30 Dec 1944
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands
- Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Kossol Raods, Palau | DS]
1 Jan 1945
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands
- Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands on her first combat sortie of the war bound for Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Kossol Raods, Palau | DS]
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