World War II Pacific Theatre Operations
Silverstein departed Boston on 5 August 1944 for shakedown training at Bermuda and returned on 7 September for post-shakedown overhaul. On the 17th, she reported for duty at Norfolk, Virginia, to begin training prospective escort vessel crews, but, eight days later, cleared Hampton Roads for the Panama Canal en route to Hawaii. Along the way, she served as escort to ATR-56, towing YF-728 and YF-729 to Miami, Florida. A month after her departure from Norfolk, she entered Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
After two months training in the islands around Pearl Harbor, Silverstein got underway for the Western Pacific Ocean. She made overnight stops at Eniwetok and Saipan and arrived at Guam on 14 January 1945. The next day, she and George stood out of Apra Harbor, Guam, bound for Ulithi. Upon entering that harbor in the Carolines, Silverstein commenced upkeep. From Ulithi, she sailed for Eniwetok on 1 February, arrived four days later, and joined the logistics support group of the U.S. 5th Fleet. She remained there until the 9th when she sortied with a group of oilers to join the main replenishment group, Task Group 50.8, at that time refueling and rearming the Fast Carrier Task Force which, in turn, was in the process of pounding Iwo Jima.
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