World War II Pacific Theatre Operations
After initial shakedown exercises off the U.S. East Coast, Mack assembled with ComCortDiv 82 at Norfolk, Virginia, 17 to 20 October, and departed on the 21st for the Panama Canal en route to the Pacific Ocean. Becoming a unit of the U.S. 7th Fleet Mack escorted convoys between Hollandia, New Guinea, Kossol Roads, Palau Islands, and Leyte until March 1945. On the 2nd of that month she commenced antisubmarine patrols in the South China Sea off the Philippines. Investigating sonar contact on the 13th, Mack grounded on an uncharted shoal in Mangarin Bay, damaging both screws and tall shafts. Towed to Hollandia for repairs, 14 April to 4 June, she returned to escort duty between Hollandia and Manila on the 14th.
A month later Mack commenced working for the port director, Manila, escorting ships to San Fernando, Luzon, until the 3d of August when she was placed under the authority of the port director, Subic, and escorted a convoy of landing craft from Subic Bay to Okinawa.
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