• VT-17 Timeline – World War II

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      13th Oct 09
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    Date Location Event
    4-18-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    5-29-44 NAAS Monterey transfer
    7-17-44 NAAS Vernalis transfer
    7-24-44 NAAS Monterey transfer
    8-14-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    8-16-44 USS Takanis Bay transfer
    8-18-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    8-27-44 NAAS Vernalis transfer
    8-31-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    10-2-44 NAAS Arcata transfer
    10-19-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    10-27-44 USS Ranger transfer
    10-29-44 NAS Alameda transfer
    11-3-44 NAS San Diego transfer
    11-3-44 USS Hollandia transfer
    11-10-44 NAS Pearl Harbor transfer
    11-10-44 USS Cumberland Sound transfer
    11-12-44 NAS Hilo, Hawaii transfer
    12-16-44 NAS Pearl Harbor transfer
    12-16-44 USS Nassau transfer
    12-28-44 NAS Agana, Guam transfer to war zone
    1-28-45 USS Kasaan Bay transfer
    2-1-45 USS Hornet transfer
    2-10-45 to 3-4-45 at sea
    2-16-45 Hachijo Jima air strike
    2-16-45 Hamamatsu air strike
    2-17-45 Toyahashi air strike
    2-18-45 Chichi Jima air strike
    2-20-45 Iwo Jima support (3) air strike
    2-21-45 Iwo Jima support air strike
    2-22-45 Iwo Jima support air strike
    3-1-45 Miyako Hakuchi (shipping) air strike
    3-4-45 to 3-14-45 in port
    3-14-45 to 4-30-45 at sea
    3-18-45 Kanoya (2)

    [Task Force 58 history for this date: 58.1 - Hornet sinking s/s Nansei Maru #1, damaging Tokuho Maru and Asahi Maru in Yamakawa harbor]

    		 air strike
    3-19-45 Kure (Inland Sea) Jap Fleet air strike
    3-23-45 Kerama Retto pre-invasion (3) air strike
    3-24-45 Shipping in East China Sea air strike
    3-25-45 Okinawa support (3) air strike
    3-28-45 Okinawa support air strike
    3-28-45 Okinawa support air strike
    3-28-45 Jap Feet in East China Sea

    [Task Force 58 history for this date: strike Okinawa, Kjushu
    58.1 sail N against IJN /false alarm/ - Hornet II sinking corvette #33 18 nm SE of Mijazaki, Kjushu (31-45N, 131-45E)
    58.3 strike Minami Daito Shima, refuel 200 miles E of Okinawa Jima (25-00 N 131-50 E)
    58.4 refuel]

    		 air strike
    3-31-45 Amami Gunto Shipping air strike
    4-1-45 Okinawa support (2) air strike
    4-2-45 Amami Gunto shipping (2) air strike
    4-2-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-3-45 Miyako Shima air strike
    4-5-45 Kikai air strike
    4-7-45 Jap Fleet in East China Sea (Battleship Yamato)

    [Task Force 58 history for this date: attacking Yamato force:
    sinking :
    - Yamato, Yahagi, Isokaze and Hamakaze 150 nm SW of Nagasaki (30-40N, 128-03E)
    - Asashimo 140 nm SW of Nagasaki (31-00N, 128-00E)
    - Kasumi 145 nm SW of Nagasaki (30-57N, 127-57E)]

    		 air strike
    4-14-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-15-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-18-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-19-45 Okinawa support (2) air strike
    4-20-45 Kikai (3) air strike
    4-21-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-23-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-25-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-27-45 Okinawa support air strike
    4-30-45 to 5-9-45 in port
    5-9-45 to 6-13-45 at sea
    5-12-45 Okinawa support air strike
    5-13-45 Kanoya (3) air strike
    5-13-45 Izumi air strike
    5-13-45 Saeki Naval Air Base air strike
    5-14-45 Kumamoto Aircraft Factories air strike
    5-14-45 Tachiarai air strike
    5-14-45 Matsuyama West air strike
    5-14-45 Kanoya air strike
    5-17-45 Okinawa support (2) air strike
    5-18-45 Okinawa support (2) air strike
    5-21-45 Kikai air strike
    5-21-45 Tokuna air strike
    5-22-45 Shipping, East China Sea air strike
    5-22-45 Kikai (2)

    [Task Force 58 history for this date: 58.1 - Bennington and Hornet II sinking PC Ch-37, Ch-58 and LST T-173 SW of Kjsuhu between Sasebo and Oshima (29-45N, 129-10E) 58.3 strike Okinawa]

    		 air strike
    5-26-45 Okinawa support air strike
    5-28-45 Okinawa support air strike
    6-1-45 Okinawa supply paradrops air operations
    6-3-45 Okinawa supply paradrops air operations
    6-13-45 in port P. I.
    6-19-45 at sea Homeward bound
    6-29-45 to 7-2-45 NAS Pearl Harbor transfer
    7-8-45 San Francisco transfer

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