World War II Pacific Operations
The ship operated in the Okinawa area until September. Steady performed antisubmarine duty as well as sweeping mines. On 21 June, she rescued 38 survivors from LSM-59, hit by a kamikaze.
In August, after the hostilities had ceased, she swept mines in the East China Sea. She steamed to Kyūshū, Japan, in early September and swept mines in Bungo Suido, Kagoshima, and Van Diemen Strait. In November, she helped clear waters of the East China Sea off Formosa. Steady called at Shanghai on 22 December and then began her long voyage home for inactivation.
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