Continued Escort Operations
Convoy escort duty between Eniwetok and Saipan occupied Cloues from 25 November until 23 December 1944, and from that time until 10 March 1945 she had escort duty from Eniwetok to Ulithi and Kossol Roads. On 22 March Cloues sailed in support of the Okinawa operation serving in anti-submarine and anti-aircraft screening, on plane guard duty, destroying mines, and transferring personnel, mail, and freight. Cloues returned to Ulithi on 28 April, and sailed on 4 May for San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands, for screening duty until 27 May, when she returned to Ulithi. She sailed on 9 June for San Pedro Bay, where she made rendezvous for the amphibious landings at Balikpapan. She returned to San Pedro Bay on 8 July, and sailed for Eniwetok, Pearl Harbor, and San Francisco, arriving on 29 July.
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