Service History
Canfield sailed from Boston, Massachusetts on 13 October 1943 for Pearl Harbor, arriving on 17 November. From 25 November – 10 December, she screened the vital but vulnerable tankers supporting air strikes on the Marshall Islands. In January, Canfield sailed to Majuro, from which base she continued to operate on convoy escort, patrol, and plane guard in the Marshalls operation.
Returning to Pearl Harbor in April 1944, Canfield got underway on 6 May escorting a tanker convoy bound for Majuro. Here she resumed escort duties, now supporting the Marianas operation. In September, the escort vessel arrived at Eniwetok, and until December, guarded convoys to the forward base at Ulithi. These convoys carried the men and supplies essential to the Philippines operation.
Early in March 1945, after a visit to Pearl Harbor, Canfield arrived off Iwo Jima, and served on patrol during the assault and capture of the northern part of the island. On 20 March, she embarked men of the veteran 4th Marines for transportation to Pearl Harbor.
Canfield continued to San Francisco, California, for overhaul, and San Diego, California, for refresher training, returning to Pearl Harbor on 7 June. After a month of antisubmarine and plane guard duty, she sailed for San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands, where she joined a Japan-bound occupation convoy. Canfield anchored in Tokyo Bay on 20 September.
On 6 October, Canfield was underway for San Francisco. Here, she was decommissioned on 21 December 1945, and sold from scrap on 12 June 1947.
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