 She supported Allied efforts around New Georgia @-@ <unk> <unk> from 29 June to 25 August . <unk> to Task Unit 36 @.@ 2 @.@ 2 , she , <unk> and Gamble laid mines off <unk> Harbor , <unk> . She then supported the occupation and defense of Cape <unk> conducting <unk> duties there from 1 to 8 November . She later supported the <unk> landings from 12 to 24 October 1944 . She was subsequently among the ships to support the <unk> Gulf landings from 4 to 18 January 1945 . She supported the Battle of Iwo Jima from 7 February to 7 March . She undertook mine duties supporting the Battle of Okinawa between 25 March and 30 June . In her final act of the war , she steamed in support of the United States Third Fleet near mainland Japan between 5 and 31 July . In August and September 1945 Breese swept mines in the East China Sea and <unk> @-@ Korean area following the end of the war . 
