AT CASTLETOWN BEREHAVEN, BANTRY BAY, IRELAND.
The Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy makes the following remarks concerning Division 6:
Division 6, composed of the Utah (flagship), Nevada, and Oklahoma, was based on Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland, its principal duty being to protect our convoys from possible enemy raiders. This division made two trips into the Channel, escorting convoys when enemy submarines were reported in the vicinity.
Maj. Leon W. Hoyt was the division Marine officer of this division during its entire stay in European waters.
The Nevada joined the American battleships of Division 9 the day after the surrender of the German Fleet off Rosyth, near Edinburgh.