27 _____ Ship got underway at 600 for S_____ _ expect to get there tomorrow at around 1200. We took on US Mail also mail for Sa Fey. Cond. III section II had first watch 4 to 6 this morning.________
an = announcement
S = Sasebo, Japan
Sa Fey = USS Santa Fe, the Moe's third "sister ship." She was also the flagship of Rear Admiral Morton L. Deyo who was in Sasebo to accept the surrender of the naval base there. The photo shows the the surrender papers being signed aboard the Santa Fe on September 21.
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