The U.S.S. Monitor (LSV-5_ went into commission on the 14th day of June 1944, in Todd Ship Yard, Brooklyn, New York.Below is a list of all the ports the Monitor has been since it went into commission in 1944.
Date of
DepartureFrom Destination Date of
Arrival1944 1944 26 June NY Navy Yard Norfolk, Va. 2 July 22 July Norfolk, Va. Panama Canal Zone 27 July 28 July Canal Zone Pearl Harbor 10 August 15 September Pearl Harbor Eniwetok, Marshall Is. 25 September 28 September Eniwetok Manus, Admiralty Is. 3 October 14 October Manus Leyte, P.I. (Dulag) 20 October 23 October Leyte Hollandia, New Guinea 28 October 2 November Hollandia Morotai, Halmahera 5 November 10 November Morotai Leyte, P.I. 14 November 14 November Leyte Hollandia, New Guinea 19 November 28 November Hollandia Sansapor, New Guinea 30 November 2 December Sansapor Hollandia, New Guinea 4 December 12 December Hollandia Sansapor, New Guinea 14 December 30 December Sansapor Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I. 9 Jan 1945 1945 1945 9 January Lingayen Leyte, P.I. 13 January 26 January Leyte Lapas, Luzon, P.I. 28 January 29 January Lapas Grande Is., (Subic Bay) 29 January 29 January Grande Island Lapas 30 January 31 January Lapas Leyte (Tacloban) 3 February 6 February Leyte Guadalcanal, Solomons 15 February 15 March Guadalcanal Ulithi, W. Car. Is. 21 March 27 March Ulithi Okinawa, Reyuku 1 April 5 April Okinawa Saipan, Marianas 9 April 9 April Saipan Pearl Harbor 20 April 4 May Pearl Harbor San Francisco, Calif. 10 May 15 May San Francisco Maui Is., T.H. 21 May 21 May Maui Is. Pearl Harbor 22 May 23 May Pearl Harbor San Francisco, Calif. 29 May 4 June San Francisco Maalama Bay, Hawaiian Is. 11 June 11 June Maalama Bay Pearl Harbor 11 June 13 June Pearl Harbor San Francisco, Calif. 19 June 21 June Moved to Drydocks, Richmond, Calif. 21 June 6 July Moved from Drydocks, Richmond, Calif. 6 July 6 July San Francisco Seattle, Wash. 8 July 12 July Seattle, Wash. Pearl Harbor 19 July 21 July Pearl Harbor Eniwetok 29 July 5 August Eniwetok Saipan 6 August 16 August Saipan Guam 17 August 17 August Guam Unknown Point Look 20 August 20 August Underway 300 miles off Japan, waiting orders to proceed to Japan 27 August Point Look Sagami Wan, Japan 27 August 30 August Sagami Wan Yokosuka Naval Base 30 August 31 August Yokosuka Yokohama, Japan 31 August 1 September Yokohama Tokyo, Japan 1 September 4 September Tokyo Yokohama 4 September 19 September Yokohama Manila, P.I. 25 September