USS Blue (DD-387)-- Part 3: Guadalcanal

1942

The USS Blue joined the USS Enterprise  for air attacks on Wojte, Maloelap, Kwajalein Atolls, Marshall Islands on 1 February.

 During March-June she escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco and then proceeded to New Zealand, where she arrive  18 July.

Blue joined Task Force 62.2 (TG 62.2) for the Battle of Guadalcanal on 7 August and provide fire support and screening.  Although present, she took no part in the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August, but helped with evacuation of survivors of the HMAS Canberra that was severely damaged in the battle.

--GreGen

USS Mobile (CL-63)-- Part 4: Operations in the Phillipines , Okinawa and the End of the War

In October the Mobile was detached with two destroyers to sink an enemy cargo ship which they accomplished.  Then the Mobile formed a division around two crippled American cruisers, the Houston and Canberra in a ruse to trick the Japanese fleet into attacking, but it was discovered by enemy scout planes and they didn't take the bait.

For the rest of 1944, the Mobile operated in the Philippines area.

On December 26, she left for the West Coast for overhaul and alterations.

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1945

Returning to operations, the Mobile joined Task Force 54 (TF54) in the invasion of Okinawa.  Arriving on April 4, the ship then spent the next two months providing fire support, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine patrols.

She operated in the Philippines for the rest of the war.

After that it was duties involving the occupation of Japan and later "Magic Carpet" runs returning service men to the United States.

Decommissioned in 1947, she entered the Reserve Fleet at Bremerton, Washington, and remained there until 1959 when she was struck from the Naval Registrar and sold for scrapping.

--GreGen