Combat Chronology and Statistics
November 1943 - October 1945

1.	Left NAS, San Diego - November 1943
2.	Marshall Island Operation - February 1944
3.	Strike on TRUK - February 1944
4.	Strikes on PALAU Islands - April 1944
5.	Strikes on HOLLANDIA, New Guinea - April 1944
6.	Another strike on TRUK - April 1944
7.	Strikes on Marianas Islands and the "Turkey Shoot" - June 1944
8.	Strikes on IWO JIMA - July 1944
9.	Attacks on YAP and ULITHI - July 1944
10.	Strikes on BONIN ISLANDS (Chichi Jima - Haha Jima) - August 1944
11.	Attacks on PALAU Islands - September 1944
12.	FORMOSA strikes and "Streamlined Bait" Action - October 1944
13.	Leyte Landings - Battle for Leyte Gulf - October 1944
14.	Kamikaze attack - November 1944
15.	The Big Typhoon - December 1944
16.	South China Sea Action - January 1945
17.	Ernie Pyle on Board and the first strike on Tokyo - February 1945
18.	Strikes on patrols at OKINAWA - March 1945
19.	Strikes on Japanese Fleet (YAMATO) - April 1945
20.	Overhaul at Hunter's Point, San Francisco - May-June 1945
21.	Enroute for invasion of Japan and Wake Strike - August 1945
22.	Anchored at Eniwetok - War ended August 1945
23.	Supporting landings in Yellow Sea September-October 1945
24.	Homeward bound

Main Fleet Anchorages

	A.	Majuro - After February 1944
	B.	Eniwetok - After March 1944
	C.	Ulithi - After September 1944

USS Cabot Statistical Summary

Number of mile steamed since commission	180,880 NM
Number of miles steamed in combat zone	133,880 NM
Time in combat	16 months
Number of strikes flown against enemy	114
Number of combat sorties	4,933
Number of enemy planes shot down by air groups	252
Number of enemy planes shot down by ship's AA	8
Number of planes destroyed on ground by air groups	96
Number of ships hit with torpedo or bombs	265
Number of planes lost due to enemy action	27
Number of planes lost operatioally	39
Number of pilots killed or missing in action	23
Number of pilots rescued from the water	14
Number of air crewmen rescued from the water	6
Number of ship's officers killed in action	31
Number of ship's men killed in action	51
Number of ship's men killed by Kamikaze attack 25/11/44	35

Credits: J E Hudson, A History of the USS Cabot ( CVL-28 )