Prolonged pulmonary support after cardiac surgery: incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.
Post-cardiac surgery pulmonary dysfunction may be underreported. Therefore, we evaluated associated risk factors for prolonged pulmonary support after cardiac surgery.We conducted a retrospective, observational study of consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or coronary artery bypass grafting plus valve repair/replacement between Jan 1, 2005, and Dec 31, 2010, at an academic medical center. Using multivariate logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards modeling, we identified risk factors associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation and supplemental O2 support as well as in-hospital mortality.Overall, 33% (1298/3881) of patients required more than 2 days of mechanical ventilation and/or more than 5 days of supplemental O2 (prolonged support). Independent risk factors included age, weight, pre-existing lung disease, cardiac or renal dysfunction, emergent status, transfusion and cardiopulmonary bypass duration. Prolonged support was associated with increased mortality (OR, 4.75; 95% CI, 2.95-7.95; P < .001). Radiological evidence of persistent pulmonary edema 2 days after surgery was found in 4% of controls and 27% of prolonged support cases.We identified risk factors for prolonged mechanical ventilation and supplemental O2 use, described an association with increased adverse outcomes, and determined that persistent pulmonary edema on day 2 was the most likely radiological finding.


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Statue - Wikipedia Statue From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Sculpture primarily concerned as a representational figure For other uses, see Statue (disambiguation). Not to be confused with statute. The Thinker, by Auguste Rodin c. 1902, Bronze, Copenhagen, DenmarkGommateshwara statue in India, one of the largest ancient monolithic statue in the world.[1]Leshan Giant Buddha, c. 803, a stone statue carved out of a mountain face in Leshan, China A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals or non-representational forms are carved in a durable material like wood, metal, or stone. Typical statues are life-sized or close to life-size; a sculpture that represents persons or animals in full figure but that is small enough to lift and carry is a statuette or figurine, while one more than twice life-size is a colossal statue.[2]Statues have been produced in many cultures from prehistory to the present; the oldest known statue dating to about 30,000 years ago. Statues represent many different people and animals, real and mythical. Many statues are placed in public places as public art. The world's tallest statue, Statue of Unity, is 182 metres (597 ft) tall and is located near the Narmada dam in Gujarat, India. Contents 1 Color 2 Historical periods 2.1 Prehistoric 2.2 Antiquity 2.3 Middle Ages 3 Renaisssance 3.1 Modern Era 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Color[edit] Ancient statues often survive showing the bare surface of the material of which they are made. For example, many people associate Greek classical art with white marble sculpture, but there is evidence that many statues were painted in bright colors.[3] Most of the color has weathered off over time; small remnants were removed during cleaning; in some cases small traces remained which could be identified.[3] A travelling exhibition of 20 coloured replicas of Greek and Roman works, alongside 35 original statues and reliefs, was held in Europe and the United States in 2008: Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity.[4] Details such as whether the paint was applied in one or two coats, how finely the pigments were ground, or exactly which binding medium would have been used in each case—all elements that would affect the appearance of a finished piece—are not known. Richter goes so far as to say of classical Greek sculpture, "All stone sculpture, whether limestone or marble, was painted, either wholly or in part."[5]Medieval statues were also usually painted, with some still retaining their original pigments. The coloring of statues ceased during the Renaissance, as excavated classical sculptures, which had lost their coloring, became regarded as the best models. Urfa Man, in the Şanlıurfa Museum; sandstone, 1.80 meters, c. 9,000 BC Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Paul Landowski and Gheorghe Leonida 1931 Easter Island moai statues Historical periods[edit] Main article: Sculpture Prehistoric[edit] The Löwenmensch figurine from the Swabian Alps in Germany is the oldest known statuette in the world (it is just over a foot tall), and dates to 30,000-40,000 years ago.[6][7][8] The Venus of Hohle Fels, from the same area, is somewhat later.[9] From the ancient Near East, the over-life sized stone Urfa Man from modern Turkey comes from about 9,000 BC, and the 'Ain Ghazal Statues from around 7200 BC and 6500 BC. These are from modern Jordan, made of lime plaster and reeds, and about half life-size; there are 15 statues, some with two heads side by side, and 15 busts. Antiquity[edit] Throughout history, statues have been associated with cult images in many religious traditions, from Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome to the present. Egyptian statues showing kings as sphinxes have existed since the Old Kingdom, the oldest being for Djedefre (c. 2500 BC).[10] The oldest statue of a striding pharaoh dates from the reign of Senwosret I (c. 1950 BC) and is the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.[11] The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (starting around 2000 BC) witnessed the growth of block statues which then became the most popular form until the Ptolemaic period (c. 300 BC).[12]The focal point of the cella or main interior space of a Roman or Greek temple was a statue of the deity it was dedicated to. In major temples these could be several times life-size. Other statues of deities might have subordinate positions along the side walls. The oldest statue of a deity in Rome was the bronze statue of Ceres in 485 BC.[13][14] The oldest statue in Rome is now the statue of Diana on the Aventine.[15]For a successful Greek or Roman politician or businessman (who donated considerable sums to public projects for the honour), having a public statue, preferably in the local forum or the grounds of a temple was an important confirmation of status, and these sites filled up with statues on plinths (mostly smaller than those of their 19th century equivalents). The wonders of the world include several statues from antiquity, with the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Middle Ages[edit] While sculpture generally flourished in European Medieval art, the single statue was not one of the most common types, except for figures of the Virgin Mary, usually with Child, and the corpus or body of Christ on crucifixes. Both of these appeared in all size up to life-size, and by the late Middle Ages many churches, even in villages, had a crucifixion group around a rood cross. The Gero Cross in Koln is both one of the earliest and finest large figures of the crucified Christ. As yet, full-size standing statues of saints and rulers were uncommon, but tomb effigies, generally lying down, were very common for the wealthy from about the 14th century, having spread downwards from royal tombs in the centuries before. While Byzantine art flourished in various forms, sculpture and statue making witnessed a general decline; although statues of emperors continued to appear.[16] An example was the statue of Justinian (6th century) which stood in the square across from the Hagia Sophia until the fall of Constantinople in the 15th century.[16] Part of the decline in statue making in the Byzantine period can be attributed to the mistrust the Church placed in the art form, given that it viewed sculpture in general as a method for making and worshiping idols.[16] While making statues was not subject to a general ban, it was hardly encouraged in this period.[16] Justinian was one of the last Emperors to have a full-size statue made, and secular statues of any size became virtually non-existent after iconoclasm; and the artistic skill for making statues was lost in the process. Renaisssance[edit] Italian Renaissance art identified the standing statue as the key form of Roman art to survive, and there was a great revival of statues of both religious and secular figures, to which most of the leading figures contributed, led by Donatello and Michelangelo. The equestrian statue, a great technical challenge, was mastered again, and gradually statue groups. These trends intensified in Baroque art, when every ruler wanted to have statues made of themself, and Catholic churches filled with crowds of statues of saints, although after the Protestant Reformation religious sculpture largely disappeared from Protestant churches, with some exceptions in large Lutheran German churches. In England, churches instead were filled with increasing elaporate tomb monuments, for which the ultimate models were continental extravagances such as the Papal tombs in Rome, those of the Doges of Venice, or the French royal family. In the late 18th and 19th century there was a growth in public open air statues of public figures on plinths. As well as monarches, politicians, generals, landowners, and eventually artists and writers were commemorated. World War I saw the war memorial, previously uncommon, become very widespread, and these were often statues of generic soldiers. Modern Era[edit] Starting with the work of Maillol around 1900, the human figures embodied in statues began to move away from the various schools of realism that been followed for thousands of years. The Futurist and Cubist schools took this metamorphism even further until statues, often still nominally representing humans, had lost all but the most rudimentary relationship to the human form. By the 1920s and 1930s statues began to appear that were completely abstract in design and execution.[17]The notion that the position of the hooves of horses in equestrian statues indicated the rider's cause of death has been disproved.[18][19] Gallery[edit] Löwenmensch figurine, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, now in Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany, the oldest known zoomorphic statuette, Aurignacian era, 40,000 BC-30,000 BC Venus of Dolní Věstonice, ceramic figurine, 29,000 BC-25,000 BC Venus of Willendorf, one of the oldest known statuettes, Upper Paleolithic, 24,000 BC-22,000 BC 'Ain Ghazal Statues, c. 7000 BC, at the Amman Citadel, Jordan Great Sphinx of Giza, c. 2558–2532 BC, the largest monolithic statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 6 metres (20 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. Giza, Egypt. The Charioteer of Delphi, 474 BC, Delphi Archaeological Museum, Greece Hermes and the Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles, 4th century BC, Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece Venus de Milo, c. 130 - 100 BC, Greek, the Louvre Laocoön and his Sons, Greek, (Late Hellenistic), c. 160 BC and 20 BC, White marble, Vatican Museum Nara Daibutsu, c. 752, Nara, Japan Gommateshvara Bahubali, c. 978-993 AD, 57 feet (17 m) high Moai of Easter Island facing inland, Ahu Tongariki, c. 1250 - 1500, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s The Great Buddha of Kamakura, c. 1252, Japan Michelangelo's David, 1504, The Accademia Gallery, Florence, Italy Auguste Rodin, The Burghers of Calais, 1884–c. 1889, in Victoria Tower Gardens, London, England. The Statue of Liberty, (formally Liberty Enlightening the World) New York Harbor, United States, by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi c.1886 Henry Bain Smith's bronze of Robert Burns, 1892, above Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen, Scotland Camille Claudel, The Waltz, 1889-1905, Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine, France The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, by Edvard Eriksen 1913 Statue of Dr. Jose Rizal. at the Luneta Park, Philippines c.1908 Thomas Brock, John Everett Millais, at Tate Britain 1905 Mount Rushmore, by Gutzon Borglum, 1927-1941, Black Hills, South Dakota U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, located in Arlington, Virginia, by Felix de Weldon 1954 A closeup of the replica statue of Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, 1981; the original c. 200 AD is in the nearby Capitoline Museum, Rome Spring Temple Buddha, the world's second tallest statue, overall 128 m (420 ft) in height, completed 2002, China. Kailashnath Mahadev Statue, Bhaktapur, Nepal. Nepal's tallest statue of Lord Shiva, 144 feet (44 m), 2003–Present. Lord Murugan Statue, Batu Caves, Malaysia, 140 feet (42.7 m). Balance of Nature statue near VUDA Park, Visakhapatnam Aristotle in the Aristotlepark of Stagira Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was one of the founding fathers and Iron Man of the Republic of India; the world's tallest statue See also[edit] Bronze sculpture Bust (sculpture) Equestrian sculpture Figurine History of sculpture List of statues List of statues by height List of statues of Queen Victoria List of colossal sculpture in situ Mannequin Living statue Memorial Monument Sculpture Statues of Gudea, c. 2100 BC Stone carving Stone sculpture Venus figurines References[edit] ^ Zimmer, Heinrich (1953) [April 1952]. Campbell, Joseph (ed.). Philosophies Of India. London, E.C. 4: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ISBN 978-81-208-0739-6. ^ Collins online dictionary: Colossal "2. (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size."; entry in the Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online ^ a b "Archeological Institute of America: Carved in Living Color". Archaeology.org. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2012. ^ "Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity September 22, 2007 Through January 20, 2008, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum". Web.archive.org. 4 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2012.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link) ^ Richter, Gisela M. A., The Handbook of Greek Art: Architecture, Sculpture, Gems, Coins, Jewellery, Metalwork, Pottery and Vase Painting, Glass, Furniture, Textiles, Paintings and Mosaics, Phaidon Publishers Inc., New York, 1960 p. 46 ^ "Lion man takes pride of place as oldest statue" by Rex Dalton, Nature 425, 7 (4 September 2003) doi:10.1038/425007a also Nature News 4 September 2003 ^ "Ice Age Lion Man is world's earliest figurative sculpture" by Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper 31 January 2013 ^ Musical behaviours and the archaeological record: a preliminary study, University of Cambridge Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine ^ Painted Caves: Palaeolithic Rock Art in Western Europe by Andrew J. Lawson (13 July 2012) ISBN 0199698228 Oxford UP page 125 ^ The Egyptian Museum in Cairo by Abeer El-Shahawy and Farid Atiya (10 November 2005) ISBN 9771721836 page 117 ^ The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt by Donald B. Redford (15 December 2000) ISBN 0195102347 page 230 ^ Egyptian Statues by Gay Robins (4 March 2008) ISBN 0747805202 page 28 ^ Famous Firsts in the Ancient Greek and Roman World by David Matz (Jun 2000) ISBN 0786405996 page 87 ^ The Art of Rome c.753 B.C.-A.D. 337 by Jerome Jordan Pollitt (30 June 1983) ISBN 052127365X page 19 ^ Samnium and the Samnites by E. T. Salmon (2 September 1967) ISBN 0521061857 page 181 ^ a b c d Byzantine Art by Charles Bayet (1 October 2009) ISBN 1844846202 page 54 ^ Giedion-Welcker, Carola, ''Contemporary Sculpture: An Evolution in Volume and Space, A revised and Enlarged Edition'', Faber and Faber, London, 1961 pp. X to XX ^ Barbara Mikkelson (2 August 2007). "Statue of Limitations". Snopes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011. ^ Cecil Adams (6 October 1989). "In statues, does the number of feet the horse has off the ground indicate the fate of the rider?". The Straight Dope. Chicago Reader. Retrieved 9 June 2011. 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Open the xml in notepad, open Google Earth as well.
Put placemarks in the same co-ordinates as the objects, Copy & paste the corordinates from the xml file. In this case, I had to place 6 objects.
Draw the river's polygon so that it ended at the placemarks.
Complile the KMl to bgl as normal.
This has worked well apart from a road that crosses the river, as well as a ridge in the water that stubbornly refuses to dissappear. I have noticed other ridges further upstream in Miicrosoft's own river polygons; so maybe there is another fault not of my making.


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NEWS: Sens News: April 15th
by Peter Levi
-I have to wonder if the Rangers are happy with the turn the series has taken. Tortorella made a conscious decision to play on (and over) the edge, perhaps with the expectation that Ottawa wouldn't respond. After the circus last night he's got to realise that even if the Rangers win the series his team is going to be in no condition to take on a serious contender in the second round. I'd guess if Tortorella could do it all over again he would have played a more passive, trapping style relying on counter-punching and his goaltending, ignoring all the nonsense that's happened up to this point. All that being said, the on-ice officials could cool the jets of the series in a hurray if they chose to end scrums after the whistle and aggressively make calls on borderline hits–that may be the message the NHL sends in game three (or it may not).
–Peter Raaymakers points out that a lot of the nonsense last night was Boyle's fault:
had Boyle simply answered the bell for his actions and dropped his gloves early the whole situation would have ended out better for both teams. Neither Carkner nor Dubinsky would have been kicked out of the game, and the hatchet would have been (mostly) buried. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. I find it hard to fault Carkner much here. First off, this wasn't a decision he made: Paul MacLean made this decision when he dressed his fighters. Secondly, it shouldn't have been an issue nearly as big as it was, because Boyle should simply have matched up with Carkner. Yes, Boyle is an inexperienced fighter and Carkner is a league heavyweight, but Boyle has a height and weight advantage and could have simply tied up Carkner's arms until the linesmen jumped in. Done. Thirdly, he threw two glancing blows and then five body shots; this wasn't a massacre, it was a game of pattycake. Boyle was, obviously, no worse for wear (he fought and scored later in the game), and likely took more punishing hits at other points in the game. Most importantly, consider this: Teams will do anything they can to win playoff games. That's why Brian Boyle roughed up Erik Karlsson in the first place–he figured he'd get away with it. Unless referees clamp down and restrict things, teams will push the limits of what they're able to do in order to gain an advantage, however slight.
I'd go even further and say that if the officials had properly penalised Boyle or if the NHL had done something after the game, none of the enforcement would have been necessary.
-A bit of trivia: Chris Neil is the first player since 1989 to score an overtime goal and have a fighting major in a playoff game.
–Joy Lindsay Tweets the black aces called up from Binghamton: Robin Lehner, Mark Borowiecki, Eric Gryba, Patrick Wiercioch, Mike Hoffman, Andre Petersson, Stephane Da Costa, David Dziurzynski, and Mika Zibanejad. No real surprises (except, perhaps, Dziurzynski). Healthy players not included: Cannone, Blood, Grant, Schneider, Puempel, Schira, Cowick, Parrish, Lessard, Conboy, and McKenna.
–Joy also Tweets that Binghamton's veterans (Conboy, Locke, McKenna, and Parrish) expressed an interest in returning to the team if the Sens wanted to retain them. It's an interesting sentiment since neither could expect call-ups to Ottawa if they remained. I have no idea what management will do, but other than Mark Parrish I could see the other three retained.
-I like the TSN panel, but they missed the boat on why the playoffs have been vicious and fight-filled. The panel made the supposition that it's simply a trend based on the Bruins winning last year–rough and tumble is the way to go. To my mind what's clear is that the NHL promised to police the game this year and failed utterly–there are no serious consequences so that requires teams to fight to protect themselves. Why wouldn't a third or fourth-liner take out the opposition's best player when they are only going to miss one or two games? If the NHL doesn't step in the next couple of days things are going to get even more ridiculous. What continues to frustrate me is so many talking heads in the media saying it's simply "playoff hockey". No it isn't. Stars were untouchable even in the old rough and tumble days, but that's simply no longer the case.
–Milan Michalek's agent Allan Walsh is trying to get Ottawa Sun reporter Don Brennan fired after Brennan wrote this article, with Walsh saying:
A parasite like Don Brennan in the Ottawa media can't resist the urge to tear down the Senators and their top players. Brennan's mission following the team on the road is to tear the players down. Can't Sun Media come up with somebody better than this? Every Senators fan should rise up and be heard. Let Sun Media and the Ottawa Sun know how you feel.
Brennan is not going to win a popularity contest with the fans and tried to laugh it off. My take? The article in question isn't the worst thing Brennan has written, but the quality of Sens coverage could only improve if he were removed.
This article is written by Peter Levi, be sure to follow @eyeonthesens
Peter Levi
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There's a snake in my garden.
All things nature fascinate me, so I was quick to touch the shimmering line. I picked it up (yes I did.) and discovered it wasn't quite dry.
It was still tacky, spread out next to the picnic table, and it dawned on me that when I had been in this very spot a bit earlier in the day, this slender stripe was not a part of the landscaping.
The skin was sticking to the grass, and before I realized what was happening, I was holding three thin sections of scaly fragileness.
So, now there's a snake in my garden. Or at least there might be. And while it isn't actually changing the way I garden, it has definitely changed the way I think when I'm gardening...which might end up being the important take away from this garden of life lesson.
"So, are you wearing gloves now?"you might ask.
Truth is, I've been wearing gardening gloves for years, because...spiders.
But now, the thought of that snake keeps me mindful in a different way.
Last week when I was transforming a wildly disheveled raised bed into bare dirt (I have plans!), that little snake was..somewhere.
I knew he could show up anywhere and although I didn't see him, I also did not forget him.
It's just better not to be surprised by a snake.
in a garden I can't quite see either.
Because, truth is, I have a snake in my garden.
It's always been there, but sometimes I live as if it isn't and that always gets me in trouble. Always.
I've been around other people who seem to think their Eden has no serpent...(or they want me to think that?) and they are posers every one, and much more likely to be taken off guard by a snake they won't admit is there.
Ask me how I know this. Sigh.
Been there, lived it. Poorly.
Recently I was in a conversation where the topic of someone's egregious moral lapse was held in sharp light. There was no dodging the ugliness of the mess she'd made, but I heard more judgment in the voice of the other than I expected.
Grace seemed as elusive as the praying mantis I'm always hoping to see among the zinnias.
had she never faltered in her faithfulness for just a moment?
Was there no snake in her garden?
Those words from the Word reminded me of this warning we saw in a State Park last year.
but be mindful of the snake.
I have discovered that my own heart is deeply flawed and vulnerable to stumbling.
And but for grace, the snake wins every time.
So, yes, be mindful when you're gardening through your days. There's a snake there somewhere.
offering the strength to stand, a place to fall.
For every gardener that you meet.
Extravagant grace offering the strength to stand, a place to fall.
Thanks for this Brenda. The word extravagant keeps popping up in my life. I have to think that's not an accident. Maybe God is telling me something.
You keep listening, and I'll be looking forward to hearing about what you are hearing! God's extravagance continues to take me off-guard.


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USS Alkaid (AK-114)
Career (US)
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Ordered: as SS William G. Sumner
EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 1211
Laid down: 13 September 1943
Launched: 8 November 1943
Acquired: 19 November 1943
Commissioned: 27 March 1944
Decommissioned: 6 January 1946
Struck: 28 March 1946
Fate: fate unknown
Displacement: 4,023 t.(lt) 14,250 t.(fl)
Length: 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam: 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draught: 27 ft 7 in (8.41 m)
Propulsion: Joshua Hendy reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
Speed: 13 kts.
Complement: 206
Armament: one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount; one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; eight 20mm AA gun mounts
USS Alkaid (AK-114) was an Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the war zone.
SS William G. Sumner (AK-114) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1211) on 13 September 1943 by the St. John's River Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; launched on 8 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. W. R. McQuaid; renamed Alkaid on 13 November 1943; acquired by the Navy under a bareboat charter on 19 November 1943; converted for naval service by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida; and, commissioned in Jacksonville on 27 March 1944, Lt. Comdr . E. G. Gummer in command.
1 World War II Pacific Theatre operations
1.1 Inter-island service in the South Pacific
1.2 Okinawa operations
1.3 End-of-war activity
2 Post-war decommissioning
3 Military awards and honors
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
Following a period of shakedown training off the U.S. East Coast, Alkaid sailed on 6 May for the Pacific Ocean, via Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Panama Canal. On 14 June, the ship touched at Espiritu Santo and reported to Service Squadron 8 for duty.
Inter-island service in the South Pacific
For the duration of her World War II service, Alkaid acted as an interisland transport. Some of the ports she visited included Noumea, New Caledonia; Guadalcanal; Tulagi; Suva, Fiji; Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand; Espiritu Santo and Efate, New Hebrides; Oro Bay, New Guinea; Iwo Jima; Guam; and Eniwetok.
Okinawa operations
On 15 May 1945, Alkaid sailed from Ulithi with a convoy bound for Okinawa. She arrived off Hagushi beach on the 21st and operated there through the end of the month.
End-of-war activity
Alkaid touched at Pearl Harbor in early August. She was undergoing availability when she received word of the Japanese surrender. In September, the ship got underway for Japan. After making calls at Eniwetok, Saipan, and Iwo Jima, Alkaid dropped anchor at Yokosuka, Japan, on 4 October. For the next one and one-half months, the ship served with the occupation forces in Japan.
On 16 November, Alkaid left Japan with a load of homeward-bound American troops and reached San Francisco, California, on 6 January 1946.
Post-war decommissioning
The ship was decommissioned there and returned to the Maritime Commission on 11 March 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946.
Military awards and honors
Alkaid won one battle star for her World War II service.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
Photo gallery of Alkaid at NavSource Naval History
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