World War II Service
Following shakedown, Tombigbee departed Galveston, Texas, on 13 August, bound for the U.S. West Coast. She transited the Panama Canal en route, reached San Diego, California on the 28th, pushed on for the western Pacific, and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 4 September, where she paused briefly before proceeding on to Eniwetok, in the Marshalls, joining Service Squadron 10.
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