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USS OTTERSTETTER DE 244
Log kept by Herbert L. Hornsby, MoM 1/C, Plankowner
Commissioned and Boarded August 6, 1943 at Houston, Texas
San Jacinto, Texas, August 9, 1943
Galveston, Texas, August 15, 1943
New Orleans, Louisiana, August 21, 1943
Hamilton, Bermuda, August 29, 1943
Charleston Navy Yard, S. Carolina, September 27, 1943
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 5, 1943
Great Exuma, Is. Bahama Is., October 7, 1943
San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 14, 1943
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 18, 1943
San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 21, 1943
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, October 23, 1943
San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 29, 1943
Norfolk Navy Yard, Va., November 5, 1943 to November 13, 1943
Rock of Gibralter (19 days) December 2, 1943
Casablanca, N. Africa, December 2, 1943
Norfolk, Va. December 25, 1943
Staten Island, New York, December 25, 1943
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. December 26, 1943 to January 6, 1944
Long Island, N.Y. January 7, 1944
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.) January 10, 1944
Casablanca, N. Africa, February 1, 1944
Rock of Gibralter, February 3, 1944 to February 5, 1944
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., February 22, 1944 to March 4, 1944
Long Island, N.Y. March 4, 1944
Norfolk, Va., (N.O.B.), March 12, 1944
Crossed Equator at Long. 35 West , April 3, 1944
Recife, Brazil, S. America, April 5, 1944 to April 7, 1944
Crossed Equator, April 8, 1944
Hamilton Sound, Bermuda, April 28, 1944
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. April 30, 1944
Casco Bay, Maine, May 15, 1944
Yorktown, Va. May 21, 1944
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.) May 22, 1944
Argentia, Newfoundland, June 12, 1944
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.) June 18, 1944
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. June 22, 1944
Casco Bay, Maine, July 4, 1944
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.), July 21, 1944
Staten Island, N.Y. July 23, 1944
Norfolk, Va (N.O.B.), July 25, 1944
Yorktown, Va. August 2, 1944
Norfolk, Va (N.O.B.) August 2, 1944
Hamilton Sound, Bermuda, August 13, 1944
Argentia, Newfoundland, September 13, 1944
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. October 9, 1944
Casco Bay, Maine, October 24, 1944
Yorktown, Va. November 4, 1944
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.) November 4, 1944 to November 7, 1944
Hamilton Sound, Bermuda, November 10, 1944 to December 3, 1944
New York, N.Y. Pier 92, December 6, 1944 to December 29, 1944
Long Island, N.Y., December 30, 1944
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. January 7, 1945 to January 19, 1945
Norfolk, Va. (N.O.B.) January 20,1945 to January 24, 1945
Quansant Point, Rhode Island, January 26, 1945 To January 1945
Argenita, Newfoundland, February 27,1945
Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. March 3, 1945 to March 18, 1945
New London, Conn., March 19, 1945 to March 21, 1945
Norfolk, Va (N.O.B.) March 28, 1945 to April 3, 1945
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 7, 1945 to April 13, 1945
Hamilton Sound, Bermuda, April 15, to April 16, 1945
New York, New York Pier 36, May 11, 1945 to May 20, 1945
Yorktown, Va., May 21, 1945 to May 21, 1945
Escort Piers, Norfolk, Va. May 21, 1945 to May 22, 1945
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Va. May 22, 1945 to June 23, 1945
Yorktown, Va. June 23, 1945 to June 23, 1945
Escort Piers, Norfolk, Va. June 23, 1945 to June 28, 1945
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba July 1, 1945 to July 7, 1945
Culebra, Puerto Rico, July 9, 1945 to July 9, 1945
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 11, 1945 to July 15, 1945
Coco Solo, Panama, July 17, 1945 to July 18, 1945
Through Panama Canal, July 18, 1945
Into the Pacific Ocean July 18, 1945
San Diego, Calif. July 26, 1945 to July 31, 1945
Pearl Harbor, August 7, 1945 to August 20, 1945
Eniwetok, August 27, 1945
Siapan, August 30, to August 31, 1945
Iwo Jimo, September 1, 1945 to September 2, 1945
Iwo Jimo, September 8, 1945
End of my tour, I headed home. Otterstetter continued to Japan.
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