1944
In July 1944, the Gridley, along with sister shop the USS Gridley took up patrol off Guam. On July 10, the McCall observed signals from the island and rescued George R. Tweed, who had been evading the Japanese on the island for two years. In the meantime, he had acquired a wealth of information on the enemy forces on Guam. Information that was put to good use.
During the next nine weeks, the McCall guarded the carriers as they attacked Iwo Jima and then supported offensive actions against the Palaus, Yap and Ulithi. By 10 October, she was off Okinawa and also moving to and from Formosa and Luzon.
On 23 October, the ship was supporting forces in Leyte Gulf and on the 27th, engaged Japanese forces off Cape Engano where the Japanese lost three more cruisers and several destroyers.
--GreGen
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