Supporting Invasion of Okinawa Operations
From Saipan, Finnegan screened the transports on to Espiritu Santo, arriving 15 March 1945. She sailed ten days later for Ulithi, the vast base from which the Okinawa assault was staged, and on 9 April, she reached the newly assaulted island. Sailing on anti-submarine patrols, as well as screening assault shipping, Finnegan fired to drive off a would-be suicide plane on 28 May. On 10 July she departed Okinawa for duty in the Philippines on local escort and patrol assignments until 15 September.
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