Ship's Itinerary
extracted from the wartime diary of
Charley Madison Plummer
USS Wake Island (CVE-65)
This log was transcribed verbatim from the wartime diary of Charley Madison Plummer.
It records every port visited by the escort carrier USS Wake Island (CVE-65) from
November 1943 through March 1945 -- Chief Plummer's entire time on board.    R.A.K.
Port Arrived Departed
Astoria, Oregon 13 Nov 43 28 Nov 43
Bremerton, Washington 29 Nov 43 7 Dec 43
Oakland, California 9 Dec 43 12 Dec 43
San Diego, California 14 Dec 43 11 Jan 44
Panama Canal Zone 19 Jan 44 21 Jan 44
Norfolk, Virginia 26 Jan 44 14 Feb 44
New York, New York 15 Feb 44 20 Feb 44
Recife, Brazil 1 Mar 44 2 Mar 44
Capetown, South Africa 12 Mar 44 14 Mar 44
Diego Suraze, Madagascar 22 Mar 44 22 Mar 44
Karachi, India 29 Mar 44 3 Apr 44
Durban, South Africa 13 Apr 44 15 Apr 44
Bahia, Brazil 27 Apr 44 30 Apr 44
Norfolk, Virginia 12 May 44 15 Jun 44
Casablanca, ASW Africa 20 Jul 44 24 Jul 44
Norfolk, Virginia 15 Aug 44 29 Aug 44
Quonset, Rhode Island 30 Aug 44 31 Oct 44
Norfolk, Virginia 1 Nov 44 11 Nov 44
Panama Canal Zone 17 Nov 44 19 Nov 44
Alameda, California 28 Nov 44 29 Nov 44
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 4 Dec 44 15 Dec 44
Crossed 180th long. meridian 19 Dec 44 20 Dec 44
Manus, Admiralty Islands 26 Dec 44 27 Dec 44
Palau Islands (Kossol Reef) 30 Dec 44 1 Jan 45
Leyte Gulf, Philippines 3 Jan 45 3 Jan 45
Lingayen Gulf, Philippines 6 Jan 45 17 Jan 45
Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands 23 Jan 45 10 Feb 45
Saipan, Marianas 13 Feb 45 14 Feb 45
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands 16 Feb 45 11 Mar 45
Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands 14 Mar 45 18 Mar 45
(Aboard USS Admiral Coontz) 19 Mar 45 4 Apr 45
San Francisco, California 5 Apr 45

Source: wartime diary of Chief Quartermaster Charley Madison Plummer (Serial No. 380-09-65)
U. S. Navy (1920-1950).   (Born Dec. 1904 in Los Angeles, CA --- Died Jul. 1973 in Medford, OR) 

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