USS Swallow (AM-65)
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USS Swallow was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was the second U.S. Navy ship named after the swallow. Swallow earned two battle stars for World
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Purvis Bay
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Purvis Bay is located in the Nggela Islands, part of the Solomon Islands. Purvis Bay is the sheltered area to the south of the island Nggela Sule, including and trending southeast from the neighbourin
USS Swallow (AM-65)
…and voyaged once each to Efate and Fiji. On 17 December 1943, the minesweeper set out upon her first voyage to the Solomon Islands. She arrived in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, on 3 January 1944. Until April, she escorted supply echelons to and between the Solomon Islands, first concentrating on Guadalcanal…
Fleet Recreation Center, Port Purvis, Florida Island, 21 April 1944