screen carriers in strikes of the Marshall Islands operations from 19 January to 4 March 1944, then touched at Espiritu Santo briefly before sailing for Fremantle, Australia, to rendezvous with the British Eastern Fleet. After training here and at Trincomalee, Ceylon, she took part in the strikes on the Soerabaja area of Java on 17 May and next day sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 10 June. Dunlap returned to San Francisco 7 July 1944 to join the screen for Baltimore (CA-68) carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt for conferences and inspections with top Pacific commanders of Pearl Harbor and Alaskan bases. Detached from this task group at Seattle on 12 August, Dunlap returned to Pearl Harbor. She sailed 1 September, shelled Wake Island 3 September and arrived at Saipan 12 September for duty with the Marianas Patrol and Escort Group. Dunlap took part in the bombardment of Marcus Island on 9 October. On 16 October 1944, she rendezvoused with the 3rd Fleet units for strikes on Luzon, then supported the landings at Leyte. When the Japanese forces made a three-pronged attack on the Philippines, she was underway for Ulithi but reversed course to screen TG 38.1 in its attacks of 25 and 26 October on the enemy fleeing after the Battle for Leyte Gulf. Dunlap arrived at Ulithi 29 October for patrol duty and took part in bombardments on Iwo Jima in November and December 1944 and January 1945. She returned to Iwo Jima on 19 March to support its occupation and until the end of the war patrolled to intercept Japanese ships attempting to evacuate the Bonins. On 19 June she sank an enemy craft attempting to evacuate Chichi Jima, picking up 52 survivors. Japanese officers came on board on 31 August to discuss surrender terms for the Bonin Islands and returned on 3 September to sign the surrender. Fate Dunlap sailed for Iwo Jima 19 September 1945, touched at San Pedro, California and arrived at Houston, Texas, for Navy Day. She arrived at Norfolk, Virginia 7 November where she was decommissioned 14 December 1945 and was sold 31 December 1947. Dunlap received six battle stars for World War II service. As of 2012, no other ship has been named USS Dunlap. References External links Naval Historical Centre Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, US Navy History. Kungsholm Page at Salship http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/384.htm Mahan-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United