser
Photo is of the Hospital Ship USS Haven
DDs = destroyers
LSTs = Tank Landing Ships
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