USS Sway (AM-120) - Pacific Operations

Pacific Operations

The ships arrived at San Diego, on 15 May. Sway sailed independently for Hawaii on 22 May and arrived at Pearl Harbor eight days later. She departed from Guam, M.I., on 11 June and, upon arrival, made last minute preparations for combat. On the last day of the month she joined a convoy as escort and sailed for Okinawa, arriving at Buckner Bay on 12 July. From 22 to 30 July, Sway swept the "Juneau" area of the East China Sea. In August, she swept the "Skagway" area from the 13th to the 24th. On 31 August, she departed Okinawa for Tsugaru Strait, between Honshū and Hokkaidō, and swept there from 7 to 31 September. She then swept the Ominato Ko area until 19 October when she got underway for Sasebo, Japan. She arrived there on 24 October and two days later began a sweep of the "Klondike" area of the East China Sea which lasted until 7 November. Sway operated in the Pescadores Islands and the Formosa area from 28 November to 15 December. "Sway" arrived at Amoy, China on 18 December and departed 19 December. It arrived at Kiiron, Formoasa on 20 December. On the 21st, she got underway from Kiiron, Formoasa, for China, and arrived at Shanghai on 23 December 1945.

Sway remained in China until 3 January 1946. She headed for Sasebo, Japan and arrived 5 January. She departed 15 January and got underway for the United States, via Eniwetok(arrived 23 January, departed 24 January) and Hawaii(arrived 31 January, departed 2 February). She called at Pearl Harbor and departed there on 2 February for San Diego(arrived 9 February).