Winter 2021 Militaria & Collectibles Auction
Lot 204:
Description
WWII USN Navy Ship USS Jarvis DD-799 Destroyer Silk Scarf. Size is 31 x 35 inches. Condition is excellent. After shakedown off the California coast, Jarvis departed Seattle 25 August for Pearl Harbor as escort for the battleship South Dakota. Arriving 31 August, she proceeded independently 3 September to Adak, Alaska, to join the North Pacific Force, engaged in operations against the Kurile Islands. Operating out of Adak and Attu, Jarvis battled stormy seas and prolonged bad weather to conduct eight raids on shipping and shore installations from Paramushiru to Matsuwa. After returning to Adak 15 August 1945 from her last raid, she steamed to Aomori, HonshÅ«, to support occupation operations. Arriving Aomori 8 September, she plied the Sea of Japan, assisting occupation landings and destroying military installations on HonshÅ« and HokkaidÅ. Jarvis departed Yokosuka, HonshÅ«, 19 November for the United States. Arriving Pearl Harbor 29 November, she joined the "Magic Carpet" fleet and sailed 1 December for the East Coast via San Diego and the Panama Canal, returning veterans of the Pacific War. She reached Charleston, South Carolina, 22 December; deactivated as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet 11 April 1946; and decommissioned 29 June.
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