sentences:  Ready, Jr., USNR, in command.Departing Norfolk, Virginia 4 January 1945 "Coronis" arrived at Purvis Bay, in the Solomon Islands to repair battle-damaged landing craft in preparation for the invasion of Okinawa.Arriving at Ulithi, the staging area, on 24 March she joined the Service and Salvage Unit, and five days later sortied with them for Okinawa, arriving off the island 3 April.