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US Wharton took the 6th NCB to the New Hebrides in august 1942, not the 7th. The 6th NCB and CUB One were the first echelon of LION One to be shipped there. The 7th NCB did not move from Samoa to the New Hebrides until January 1943. |
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When the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] struck Pearl Harbor, [[Hawaii]], on 7 December 1941, ''Wharton'' was undergoing overhaul at the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]], [[Vallejo, California]]. On 6 January 1942, the transport sailed from the [[U.S. West Coast|west coast]] for her first wartime voyage to the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. A series of runs followed in which ''Wharton'' transported service families and dependents home to the west coast on her eastbound passages and troops and cargo to Hawaii on her westbound trips.{{sfn|Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: ''Wharton''}}
From June through September, ''Wharton'' made three voyages to the Southwest Pacific theater – loading and unloading at such ports as [[Pago Pago]], Samoa; [[Auckland]], New Zealand; [[Espiritu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]]; [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]]; [[Canton Island]], and [[Suva]], [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]].{{sfn|Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: ''Wharton''}} Between 6 and 11 August 1942 the ship transported 15 officers and 465 enlisted men of the 6th Naval Construction Battalion (6th NCB) from [[American Samoa]] to [[Espiritu Santo]], [[New Hebrides]] with the other 7 officers and 433 enlisted men of the battalion being aboard [[USS President Polk (AP-103)|SS ''President Polk'']].<ref name=7thNCB>{{Citation |last= 7th Naval Construction Battalion |title=7th Naval Construction Battalion—Historical Information|place=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |url=
==Invasion of the Marshall Islands==
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