USS Sage (AM-111) - Patrol Assignment

Patrol Assignment

On the 3rd, she added patrol operations to her duties; and, on the 7th, she assisted in rescue operations for survivors of ships kamikazied on the 6th. She continued her patrol and sweeping work through the 16th; then gained a brief respite. On the 17th, she replenished at Kerama Retto; and, that evening, resumed patrol duties, continuing them through the 24th. On the 25th, she reported for escort duty and got underway for Saipan.

Sage arrived in the Marianas on 1 May. After stops at Saipan and Guam, she got underway for Ulithi, whence she escorted a reinforcement and resupply convoy to the Ryukyus, where she resumed sweeping operations on 4 July. From then until the 14th, she worked in area "Juneau" in the East China Sea. On the 15th, she put into Buckner Bay; and, from the 17th to the 21st, was at sea on a typhoon evasion course. On the 22nd, she returned to area "Juneau" and remained until the end of the month. On 6 August, she got underway again; escorted a convoy back to Leyte; and remained in San Pedro Bay until after the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific.

At the end of August, Sage departed the Philippines and moved back to the Ryukyus. On 5 September, she moved north, to the Japanese home islands, and began clearing minefields and planting navigational aids in waters off Shikoku. In mid-September, she shifted to Honshū, where she operated primarily as a minesweeper and secondarily as a pilot into December. On 17 December, she departed the Far East.