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AKS-1 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1941-MAR1942California to Pearl Harbor Cargo Runs
OCT1941-OCT1941West Pac
DEC1941-DEC1941Pearl Harbor
MAR1942-Shellback Initiation - 20 MAR 1942 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1944-SEP1944shellbackinition
SEP1944-SEP1945TaskForce 58
MAR1945-JUL1945okinawa
SEP1945-AUG1946japaneseoccupation
NOV1950-NOV1950Recommisioned
JAN1952-JAN1960West Pac
SEP1952-JUN1960Homeported in Yokosuka
JAN1960-JAN1960West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1962-JAN1963West Pac
JAN1963-JAN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1964-JAN1968West Pac
AUG1964-MAY1968Changed Home Port to Sasebo Japan
NOV1965-JAN1966Dry Dock
JUL1966-Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1966- Shellback Initiation - 24 JUL 1966 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1967-SEP1968West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1967-APR1967West Pac-Viet Nam

AKS-1 General Specifications