USS STARR (AKA 67) JOURNAL

Personal Log of John Duvernay
Miscellaneous Pics
October 21, 1944: Boarded ship.
November 1, 1944: Left Charleston, SC
November 2, 1944: Arrived Norfolk, VA
November 28, 1944: Left Norfolk, VA
December 3, 1944: Arrived Panama Canal
December 4, 1944: Left Panama Canal
December 18, 1944: Arrived Pearl Harbor (manuevers)
January 27, 1945: Left Honolulu
February 5, 1945: Arrived Eniwetok
February 7, 1945: Left Eniwetok
February 11, 1945: Arrived Saipan
February 16, 1945: Left Saipan
February 19, 1945: Invasion of Iwo Jima
February 23, 1945: Observed US flag being raised on 'Hot Rock'(Mt. Suribachi)
March 5, 1945: Left Iwo Jima when unloaded
March 9, 1945: Arrived Leyte in the Philipines
March 21, 1945: Brought troops aboard
March 27, 1945: Left Leyte
April 1, 1945: Arrived Okinawa
April 6, 1945: Downed 65 Japanese planes (also TBF-F4F and an F6F)
April 9, 1945: Japanese suicide boat hits the USS STARR, 0420
April 11, 1945: Left Okinawa
April 14, 1945: Arrived Guam (left same day)
April 18, 1945: Passed south of Eniwetok
April 20, 1945: Over 180degree meridian at 0100
April 25, 1945: Arrived Pearl Harbor
April 28, 1945: Left Pearl Harbor
May 5, 1945: Arrived San Pedro
May 17, 1945: Eleven day leave
May 29, 1945: Returned to ship 
Captain Goldsmith was taken off the ship.  Lt.Cmd. H.A. Moody was
placed in command, with Lt. C.B. Brailey as Executive Officer.
June 24, 1945: Left States for Guam
July 7, 1945: Arrived Eniwetok
July 8, 1945: Left Eniwetok
July 11, 1945: Arrived Guam
July 20, 1945: Left Guam
July 28, 1945: Arrived Pearl Harbor
August 7, 1945: Left Pearl Harbor
August 14, 1945: Received word of Japan's surrender
August 19, 1945: Arrived Guam
September 2, 1945: Left Guam
September 3, 1945: Passed Ulithi Isles
September 6, 1945: Arrived Leyte
September 8, 1945: Left Leyte
September 10, 1945: Arrived Iloilo
September 15, 1945: Left Iloilo
Ships in convoy are:
AP 3- DIV AP54
APA91
APA121
APA70
PC555
AKA67
September 22, 1945: Arrived Jinsen (Inchon), Korea,
September 26, 1945: Liberty in Jinsen
September 27, 1945: Left Jinsen
September 29, 1945: Headed back because of typhoon
September 30, 1945: Joined convoy of navy and merchant ships
October 1, 1945: Left convoy
October 4, 1945: Arrived Leyte
October 6, 1945: Left Leyte for Guinian
October 7, 1945: Left Guinian
October 9, 1945: Passed Corregidor and arrived San Fernando
October 16, 1945: Left San Fernando
October 19, 1945: Passed west of Okinawa
[October ?, 1945: Arrived, departed Jinsen, Korea]
[October ?, 1945: Arrived, departed Bouganville]
November 24, 1945: Left Manus Isle
November 28, 1945: Arrived Samar
November 30, 1945: Left Samar
December 5, 1945: Arrived Tsintao, China (left same day)
December 20, 1945: Arrived Sasebo, Japan
December 24, 1945: Left Sasebo, Japan
December 27, 1945: Arrived Vladivostok, Siberia
[journal entries end]