USS OAKLAND's WORLD WAR II HISTORY
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11 Jan 1945 –
The Golden Gate was sighted and the ship stood into San Francisco Bay.
12 Jan 1945 – At Bethlemhem Steel Company, San Francisco, California, undergoing overhaul.
1-3 Mar 45 – Shakedown conducted off the Farallones.
4 Mar 1945 – Oakland departed from San Francisco Bay and set course for Pearl Harbor.
3 Mar 1945 – Entered Pearl Harbor.
11-14 Mar 1945 – Intensive training exercises conducted in the Hawaiian training area.
14 Mar 1945 – Returned to Pearl Harbor.
19 Mar 1945 – Oakland sortied from Pearl Harbor.
30 Mar 1945 – Arrived in Ulithi Atoll Lagoon.
31 Mar 1945 – Departed from Ulithi and headed for Okinawa to join the fleet.
2 Apr 1945 – Oakland joined Task Group 58.4 operating off Sakashima Gunto in the Southern Nansei Shoto chain of islands.
7 Apr 1945 – The OAKLAND was transferred to Task Group 58.2 operating in the vicinity. Daily strikes were conducted against Okinawa.
10 Apr 1945 – The Oakland was assigned to Task Group 58.3 in which group she operated for the remainder of the Okinawa campaign.
Battle Action Report # 2 covers the period of time 11 Apr to 14 May 1945
http://www.rtcol.com/~oakland/action2.html
12 Apr 1945 – On this date the officers and men were called to quarters on the fantail to pay final homage to their two shipmates killed on the previous day.
14 Apr 1945 – The Oakland added a new experience to her war-time "bag of tricks" by refueling, rearming, and provisioning underway from ships of the train in the open sea.
15-16 Apr 1945 – Task Group 58.3 swept northward and struck at southern Kyushu.
16 Apr 1945 – Task Group 58.3 continued attack on southern Kyushu. A "Frances" twin engine Jap Bomber, approached the formation at sunset. The Oakland assisted in shooting her down.
17 Apr 1945 – Throughout this period Task Group 58.3 operated in support of the landings on Okinawa. Numerous attacks were made against our formation. On 17 April the Oakland destroyed one Kamikaze as it passed over the ship and crashed in flames nearby.
12 Jan 1945 – At Bethlemhem Steel Company, San Francisco, California, undergoing overhaul.
1-3 Mar 45 – Shakedown conducted off the Farallones.
4 Mar 1945 – Oakland departed from San Francisco Bay and set course for Pearl Harbor.
3 Mar 1945 – Entered Pearl Harbor.
11-14 Mar 1945 – Intensive training exercises conducted in the Hawaiian training area.
14 Mar 1945 – Returned to Pearl Harbor.
19 Mar 1945 – Oakland sortied from Pearl Harbor.
30 Mar 1945 – Arrived in Ulithi Atoll Lagoon.
31 Mar 1945 – Departed from Ulithi and headed for Okinawa to join the fleet.
2 Apr 1945 – Oakland joined Task Group 58.4 operating off Sakashima Gunto in the Southern Nansei Shoto chain of islands.
7 Apr 1945 – The OAKLAND was transferred to Task Group 58.2 operating in the vicinity. Daily strikes were conducted against Okinawa.
10 Apr 1945 – The Oakland was assigned to Task Group 58.3 in which group she operated for the remainder of the Okinawa campaign.
Battle Action Report # 2 covers the period of time 11 Apr to 14 May 1945
http://www.rtcol.com/~oakland/action2.html
12 Apr 1945 – On this date the officers and men were called to quarters on the fantail to pay final homage to their two shipmates killed on the previous day.
14 Apr 1945 – The Oakland added a new experience to her war-time "bag of tricks" by refueling, rearming, and provisioning underway from ships of the train in the open sea.
15-16 Apr 1945 – Task Group 58.3 swept northward and struck at southern Kyushu.
16 Apr 1945 – Task Group 58.3 continued attack on southern Kyushu. A "Frances" twin engine Jap Bomber, approached the formation at sunset. The Oakland assisted in shooting her down.
17 Apr 1945 – Throughout this period Task Group 58.3 operated in support of the landings on Okinawa. Numerous attacks were made against our formation. On 17 April the Oakland destroyed one Kamikaze as it passed over the ship and crashed in flames nearby.
Photo
#: 80-G-315762 USSEnterprise(CV-6), Under attack by a Japanese suicide
plane, during operations off Okinawa on 11 April 1945. She was hit and
damaged on this day, but returned to action in early May
following repairs made at Ulithi. At
right is USS Oakland (CL-95), which is opening fire on the diving
plane. Note tracer shells streaking across the upper part of the image.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National
Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 550 pixels Reproductions of
this image
may also be available through the National Archives photographic
reproduction system.
11
May 1945 – Enemy Kamihaze attacked the formation in
force. The USS Bunker Hill was hit while steaming 2,000 yards from
OAKLAND.
12 May 1945 – Task Force 58 headed northward to attack Kyushu. Enemy suicide planes attacked; one crashing into the USS Enterprise within our formation. Within a few minutes the Oakland took four separate raiders under fire. The ship's claim in assisting in the destruction of two of them was substantiated by the group commander.
13-28 May 1945 – Task Group 58.3 continued operations off the coast of Okinawa.
28 May 1945 – Admiral W.F. Halsey, Jr., USN, assumed command of Task Force 58 when it joined the Third Fleet, with the title of Task Force 38.
29 May 1945 – Task Group 38.3 departed from the Okinawa area and set course for Leyte Gulf.
1 Jun 1945 – The Oakland came to rest in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, within sight of Tacloban, capital of Leyte Province. The Oakland had been underway a total of 63 days, the longest period thus far.
1 Jun to 1 Jul 1945 – This period was spent at anchor in Leyte Gulf, with the exception of a
three-day period at sea for operational training.
6 Jun 1945 – The Oakland became the flagship of Commodore J.P. Womble, USN, Commander Task Flotilla Two.
1 Jul 1945 – The Oakland with Task Force 38 sortied from Leyte Gulf, setting easterly course upon departure from Surigao Straits.
10 Jul 1945 – Tokyo Bay area attacked by aircraft of Task Force 38.
13 Jul 1945 – OAKLAND participated in...Strikes conducted against Hokkaido and northern Honshu.
19-20 Jul 1945 – Planes from Task Group 38.3 raided Tokyo plains area.
24-25 Jul 1945 – Merchant and naval shipping in the Kure-Kobe area of the Inland Sea was attacked by Task Force 38 aircraft.
27 Jul 1945 – "Clean-up" strikes conducted against remaining shipping in Kure-Kobe area.
30 Jul 1945 – Attention of Task Group 38.3 was shifted to industrial centers of Tokyo and Nagoya.
1-7 Aug 1945 – Oakland spent the first week of August dodging a typhoon passing through the area east of Japan.
7 Aug 1945 – Task Group 38.3 headed northward to strike northern Honshu and Hokkaido.
Typhoon conditions prevented attacks from being launched for two days.
9-10 Aug 1945 – Concentrated air attacks directed at northern Honshu and Hokkaido area. Hundreds of floating mines were sighted adrift in our vicinity during these operations off the coast of Japan but none of the ships of Task Force 38 were damaged by them.
10-13 Aug 1945 – Operations were curtailed during this period awaiting development of the Japanese peace negotiations.
13 Aug 1945 – Tokyo Plains area was attacked by our aircraft.
15 Aug 1945 – Planes from Task Group 38.3 were striking the Tokyo area when word was received that Japan had accepted our terms without reservation. Many Japanese planes attacked our ships concentrating on the picket destroyers who accounted for more than twenty of them.
19 Aug 1945 – Commander Task Flotilla TWO, Commodore J.P. Womble, USN, and staff with a small group of officers and men from OAKLAND (this ship) transferred to a destroyer at sea, the first leg of a journey that was to place them in Sagami Wan with the first group of American ships to anchor in the Japanese waters. On 30 August this same group landed on Japanese soil at Yokosuka Naval Base, Honshu, Japan, where Commodore Womble assumed command of all US Naval Shore Activities.
20 Aug 1945 – Naval task force (Rear Adm. O. C. Badger) is formed to assume responsibility for the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval base, Japan.
21 Aug 1945 – Oakland was relieved of duties as Commander of screening units of Task Group 38.3.
27 August 1945 – Captain Allen P. Calvert, USN, relieved Captain Kendall S. Reed, USN, as Commanding Officer.
29 Aug 1945 – Task Group 38.3 steams to operating area in the vicinity of the southern tip of Kyushu for the support of the occupation of Japan.
30 Aug 1945 – Commander THIRD Fleet directed the Oakland to proceed to Toyka Bay and report to Commander Task Force 31, Commander Naval Landing Force, Yokosuka.
31 Aug 1945 – Oakland at in Tokyo Bay outside the breakwater of the Yokosuka Naval Base.
2 Sep 1945 – Surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri were witnessed by the officers and men of the Oakland from their berth nearby.
12 May 1945 – Task Force 58 headed northward to attack Kyushu. Enemy suicide planes attacked; one crashing into the USS Enterprise within our formation. Within a few minutes the Oakland took four separate raiders under fire. The ship's claim in assisting in the destruction of two of them was substantiated by the group commander.
13-28 May 1945 – Task Group 58.3 continued operations off the coast of Okinawa.
28 May 1945 – Admiral W.F. Halsey, Jr., USN, assumed command of Task Force 58 when it joined the Third Fleet, with the title of Task Force 38.
29 May 1945 – Task Group 38.3 departed from the Okinawa area and set course for Leyte Gulf.
1 Jun 1945 – The Oakland came to rest in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, within sight of Tacloban, capital of Leyte Province. The Oakland had been underway a total of 63 days, the longest period thus far.
1 Jun to 1 Jul 1945 – This period was spent at anchor in Leyte Gulf, with the exception of a
three-day period at sea for operational training.
6 Jun 1945 – The Oakland became the flagship of Commodore J.P. Womble, USN, Commander Task Flotilla Two.
1 Jul 1945 – The Oakland with Task Force 38 sortied from Leyte Gulf, setting easterly course upon departure from Surigao Straits.
10 Jul 1945 – Tokyo Bay area attacked by aircraft of Task Force 38.
13 Jul 1945 – OAKLAND participated in...Strikes conducted against Hokkaido and northern Honshu.
19-20 Jul 1945 – Planes from Task Group 38.3 raided Tokyo plains area.
24-25 Jul 1945 – Merchant and naval shipping in the Kure-Kobe area of the Inland Sea was attacked by Task Force 38 aircraft.
27 Jul 1945 – "Clean-up" strikes conducted against remaining shipping in Kure-Kobe area.
30 Jul 1945 – Attention of Task Group 38.3 was shifted to industrial centers of Tokyo and Nagoya.
1-7 Aug 1945 – Oakland spent the first week of August dodging a typhoon passing through the area east of Japan.
7 Aug 1945 – Task Group 38.3 headed northward to strike northern Honshu and Hokkaido.
Typhoon conditions prevented attacks from being launched for two days.
9-10 Aug 1945 – Concentrated air attacks directed at northern Honshu and Hokkaido area. Hundreds of floating mines were sighted adrift in our vicinity during these operations off the coast of Japan but none of the ships of Task Force 38 were damaged by them.
10-13 Aug 1945 – Operations were curtailed during this period awaiting development of the Japanese peace negotiations.
13 Aug 1945 – Tokyo Plains area was attacked by our aircraft.
15 Aug 1945 – Planes from Task Group 38.3 were striking the Tokyo area when word was received that Japan had accepted our terms without reservation. Many Japanese planes attacked our ships concentrating on the picket destroyers who accounted for more than twenty of them.
19 Aug 1945 – Commander Task Flotilla TWO, Commodore J.P. Womble, USN, and staff with a small group of officers and men from OAKLAND (this ship) transferred to a destroyer at sea, the first leg of a journey that was to place them in Sagami Wan with the first group of American ships to anchor in the Japanese waters. On 30 August this same group landed on Japanese soil at Yokosuka Naval Base, Honshu, Japan, where Commodore Womble assumed command of all US Naval Shore Activities.
20 Aug 1945 – Naval task force (Rear Adm. O. C. Badger) is formed to assume responsibility for the occupation of the Yokosuka Naval base, Japan.
21 Aug 1945 – Oakland was relieved of duties as Commander of screening units of Task Group 38.3.
27 August 1945 – Captain Allen P. Calvert, USN, relieved Captain Kendall S. Reed, USN, as Commanding Officer.
29 Aug 1945 – Task Group 38.3 steams to operating area in the vicinity of the southern tip of Kyushu for the support of the occupation of Japan.
30 Aug 1945 – Commander THIRD Fleet directed the Oakland to proceed to Toyka Bay and report to Commander Task Force 31, Commander Naval Landing Force, Yokosuka.
31 Aug 1945 – Oakland at in Tokyo Bay outside the breakwater of the Yokosuka Naval Base.
2 Sep 1945 – Surrender ceremonies aboard the Missouri were witnessed by the officers and men of the Oakland from their berth nearby.
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OF WORLD WAR II
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