Voyage #1. Rough log.
10/24/44. 27 USNR aboard (safety precautions of 45 pistols given). Ammunition barge came alongside - unloaded and stored. Second barge, same.
Oct. 22. Left pier #6 Port Covington, Baltimore, MD. Thru Chesapeake and Del. Canal
Oct. 23 East River, NY. Anchored just off Cape Cod Canal.
Oct. 24 Thru C.C. Canal, docked pier 11 Boston.
Nov. 4 left Boston.
Nov. 5 thru Cape Cod Canal.
Nov. 6 Anchored just off N.Y.
Nov. 7 Up anchor - convoy of 35 ships and 15 escorts for England. Position 103.
Nov. 8 Changed position to No. 34. Test fired all guns.
Nov. 18 Docked Avonmouth, Eng. Unloaded cargo then to Milford Haven, Eng.
Nov. 29 Convoy out.
Dec 12 Anchored in NY by Harbor Nets, than by pier 22, Brooklyn.
Dec. 15 Lieut. Ramsey cam on to inspect ship to Sullivan's Dry Dock.
Dec. 17 to pier 12, Staten Island, NY.
Dec. 18 Lieut. Eric S. Ingram, USNR, Armed Guard Commanding Officer relieved by DDR.
Voyage II
M. Victory designated a reserve ship (Dec. 21)
Dec. 25-26 Underway.
Jan. 7 Docked Cardiff, Wales
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