Aram L. Ehramjian Chief Radio Electrician
Assistant Radio Materiel Officer, USS Wasatch, 315964 USNR
Left Norfolk, Virginia NOB at 1600 | June 27, 1944 |
Arrived Colon, Panama Canal Zone at 1400 | July 3, 1944 |
Arrived Balboa, Panama Canal Zone at 2200 | July 3, 1944 |
Left Balboa at 1000 | July 5, 1944 |
Crossed the equator at 86°11' W. at 1300 | July 7, 1944 |
Arrived Milne Bay, New Guinea at 1400 | July 31, 1944 |
Left Milne Bay at 0900 | August 1, 1944 |
Arrived Humbolt Bay, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea at 1200 | August 5 |
Left Hollandia at 2200 | September 7 |
Arrived Aitape, British New Guinea at 0600 | September 8 |
Left Aitape at 0700 for Morotai invasion | September 10 |
Arrived at Morotai , Halmahera Islands at 0600 Invasion: Wasatch was the flagship for the invasion (Admiral Barbey) |
September 15 |
Left Morotai Island at 1900 | September 16 |
Arrived Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea at 0700 | September 19 |
Left Hollandia at 0830 for Leyte invasion | October 15 |
Arrived at Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands at 0600 Invasion: Wasatch was the flagship of the 7th fleet (Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid). General McArthur returns to the Philippines aboard the USS Nashville |
October 20 |
The Battle of Leyte Gulf , the largest naval battle of all time. Admiral Kinkaid, aboard the Wasatch, commanded the naval forces of the 7th fleet. The 7th fleet was extremely successful during this battle. | October 25 |
Left Leyte Gulf (off Tacloban) at 1600 Ran into a very bad typhoon |
October 29 |
Arrived Hollandia, at 0900 | November 2 |
Left Hollandia at 0700 | November 21 |
Arrived Leyte Gulf at 0800 | November 25, 1944 |
Left Leyte bound for the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in Luzon, Phillipines at 0100 | January 6, 1945 |
Arrived at Lingayen Gulf at 0600 Invasion: Wasatch is the Flagship again |
January 9 |
Left Lingayen Gulf at 1800 | January 27 |
Arrived Mindoro at 0400 | January 29 |
Left Mindoro at 1245 | January 31 |
Arrived Leyte at 1100 Captain Ringle relieved Captain Granum in Command of the Wasatch |
February 3 |
Admiral Kinkaid left the Wasatch | February 4 |
Admiral Noble and staff came aboard | March 22 |
Left Leyte at 1700 | March 31 |
Arrived Mindoro (San Jose) at 0800 | April 2 |
Left Mindoro at 1100 | April 14 |
Arrived Parang, Mindanoa, Philippines at 0800 Invasion |
April 17 |
Left Parang at 1800 | May 17 |
Arrived Leyte Gulf (Tolosa) at 1100 | May 19 |
Left Leyte (Tolosa) at 0100 | May 24 |
Arrived Samar Island, (Guinon), Philippines at 0800 | May 24 |
Left Guinon, Samar at 0100 | May 25 |
Arrived Tolosa, Leyte Gulf at 0800 | May 25 |
Left Tolosa, Leyte Gulf at 1100 | May 26 |
Arrived Morotai at 1000 | May 28 |
Left Morotai at 1400 for the invasion of Borneo | June 26 |
Arrived Balikpappen Borneo at 0700 Invasion: Wasatch the Flagship |
July 1 |
Left Balikpappen at 1900 | July 3 |
Crossed the equator northbound | July 4 |
Arrived Morotai at 0800 | July 6 |
Left Morotai at 1800 | July 6 |
Arrived Hollandia at 0830 | July 9 |
Left Hollandia at 1800 | July 9 |
Arrived at Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands at 0700 for refit for invasion of Japan | July 11 |
Left Manus Island at 1600 | September 3 |
Arrived Samar, San Pedro Bay at 0800 | September 8 |
Left San Pedro Bay at 1600 | September 8 |
Arrived at Manila, Luzon at 0900 | September 10 |
Left Manila at 1800 | September 13 |
Arrived at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon at 0900 | September 14 |
Left Lingayen Gulf at 0600 | September 19 |
Arrived atWakayama, Japan at 0600 | September 25 |
Departed Wakayama at ______ | October 24 |
Arrived Nagoya, Japan at _____ | October 26 |
Departed Nagoya at 0700 | October 31 |
Arrived at Taku, China at 0800 | November 5 |
Departed Taku China at 1700 STATESIDE BOUND | November 7 |
Crossed international date line at 2200 at 24 degrees north latitude | November 18 |
Arrived at Pearl Harbor Hawai at 1030 | November 21 |
Departed Pearl Harbor at 1745 | November 21 |
Arrived at San Diego, California | November 28 |