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Steaming by way of Eniwetok and Ulithi, Goodhue arrived Manila 21 July and disembarked troops. There she loaded additional troops for the Pacific fighting and sailed again 25 June. The transport arrived Ulithi 30 April after a grueling month at Okinawa, and departed 22 May for San Francisco. Cargo was off loaded under cover of smokescreens by 24 April and 2 days later Goodhue joined a convoy bound for Ulithi. Nearing the beaches in a predawn operation, she landed her reinforcements and retired, undergoing air attack again that afternoon. She transferred her Army Medical Detachment to Ie Shima by LST 17 April and landed the main body of her embarked troops 20 April. Subsequently, Goodhue was based at Kerama Retto repairing battle damage, and rejoined her transport squadron 10 April. Exploding bombs from the aircraft caused many casualties and fires, killing 27 and wounding 117, but the ship did not suffer serious structural damage and was able to continue.

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Unable to bring her full firepower to bear in that direction, Goodhue could not divert the attacker, which hit the mainmast and fell astern of the ship. Goodhue 's gunners splashed a plane on the starboard quarter, but another headed directly for her from dead ahead.

Henrico (APA-5) took a kamikaze hit on her bridge and Dickerson (APD-21) was also crashed. As gunners from Goodhue, screen ships, and other transports fired furiously, suicide planes attempted to crash the loaded ships. Goodhue remained at Kerama Retto during the initial landings 1 April and while returning to sea the evening of 2 April underwent a heavy air attack. Arriving off Kerama Retto 26 March, Goodhue and the other transports put ashore troops to secure the island group as a base for the coming invasion of nearby Okinawa. More landing drills followed, after which the transport got underway in convoy for Okinawa 21 March. She then began to load troops and supplies for the Okinawa invasion, as American forces neared the last stop in their victorious sweep across the Pacific. There the transport loaded passengers and cargo and sailed for Hollandia, New Guinea, anchoring 4 February.Īfter steaming to Leyte Gulf 4-12 February, Goodhue carried supplies to various bases in the area and took part in amphibious training until 25 February. The ship loaded vehicles at San Diego and sailed 4 January 1945 for Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, where she arrived 21 January. Goodhue underwent shakedown training off San Pedro and took part in amphibious training exercises 8-21 December off San Diego, preparing for her part in the massive landings still to come in the Pacific war. Purcell transferred to the Navy and commissioned 11 November 1944, Captain L. Goodhue (APA-107), formerly Sea Wren, was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif., sponsored by Mrs. Battlestar Galactica.From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships Recently, The 100, Killjoys, Altered Carbon, Star Trek Discovery and the closest yet, of course, The Expanse, have all shown their mettle and revealed appealing dystopias or post apocalyptic charms, but at the end of the day, only one show has really covered all bases so satisfactorily. 13 years later and in an age where science fiction and fantasy are mainstream now, and are as acceptable as a crime and comedy, but still this story takes no prisoners. The science, the characterisations, the situations, the politics, the religious commentary, the ramifications of hubris and the sheer edge of seat drama is absolutely spot on. Moreover, I still view this as one of the finest pieces of 'hard' science fiction ever aired. Yet watching it today, it's as fresh and vibrant as it was all the way back then. Now, I'm married, have two beautiful children and own an apartment. When I first watched it back in the day, I was unmarried, did not own a home and had no children. And yet, 13 years later, I'm rewatching Battlestar Galactica.

13 years is a LONG TIME in terms of Sci Fi. Superman IV The Quest For Peace, Inner Space, Masters of the the Universe, Predator and The Running Man VS The Matrix (Japan Release) Existenz and the X-Men.

It was 2005 when I first saw Adama walk down the corridor and decry all networked computers. When a third year was confirmed, however, I changed my mind and decided to start to watch it. So when BSG was released, I didn't even bother to watch and assumed that it would be canned after a couple of episodes. At any time, loved characters could be axed and heartfelt universes unwritten. After Firefly was aborted in 2003, I lost interest in investing in 'fringe' TV.