USS Lloyd E. Acree (DE-356) - End-of-war Operations

End-of-war Operations

Lloyd E. Acree resumed convoy escort duty in the closing weeks of the war. She departed Subic Bay 12 July as escort for a convoy bound for Okinawa. She continued operating between the Philippines and the Ryūkyūs until 12 September when she began weather patrols off the Philippines. For more than 5 months she operated out of various Philippine ports from Manila, Luzon, to Guiuan, Samar while gathering important weather information in the Philippine Sea.

Departing Manila 15 February 1946, Lloyd B. Acree steamed to the coast of China and arrived Tsingtao 20 February. For almost 2 months she operated in the Yellow and East China Seas in ASW training and supporting Chinese Nationalists during their struggle with Chinese Communists.