June 5th. Left Navy Yard, New York, for shaking down cruise in Long Island Sound.
June 6th. Proceeded to anchorage at Tompkinsville for conference with Captain W. B. Fletcher, U.S.N., on the U.S.S. Noma.
June 7th. Proceeded to the Navy Yard for coal.
June 8th. Joined U.S.S. Seattle at anchorage, North River, New York.
June 14th. Sailed with First Expeditionary Force from United States to France.
The troop-ships in Group One of this First Expeditionary Force were the merchant steamers Tenadores, Saratoga, Havana, and Pastores. The escort assigned to them comprised the cruiser Seattle, flagship of Rear Admiral Gleaves, the yacht Corsair, the armed transport DeKalb, and the destroyers Wilkes, Terry, and Roe. Three other groups followed in a similar arrangement. The secret orders received by the commander of the Corsair were as follows:
From: Commander Destroyer Force, Commanding
U.S. Convoy Operations in the Atlantic.
To: Convoy Group Number One.
Subject: Movement Order.
1. Execute Operation Order No. 1 of 7 June, 1917.
Escort arrive Ambrose Channel Lightship at 7.00 A.M., 14 June.