USS Pelican AM27 aircraft Tender 
Lt. A.P. Storre 
30 Sept. 1936 
114-9 underway in occ. CAS & AC FAB PA TH Operation Order 
#4-3-36, serial 1890, dated 25 Sept. 1936- steaming 
singly 
3 Oct. 1936 
0955 sighted Johnston I. 
1270 anchored " " in 10 fat. 
4- Oct. 1936 
0700 boats away to USS Avocet to assist, in blasting 
9 Oct. 1936 
134-5 USS Avocet underway. 
14-30 underway in company with Avocet 
12 Oct. 1936 
14-09 moored Pearl Harbor 
22 Oct. 1936 
084-1 underway Base Force confid. Oper . #6-36 of 20 Oct. 1936 
for Howland I. 
29 Oct. 1936 
0739 sighted land 
084-2 Flag Pole Howland sighted 
084-5 lying to off Howland, 1 min west party sounding reef 
1707 underway in lee of island, 
30 Oct. 1936 underway for Johnston I. 
4- Nov. 1936 
0510 sighted searchlight from USS Sandpiper 
0804- sighted Johnston 
094-2 anchored " , USS Sandpiper present and UP Sq. Four-F 
154-6 VP Sq 10-1 landed 
1826 Sandpiper departed 
5 Nov. 1936 
04-4-5 planes started taking off for Kingman Reef 
7 Nov. 1936 
064-7 underway for P.H. 
