World War II Pacific Theatre Operations
After her shakedown and yard availability period, the ship sailed on 31 October for Hawaii and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 10 November. She then screened fueling units from there to Funafuti, Ellice Islands, and to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands. After escorting fueling units for the Gilbert Islands Operation, she departed Funafuti for Tarawa on 18 December 1943 and, five days later, was rerouted to Pearl Harbor.
Stadtfeld sortied, on 16 January 1944, as a screening unit of Task Unit 58.2.1 to participate in the conquest of the Marshall Islands and operated out of Majuro until sailing for Hawaii on 12 February. On 2 March, the ship departed Pearl Harbor en route to Funafuti, but was rerouted to Guadalcanal. Escort duty between the Solomon Islands and the Admiralty, Russell, and New Hebrides Islands followed until 1 May, including voyages to Emirau on 30 March and Green Island on 13 April. After a short tender availability period at Espiritu Santo, the destroyer escort resumed escort duty in the Solomons.
Stadtfeld was routed to Manus on 22 September 1944. In October, she was ordered to the Palau Islands and operated there until mid-November when she sailed for Guam. She escorted convoys from there to Kossol Roads, Manus, and Eniwetok. On 12 February 1945, Stadtfeld was assigned duty as an escort for a convoy from Eniwetok to Iwo Jima. She arrived at Iwo Jima on 13 March and returned to Eniwetok via Saipan. The ship then performed escort duty between the Marshall and Caroline islands until 6 July when she was ordered back to Pearl Harbor. From Hawaii, she was routed on to Mare Island, California, for overhaul.
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