1117005044

 

William Ammann Rice

 

USS CAVALIER (APA-37)

 

From: Engineering Officer

 

To: Lieutenant (j.g.) P. C. Regan

               

1.                   As requested, the following data is forwarded herewith for your information and files:

 

USS Cavalier (APA-37) - WWII War Record - 1944-1945

 

        FROM:                                                         TO:                                  DATE DEPART: DATE ARRIVE: MILES STEAMED:

Davisville, Rhode Island                     Hampton Roads, Virginia                    2/23/1944               2/25/1944                  340

Hampton Roads, Virginia                    Balboa Harbor, Canal Zone                2/26/1944               3/3/1944                 1,985

Balboa Harbor, Canal Zone                Pearl Harbor                                          3/3/1944                 3/16/1944               4,860

Pearl Harbor                                          Maalea Bay, Maui                                3/28/1944               3/28/1944                  110

Maalea Bay, Maui                                Pearl Harbor                                          4/1/1944                 4/1/1944                    200

Pearl Harbor                                          Maalea Bay, Maui                                4/7/1944                 4/8/1944                    110

Maalea Bay, Maui                                Pearl Harbor                                          4/14/1944               4/16/1944                  200

Pearl Harbor                                          Maalea Bay, Maui                                4/18/1944               4/19/1944                  110

Maalea Bay, Maui                                Pearl Harbor                                          4/25/1944               4/26/1944                  200

Pearl Harbor                                          Maalea Bay, Maui                                5/19/1944               5/20/1944                  110

Maalea Bay, Maui                                Pearl Harbor                                          5/22/1944               5/24/1944                  280

Pearl Harbor                                          Kwajalein                                               6/1/1944                 6/9/1944                 2,300

Kwajalein                                               Saipan                                                    6/11/1944               6/16/1944               1,440

Cruising     off     Saipan     during     Invasion                                                6/17/1944               6/25/1944               1,200

Saipan                                                    Eniwetok                                                6/26/1944               6/30/1944               1,000

Eniwetok                                                Saipan                                                    7/10/1944               7/13/1944               1,000

Saipan                                                    Tinian                                                     7/21/1944               7/21/1944                    50

Tinian                                                     Saipan                                                    7/28/1944               7/28/1944                    50

Saipan                                                    Eniwetok                                                7/28/1944               8/1/1944                 1,000      

Eniwetok                                                Pearl Harbor                                          8/3/1944                 8/10/1944               2,600

Pearl Harbor                                          Maalea Bay, Maui                                8/27/1944               8/27/1944                  110

Maneuvering      off      Maui     for    Training purposes                               8/29/1944               8/30/1944                    80

Maalea Bay, Maui                                Pearl Harbor                                          9/2/1944                 9/3/1944                    200

Pearl Harbor                                          Eniwetok                                                9/15/1944               9/26/1944               2,600

Eniwetok                                                Manns                                                   9/28/1944               10/3/1944               1,300

Manns                                                   Leyte                                                      10/14/1944             10/20/1944             1,600

Leyte                                                      Manns                                                   10/23/1944             10/29/1944             1,600

Manns                                                   Oro Bay, New Guinea                          11/2/1944               11/4/1944                  480

Oro Bay, New Guinea                          Leyte                                                      11/11/1944             11/18/1944             2,000

Leyte                                                      Manns                                                   11/18/1944             11/24/1944             1,600

Manns                                                   Aitape, New Guinea                             11/29/1944             11/30/1944                300

Maneuvering     off     Aitape, New   Guinea                                                    12/27/1944             12/28/1944                160

Aitape, New Guinea                             Lingayen Gulf                                       12/29/1944             1/9/1945                 2,200

Lingayen Gulf                                       Leyte                                                      1/10/1945               1/13/1945                  800

Leyte                                                      Luzon                                                     1/26/1945               1/29/1945                  700

Luzon                                                     Leyte     (Torpedoed)                           (Underwater Darage)                              100

 

TOTAL MILES STEAMED:                                                                                                                                         34,975

R. J. KOHNZ

 

 

USS Cavalier (APA-37) - WWII - TORPEDOED DATA:

   LOCATION:                     LATITUDE:                          LONGITUDE:                       TIME AND DATE:          DISTANCE MILES:

 

Place Torpedoed                 14            48' N                       119          18'E                               0133, 30 Jan., 1945                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   665

Leyte Gulf                              11       01.5' N                         125          10'E                        Arr. 2157, 4 Feb., 1945