Operations With The Seventh Fleet
Moving across the Pacific via Eniwetok, she joined the 7th Fleet at Manus on 10 October, and seven days later she commenced sweeping the approaches to Leyte Gulf. She continued her sweeping operations until the 24th, when she anchored in San Pedro Bay. Three days later, she began a five-day search for survivors of the battles for Leyte Gulf.
During November she swept in waters near Homonhon, Suluan, Calicoan, and Dinagat. In early December, she and Pursuit swept the Canigao Channel, West Passage, to provide a second access to the Camotes Sea. On the 6th, 7th, and 8th, Requisite participated in the Ormoc Bay assault, then returned to the east coast of Leyte.
On 2 January 1945, Requisite moved north with Task Group TG 77.6. The next day she entered the Sulu Sea. She passed Manila Bay on 5 January, and, on the 6th, she began sweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf which continued until the 14th. She then replenished at Leyte, and returned to Luzon on 29 January for pre-invasion sweeps off San Felipe in Zambales Province. On the 31st, she anchored in Subic Bay.
In February, Requisite with others of Mine Division 3, moved east to Guam, whence she continued to Ulithi. In mid-March she sortied with Mine Group 1 of the Okinawa invasion force.
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