10 August and moving on 11 August 1944, one day after the island was declared secure, what was to be a long term anchorage. William Ward Burrows, ServRon 12's flagship with the commanding officer of NCB 301 embarked, had arrived earlier and elements of the battalion were already engaged in clearing wreckage and developing an anchorage. The new base for NCB 301 joined that work immediately unloading equipment, putting the battalion dredges into operation and salvaging Japanese small craft for their own use. With clearance, blasting, dredging and land building Apra Harbor was created with the Liberty ship being the first ship to enter the newly created inner harbor. While at Guam the ship provided refrigerated fresh food to both fleet and harbor vessels as well as fueling several hundred ships and small craft with 5,962,406 gallons of fuel passing through the ship's tanks in the first nine months. Those vessels were also provided other stores and postal services by City of Dalhart. As of 1 April 1945 of the 53 officers and 1,073 men of NCB 301 Headquarters only about 350 men were in a temporary camp ashore at Guam with the rest living aboard ship. By 1 July 1945 only 10 officers and 300 men were living aboard ship as a more substantial camp had been built ashore. The remainder of the battalion was detached aboard dredges and operating otherwise at Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Decommissioning and disposal The ship sailed for San Francisco 22 November arriving 19 December 1945. NCB 301 had remained at Guam where it too was decommissioned 20 April 1946. City of Dalhart was decommissioned on 28 January 1946, and returned to WSA at Suisun Bay. City of Dalhart received one battle star for World War II service. The ship was sold to Florida Pipe and Supply Company for $10,250 for delivery to be scrapped 22 January 1947. Footnotes See also Seabees in World War II Apra Harbor References Bibliography External links EFC Design 1027: Illustrations Sponsor group at the launching of the "City of Dalhart" : Tampa, Fla. Photo gallery at Navsource.org Design 1027 ships Ships built in Tampa, Florida 1920 ships Merchant ships of the United States Design 1027 ships of the United States Navy Unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Seabee units and formations Ships built by the