15 Jul 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
17 Jul 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis departed Buckner Bay, Okinawa and resumed patrols and training around Okinawa. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
31 Jul 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
1 Aug 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis departed Buckner Bay, Okinawa and resumed patrols and training around Okinawa. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
7 Aug 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
13 Aug 1945
Japan
Japan
- Following an aerial torpedo damaging USS Pennsylvania in Buckner Bay, Okinawa the day before, USS St. Louis began retiring to sea every night before returning to Buckner Bay every morning. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
17 Aug 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS St. Louis departed Buckner Bay, Okinawa bound for Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
20 Aug 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS Bailey arrived at Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Bailey | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
6 Sep 1945
Japan
Japan
7 Sep 1945
Japan
Japan
- USS Nashville and USS St. Louis departed Okinawa bound for the Chusan Islands off Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Nashville | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
- Destroyer USS Saufley departed Buckner Bay, Okinawa bound for the mouth of the Yangtze River, China. ww2dbase [Saufley | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
14 Nov 1945
Japan
Japan
- Destroyer USS Saufley arrived at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. ww2dbase [Saufley | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
15 Nov 1945
Japan
Japan
- Destroyer USS Saufley departed Okinawa bound for Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Saufley | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | DS]
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