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...Marianas, [[15 August]]. After discharging cargo at Guam, she proceeded to Saipan and completed discharge of cargo [[28 August]]. ...days later ''Ottawa'' loaded the Second Marines and equipment and departed Saipan [[18 September]] for [[Nagasaki]] and the occupation of Japan. After disemb

...in an invasion rehearsal off [[Tinian]] on [[12 February]] and departed [[Saipan]] on for the invasion of [[Iwo Jima]]. She arrived off Iwo Jima early on [ ...a position 350 miles southeast of Okinawa and ordered to return to [[Saipan]], unloading on 23 May.

...r the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] on [[15 March]]. She sortied from the [[Saipan]] staging area on [[27 March]] with Task Group 51.2, Demonstration Group "C ...ys of the [[Occupied Japan|occupation]]—the ship shuttled supplies between Saipan, [[Manus Island|Manus]], [[Guadalcanal]], [[Espiritu Santo]], [[Leyte (isla

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...une]], she carried pilots and ground crews to [[Eniwetok]], [[Kwajalein]], Saipan, and [[Tinian]], returning with men thus relieved to Pearl Harbor [[13 Augu

...Islands]], arriving [[4 June]]. The next day ''Ostara'' was underway for [[Saipan]], [[Marianas Islands]]. Upon arrival [[9 June]], troops were discharged an ...l at Guam passengers and cargo were discharged and the ship proceeded to [[Saipan]], where she underwent emergency hull repairs.

...end of offensive Japanese capabilities, and gave the U.S. control of Guam, Saipan and Tinian islands that provided air bases within range of [[B-29]] bombers ...attle of the Philippine Sea. Airfields on the island of [[Battle of Saipan|Saipan]]--within B-29 range of Tokyo--was the objective as 535 ships began landing

...on [[5 February]] and, two days later, headed on to [[Saipan]]. She made [[Saipan]] on the 11th, conducted final invasion rehearsals off [[Tinian]] between t ''Southampton'' arrived at [[Saipan]] on [[4 March]], disembarked the wounded marines and sailors; and, by the

...[Iwo Jima]] [[19 February]], unloaded until [[4 March]], then retired to [[Saipan]]. ...reserve off [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] until 10 April, she sailed then for Saipan and cargo duty between the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] and [[Solomons]]. S

...y 1945 conference, with other former Prime Minister, after the [[Battle of Saipan]] and just before the start of the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] and six weeks bef

...Sea]] and the unexpectedly fierce resistance of the Japanese garrison on [[Saipan]] caused the invasion of Guam to be postponed. After standing-by for over a ...supplying other ships. She got underway again on the latter day; called at Saipan on [[13 April]]; Pearl Harbor on [[26 April]]; and arrived at [[Seattle]],

...rked troops for the [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa invasion]]. She departed [[Saipan]] [[27 March]] for the operation that would advance American troops to a st ''Lacerta'' departed Okinawa [[9 April]] for [[Saipan]], where she remained until [[3 June]]. In the months prior to [[Surrender

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...and passenger operations which took her to [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Tinian]], [[Saipan]], the [[Philippines]], and ultimately [[Japan]], from which she returned t

.... Turner|Richmond Kelly Turner]]. After brief calls at [[Eniwetok]] and [[Saipan]], the ship arrived off the beaches of Iwo early morning, D-Day, 19 Februar ...om [[Kwajalein]], the ship prepared for the Okinawa landing. She departed Saipan on 27 March with Rear Admiral Wright's Demonstration Force for simulated la

...sailed 1 June to land troops and their equipment on Charan Kanoa Beach, [[Saipan]], 16 June, the day after the initial assault. On 23 June, she got underway ...[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], off which she arrived 11 May. After a voyage to Saipan, where she touched 2 June, ''Fomalhaut'' returned to duty in San Pedro Bay

...got underway to participate in the [[Battle of Iwo Jimas]]. Steaming via [[Saipan]], the ship anchored in Transport Area "Baker" off the southeast coast of [ Returning to Saipan, she then went to the flet base at [[Ulithi]]. and then left for the Philip

...staging area in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. The ships stood out of [[Saipan]] on [[16 February]] for [[Iwo Jima]]. ...She then loaded combat casualties for evacuation to the base hospital at [[Saipan]]. After disembarking the wounded there, the ship moved to [[Guam]] to repl

...to operate in that embattled area until [[14 April]] when she headed for [[Saipan]]. On the 16th, she continued on toward Hawaii. After a four-day stay in Pe ...Aurelia reached Pearl Harbor on [[6 July]] and, 10 days later, sailed for Saipan, via Eniwetok. She returned to Pearl Harbor on [[12 August]]. While she was

...ere no equivalents of today's advanced paramedics. During the [[Battle of Saipan]], the Japanese started overrunning his hospital unit, he stood a rear-guar The Battle of Saipan, although this was not understood in the U.S. at the time, caused the colla