USS Wharton: Difference between revisions

Hostilities had then ended, but the gigantic job of returning troops from the far-flung bases and islands nonetheless remained. ''Wharton'' conducted three voyages to the western Pacific — calling at Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Samar, [[Tacloban]], and [[Puerto PrincessaPrincesa]] through the end of 1945 to pick up Army, Navy, and Marine Corps veterans and return them to the United States in "[[Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)|Operation Magic Carpet]]". Wharton made one more trip under "Magic Carpet" to Yokosuka, Japan, in February 1946.{{sfn|Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: ''Wharton''}}