Nearly a month later, following another stint of local escort operations, Whitehurst again came to grips with the enemy.

The American escort operations began last month without benefit of minesweepers, although it was known that mines were a danger to shipping in the gulf.

They spent all their time for escort operations in the Java Area.

But when they gave us the slip and went to Strangnas it became something more complex than a discreet escort operation.

Military officials said details of the escort operation would have to be changed to cope with the mine danger.

Flew its last mission, an escort operation, on 25 April 1945.

Her impecunious situation prompts her to make an appointment with Jimmy, a man in charge of the escort operation.

Hatsukari and Tomozuru remained in that area for most of the rest of the war on escort operations.

They gave no reason to account for the start of the new escort operations without the added minesweeping protection.

Kamikaze successfully completed several more escort operations through the remainder of June and July.