Germany Surrenders
Three weeks and a day after Germany's unconditional surrender, Jacob Jones departed Southampton, England, and steamed in convoy for the United States. She put into New York 8 June 1945 and entered the Brooklyn Navy Yard for overdue repairs and overhaul. On the 30th she departed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 2 weeks of ASW and shore bombardment exercises. Steaming independently from Guantanamo 19 July, she transited the Panama Canal 3 days later, and sailed into San Diego, California, harbor the 31st.
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