Returning to the U.S...the commodore aboard USS Isherwood was transfered to a Command in the Med.
The commodore's Naval profile also raised USS Isherwood to Flag status...she would be given Des Div 98...joining up with other Tin Cans in Pearl.
Outward leg saw DD-520 escort newly commissioned cruiser USS Boston to the Pacific.
At a reunion some of the crew of DD-520 shared with me their delight in becoming a Flag..having returned safely from a mission with Germany's largest Battleship.
The shine came off later in the Aleutians...one crewman commented.."I never saw the sun for 9 months...and I froze my ass"