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AKS-1 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1941 | - | MAR | 1942 | California to Pearl Harbor Cargo Runs |
| OCT | 1941 | - | OCT | 1941 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1941 | - | DEC | 1941 | Pearl Harbor |
| MAR | 1942 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1942 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | SEP | 1944 | shellbackinition |
| SEP | 1944 | - | SEP | 1945 | TaskForce 58 |
| MAR | 1945 | - | JUL | 1945 | okinawa |
| SEP | 1945 | - | AUG | 1946 | japaneseoccupation |
| NOV | 1950 | - | NOV | 1950 | Recommisioned |
| JAN | 1952 | - | JAN | 1960 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1952 | - | JUN | 1960 | Homeported in Yokosuka |
| JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1960 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JAN | 1963 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1964 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1964 | - | MAY | 1968 | Changed Home Port to Sasebo Japan |
| NOV | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | Dry Dock |
| JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1967 | - | SEP | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1967 | - | APR | 1967 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
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