End-of-War Operations
The minesweeper was still at Leyte in mid-August when Japan's capitulation was announced, but instead of going home, she got underway on the 25th for Okinawa, reaching Buckner Bay on the 31st. After several days sweeping mines around Okinawa, she headed for Japan.
Staunch spent the next three months participating in the extensive post-war sweep of the waters around the Japanese home islands. She swept the area around Nagasaki and Sasebo until 17 September then after two days of availability at Sasebo, she sailed off to sweep the area of the Bungo Suido until the 29th. Between 1 and 21 October, she continued sweeping mines in between typhoons. She returned to the Bungo Suido on the 30th. In November, Staunch joined the major sweep conducted in the Tsushima Strait. That operation continued into December with Staunch putting into Sasebo periodically for availability. At the completion of that operation, she put into Sasebo for fuel and provisions; then got underway on 11 December for the United States, via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor.
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