Heading To The Combat Area With Troops On Board
On the morning of 9 April, the attack transport sailed for the Marshalls in convoy PD-372T—with also USS Bottineau (APA-235), Sea Flasher, and the minesweepers USS Fixity (AM-235) and USS Inaugural (AM-242)—and anchored at Eniwetok on the morning of 18 April. The following day, after picking up additional escorts in the form of USS Change (AM-159) and PCE-898, the convoy sailed thence for the Marianas.
Braxton reached Saipan early on 23 April and disembarked some of her passengers before pushing on to Guam which she reached on the afternoon of the 26th. There, she disembarked her remaining out-bound passengers before embarking U.S. Marine Corps officers and enlisted men for the return voyage on 1 May. That afternoon, the transport sailed for Oahu. Braxton arrived at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 10 May, but sailed the following morning for the U.S. West Coast. Although initially ordered to San Diego, she was redirected to San Francisco en route and disembarked 120 Marines and 217 casualties there on 17 May. After brief voyage repairs, the ship then shifted to the Naval Supply Depot at Oakland, California, where she loaded a cargo of fuel, ammunition, and supplies, before sailing for Hawaii on 30 May.
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