'' Cecil J. Doyle '' carried out her first mission while still in shakedown , when she cruised on an air-sea rescue station during the flight of Government officials to the Yalta Conference . On 30 January 1945 , she rendezvoused with , and guarded the escort carrier through the Panama Canal and north to San Diego , California . '' Cecil J. Doyle '' continued on to Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok , where she arrived on 28 March to join the Marshalls-Gilbert Patrol and Escort Group . Her escort duties took her to Guam , and Ulithi , where on 30 April she was transferred to the Carolines Surface Patrol and Escort Group . On 2 May , '' Cecil J. Doyle '' s commanding officer became Commander , Screen , Peleliu , protecting the great anchorage in Kossol Roads
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
USS Cecil J. Doyle