U.S.S. Sierra AD 18 Destroyer Tender Blue Half-Tone Post Card. San Diego 1947 Navy World War II Point Loma
by White, Ben Davis
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San Diego: Ben Davis White, 1947. First Impression. Post Card. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Post Card, [5.5 by 3.5 inches]. with Point Loma in background. Sierra repaired landing craft support ships and destroyers for the anticipated invasion of the Japanese mainland, but the end of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945 ended the assignment. The ship sailed from the Philippine Islands on 6 September for Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Bay), Okinawa; Jinsen (Incheon), Korea; and Shanghai, China. She arrived at Shanghai on 12 October 1945 and remained there until 6 February 1946 when she sailed to San Francisco, California for yard availability. Sierra was deployed to the Western Pacific two more times in the next three years. Her last assignment terminated at San Diego, California on 8 April 1949; and, two months later, she sailed for Norfolk, Virginia, which was her new home port, arriving there on 29 July 1949. She serviced ships there until 6 January 1950 when she was deployed to the United States Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea as relief of the destroyer tender.
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- Title
- U.S.S. Sierra AD 18 Destroyer Tender Blue Half-Tone Post Card. San Diego 1947 Navy World War II Point Loma
- Author
- White, Ben Davis
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- Post Card
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- Used - Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.
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- 1
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- First Impression
- Publisher
- Ben Davis White
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Navy World War II Point Loma
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