on 9 september, five japanese vessels attempting to leave that port were intercepted and boarded by a party from eaton; a prize crew remained on board "medium landing ship no. 5" for nearly a month. joining the south china force, "eaton" was based at hong kong and visited ports on the 2,000-mile sweep of chinese coast, all the way from haiphong, indochina, to hulutao, manchuria, until 29 december 1945, also participating in the french indochina convoy that took the 6th chinese army to manchuria on merchant marine ships.