USS STEVENS DD 479 ITINERARY
1943
February
Commissioned, February 1, 1943, Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Cooper River, Charleston, SC; Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Off Charleston, SC; Navy Yard, Charleston, SC.
March
Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Off Charleston, SC; Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Off Charleston, SC; Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
April
Shakedown Trials, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
May
Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Placentia Bay, Newfoundland; Argentia, Newfoundland; So. Greenland Area; Argentia, Newfoundland.
June
Argentia, Newfoundland; Staten Island, NJ; Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY; Norfolk, VA; Chesapeak Bay, VA.
July
Chesapeake Bay VA; Norfolk, VA; Brooklyn, NY; Off Atlantic City, NJ; Casco Bay, ME; New York City, NY; Lewes, DE - Delaware Bay Area; Cristobal, CZ; Gatun Lake, CZ, Balboa, CZ.
August
Pearl Harbor, HI; Hawaiian Islands Area; Pearl Harbor, HI; Marcus Island.
September
Pearl Harbor, HI; Lanai Island, HI Area; Pearl Harbor, HI; Tarawa and Makin Islands, Gilbert Islands; Pearl Harbor, HI.
October
Pearl Harbor, HI; Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA; San Francisco, CA.
November
Navy Yard, Mare Island, CA; San Francisco, CA.
December
San Francisco, CA; Pearl Harbor, HI; Hawaiian Islands Area
1944
January
Hawaiian Islands Area; Pearl Harbor, HI; Enubuj Island, Ennylabegan Island, , Marshall Islands.
February
Kwajalein Island, Ebeye Island and Loi Island, Marshall Islands; Funafuti, Ellice Islands; Koli Point, Guadacanal, Solomon Islands; Noumea, New Calidonia.
March
Lunga Point, Guadacanal; Tulagi Harbor and Port Purvis, Solomon Islands; Havannah Harbor, Efate Island, New Hebrides; Nusa and Nusalik Islands, Kavieng area, Northwestern New Ireland; Havannah Harbor, Efate Island, New Hebrides.
April
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides; Havannah Harbor, Efate Island, New Hebrides; Milne Bay, NE New Guinea; Cape Sudest, NE New Guinea; Tanamerah and Humboldt Bays, Dutch New Guinea; Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea; Purvis Bay, Florida Island; Buna Bay, NE New Guinea; Humboldt Bay, NE New Guinea.
May
Milne Bay, NE New Guinea; Purvis Bay, Florida Islands; Kula Bay, New Georgia; Kolombangara, New Georgia; Gatakai, New Georgia; Tassafaronga, Guadacanal Island; Purvis Bay, Florida Island.
June
Purvis Bay, Florida Island; Kwajalein Marshall Islands; Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands; Area East of Saipan, Mariana Islands; Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
July
Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands; Asan and Adelup Points, Guam, Mariana Islands; Cabras Island, Guam, Mariana Islands; Enawetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
August
Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands; Espirito Santo Guadacanal, Solomon Islands; Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands; Purvis Bay, Florida Island; Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea; Maffin Bay, Dutch New Guinea.
September
Wadke Island, Dutch New Guinea; Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea; Aitape, Dutch New Guinea; Morotai, Malucca Islands; Kolorai Island, Morotai; Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea; Maffin Bay, Dutch New Guinea; Morotai, Malucca Islands.
October
Morotai, Malucca Islands; Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea; Tacloban, Leyte Gulf; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea.
November
Palau Islands; White Beach, Leyte; Hollandia Dutch New Guinea; Mios Woendi Island, Dutch New Guinea; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea.
December
Biak, Dutch New Guinea; Leyte Gulf, Leyte; Surigao Strait, Cebu; San Jose, Mindoro; Leyte Gulf, Leyte; Guiuan, Samar; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Dulag, Leyte; San Jose, Mindoro.
1945
January
San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Homonohan Island, Leyte; Mindanao Sea; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Mindanao Sea; Sulu Sea; South China Sea; Entrance to Lingayen Gulf; Bauang, Luzon; San Fernando, Luzon; Damortis, Luzon; Entrance to Lingayen Gulf; Damortis, Luzon; San Pedro Bay, Leyte.
February
Surigao Straight; Dulag, Leyte; Lingayen Gulf; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island; Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea.
March
Leyte Gulf; Manila, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; San Jose, Mindoro; Mangarin Bay, Mindoro; Lingayan Gulf; South China Sea; Mangarin Bay, Mindoro; Tigbauan, Panay; San Jose, Mindoro; Subic Bay, Luzon.
April
Manila, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Mangarin Bay, Mindoro; Subic Bay, Luzon; Mangarin Bay, Mindoro; Basilan Strait, Zamboanga; Parang, Mindanao; Lalayanga Poiny, Mindanao; Polloc Harbor, Mindanao; Cotabato and Tamontaka, Mindanao; Polloc Harbor, Mindanao; Subic bay, Luzon.
May
Polloc Harbor, Mindanao; Balut Island, Mindanao; Santa Cruz, Davio Gulf; Taloma Bay, Davio Gulf; Subic Bay, Luzon; Manila Bay, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Manila Bay, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Grande Island, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon.
June
South China Sea Area; Tawi Tawi Island, Philippines; Balikpapan Bay, Borneo.
July
Balikpapan Bay, Borneo; San Pedro Bay, Leyte; Leyte Gulf, Leyte; San Pedro Bay. Leyte; Subic Bay, Luzon.
August
Subic bay, Luzon; Manila, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Manila Bay, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Manila Bay, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Manila Bay, Luzon; Subic Bay, Luzon; Buckner Bay, Okinawa.
September
Buckner Bay, Okinawa; South China Sea Area; Jinsen Bay Harbor, Korea; Tsingtao, China; Taku Bar, China.
October
Taku Bar, China; Chefoo, China; Jinsen Bay Harbor, Korea; Apra Harbor, Guam; Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaiia.
November
Naval Base, San Diego, CA; Naval Base, San Pedro Bay, CA.
December
Naval Base, San Pedro Bay, CA.
1946
January
Naval Base, San Pedro Bay,CA.
February
Naval Base, San Pedro Bay, CA.
March
Naval Base, San Pedro Bay, CA; Naval Base, San Diego, CA.
April
Naval Base, San Diego, CA.
May
Naval Base, San Diego, CA
June
Naval Base, San Diego, CA.
July
Naval Base, San Diego, CA.
August
Naval Base, San Diego, CA.
September
Naval Base, San Diego,CA; Decommisioned, September 28, 1946