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USS ''Owl'' (AMCU-35) was a of the United States Navy, later converted to an ''AMCU-7''-class coastal minesweeper. The ship was laid down on 23 March 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, launched on 18 April 1944, and was commissioned as USS ''LCI(L)–982'' on 16 May 1944, Lt.(j.g.) L. R. Dawson in command. == World War II Pacific operations == After conducting landing exercises and other aspects of her shakedown, ''LCI(L)–982'' departed Galveston, Texas, on 10 June 1944, en route to the southwest Pacific war zone. Transiting the Panama Canal on 19 June she sailed the southern route to the Admiralty Islands arriving at Manus early in August. For six weeks she supported operations at Humboldt Bay and Maffin Bay, New Guinea prior to steaming on 16 October for the Leyte, Philippines invasion scene. == Philippine invasion support == From this base she embarked elements of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division who first stepped ashore at Mindoro on 15 December. Early in January 1945 her LCI(L) Group 45 loaded Rangers of the 6th Battalion who landed on 10 January via U.S. Army DUKWs on Blue Beach, Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, where high surf proved more of an obstacle than the Japanese. Employed on inter-Philippine island logistic missions until the end of the war, LCI(L) Group 45 then came under control of Commander, Yangtze Patrol. Sailing via Okinawa, she arrived Shanghai early in October but on the 10th was redirected to Ningpoo. Here troops of the 70th Chinese Army boarded and two days later debarked to complete the occupation of Formosa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Owl (AMCU-35)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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