Editing USS Algol (AKA-54) (section)

====1944====
''Algol'' completed [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] training along the California coast by 3 September. She then put into [[Oakland]] and began loading cargo. She departed Oakland on 4 October bound for the western Pacific. Steaming via [[Enewetak|Eniwetok Atoll]], she arrived at [[Saipan]] in the [[Mariana Islands]] late in October. After unloading her cargo at Saipan, ''Algol'' got underway for [[New Guinea]] on 31 October. The attack cargo ship put into [[Jayapura|Hollandia]] on 6 November and remained there two days before pushing on to [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]], where she stopped between 24 November and 17 December. On 17 December, ''Algol'' headed for [[Guadalcanal]] where she participated in landing exercises in preparation for the [[Invasion of Lingayen Gulf|assault on Luzon]] at [[Lingayen Gulf]]. At the end of the year, she moved up to the staging area at [[Manus Island|Manus]] in the [[Admiralty Islands]].{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}