USS LANSING (DE-388) ACTIVITY LOG
(Excerpted from actual deck logs obtained from National Archives, Washington DC)
(Italicized entries are added by editor)
1-1-44 0000 Steaming
in formation. Nine escort ships and one
tug in company.
0822 Standing
into Great sound, Bermuda Islands.
1155 Moored
to mooring buoy E-1, Great Sound Bay, Bermuda, BWI
1215 USS
EICHENBERGER (DE-202) moored alongside port side
1230 USS
UNDERHILL (DE-682) moored alongside starboard side
1500 Held
flag hoist drill with USS ALTAIR (AD-11)
1600 Secured
from flag hoist drill.
1727 All
ships gun crews departed for Naval Operating Base, Bermuda for anti-
aircraft firing practice.
2305 Ship's
gun crews returned from Naval Operating Base, Bermuda.
1-3-44 0654 USS
UNDERHILL (DE-682) underway
0658 USS
EICHENBERGER (DE-202) underway
0705 Underway,
standing out to sea for gunnery exercise
0843 Sea
buoy abeam to port, steaming in formation, third ship in column astern
of USS PRIDE (DE-323)
0928 Took
position number 4 in column astern USS DURANT (DE-389)
1141 Manned
battle stations and commenced exercise O-9.
1155 Opened
fire on plane-towed sleeve, starboard run, with all 3"/50 cal. Guns,
all 20 MM and 40 MM guns
1156 Ceased
firing.
1223 Ceased
exercise O-9, having expended the following ammunition: 3"/50
caliber AA-44 rounds; 40MM (Service) -
48 rounds; 20MM (Service) -
315 rounds.
1310 Commenced
exercise O-8.
1313 Ceased
firing and exercise O-8, having expended the following ammunition:
3"/50 caliber AA - 30 rounds; 40MM
(Service) - 32 rounds; 20 MM
(Service) - 315 rounds.
1321 Secured
from battle stations
1440 Called
all hands to battle stations.
1502 Fired
full pattern of Depth Charges, expending 13 charges.
1538 Fired
A/S projector Mark 10, expending 24 Service rounds.
1540 Secured
from battle stations.
2000 Underway,
steaming in formation.
1-4-44 0829 Commenced
exercise G-8.
0830 Released
two tanks of screening smoke.
0846 Completed
exercise G-8.
0930 Resumed
position in formation with other ships of division.
1256 Standing
into Murray's Anchorage, Bermuda
1329 Anchored
in Murray’s Anchorage
1606 Underway
into Great Sound Bay
1800 Moored
starboard side to USS EICHENBERGER (DE-202) to mooring
buoy E-1, Great Sound Bay, Bermuda
1-5-44 1301 Commander
Lyons, USN and inspection party from USS HENRY L.
KENYON (DE-683) aboard to conduct BAKER
inspection.
1303 All
hands to quarters.
1510 All
hands to battle stations and conduct battle problem.
1546 All
hands secured from battle stations.
1605 Lt.
Martin (MC), USNR, and Lt. Taft (SC), USNR, departed for USS
HAMUL (AD-20) after completing BAKER
inspection. Commander
Lyons, USN, and inspection party
departed for USS HENRY L.
KENYON (DE-683) after completing BAKER
inspection.
1-6-44 1231 Held
quarters for inspection.
1303 Captain
Burchett, USN, Chief Staff Officer, Commander DD-DE
Shakedown Task Group and Lieut.
Commander Donald F. Gibson
(MC), USN, Staff Medical Officer came
aboard to make departure
inspection "Able".
1414 Captain
Burchett, USN and Lt. Commander Gibson
USN, departed having completed
departure inspection "Able".
1537 Underway
for Charleston, South Carolina, per operations order No. 14-44-
0013933, issued by Commandant Naval
Operating Base, Bermuda,
British West Indies.
1-7-44 0335 Picked
up radar contact bearing 3230 T, 3240 p.g.c., distance 20
miles
0410 Sounded
general alarm, commenced steering various courses to intercept
target.
0438 Identified
target as an allied tanker
0440 Secured
from general quarters
1-8-44 1030 Commanding
Officer made regular weekly inspection of ship
1619 Radar
contact target bearing 0790 T, 34000 yards
1644 Sighted
target and identified same as allied tanker
1-9-44 0845 Fired
13 charge pattern of depth charges from all "K" Guns and tracks
0939 Steering
various channel courses at various speeds standing into Charleston
Harbor.
1145 U.S.
Navy Tug CATAWBA (AT-68) alongside to port. Vessel in tow.
1150 U.S.
Navy Tug BLACK FOX (YTB 177) alongside to port.
1154 Moored
starboard side to Pier G-4, Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
1-10-44 1740 Lieutenant
Commander S. R. Sands, Jr., USCG., was this date advanced to
rank of Commander, as of 1 December
1943.
1-12-44 1339 Underway
in tow by two Navy Tugs, proceeding to dry dock
1402 Entered
drydock number one
1420 Secured
in drydock number one, Charleston Navy Yard
1-13-44 0700 Commenced
flooding dry dock
0740 Dock flooded
0846 Underway
in tow of two Navy Tugs enroute to dock G-2, Charleston Navy Yard
0932 Moored
starboard side to USS FALGOUT (DE-324) at Pier G-4, Charleston Navy Yard
1-17-44 0545 Commenced
receiving fuel oil from YO-22
0832 Completed
fueling of ship. Received 40,050
gallons
1-18-44 0830 Underway
assisted by two Navy tugs.
0835 Tugs
departed. Vessel underway standing out
to sea in accordance with CTF
23, Dispatch 171430
0845 Commenced
runs on degaussing range
0900 Completed
degaussing runs
0934 Commenced
Radio Direction Finder calibration, and compass comparisons.
1035 Completed
calibration, standing out to sea
1230 Stopped
starboard engine due to shaft overheating.
Ceased zigzag.
1248 All
engines ahead at 290 RPM.
1600 Changed
course in order to offset repairs to sound gear
1850 Radar
contact bearing 047T, distance 22,000 yards
1910 Radar
contact determined to be unidentified US Navy Blimp
1-20-44 0800 Standing
into New York Harbor.
1059 Moored
port side to North side of Pier 9, Thompkinsville, Staten Island, NY
1-22-44 0010 Underway
in accordance with Commander Task Force 23 despatch and Commander Task
Group 02.9 despatch operating with
Escort Division 13, (USS FROST [DE-144]
USS HUSE [DE-145], USS INCH [DE-146],
USS SNOWDEN [DE-246]
USS STANTON[DE-247], USS SWASEY
[DE-248])
escorting New York Section
Convoy UGS-31 to Norfolk, Virginia
0800 Underway
forming convoy while standing down Swept Channel, New York,
New York
0847 Took station
on starboard flank of convoy zigzagging on Patrol Plan 3-A.
Speed of advance 9.5 knots.
1122 Lost
one Mark IX Depth Charge, set on safe, while testing hydraulic release
system in Latitude 39039’
North, Longitude 70040’15” West, in
fourteen (14) fathoms of water.
1500 All
hands to battle stations.
1550 Secured
from battle stations.
1600 Sounds
General Quarters to investigate sound contact.
1611 Secured
from General Quarters.
1-23-44 0000 Underway
on base course 1910 True at 210 RPM, on zigzag Patrol Plan 3-A,
screening convoy UGS-31, bearing 0750
Relative, distance 3000 yards
from guide ship 71.
0300 Convoy
commenced forming in column single file.
0559 Standing
down Swept channel to Chesapeake Bay.
0800 Standing
into Norfolk Swept Channel.
1240 Maneuvering
on various courses at various speeds guiding convoy into Swept Channel.
1447 Released
from further duty with convoy UGS-31 (New York Section) by Commander
Escort Division 13
1455 Chesapeake
Bay Entrance lighted whistle buoy abeam to starboard.
1510 Standing
up Thimble Shoal Channel. General
Quarters depth charge party
held one (1) hour depth charge drill.
1735 Moored
port side to starboard side USS DURANT (DE-389) on south side
of Pier 5, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk,
Virginia
1-24-44 0755 Shift
mooring lines to permit USS DURANT (DE-389) and USS VANCE DE-387)
to undock
0805 Moored
port side to USS EICHENBERGER (DE-202)
1240 USS
LANSING (DE-388) ordered to report to Commander Escort Division
46 for duty afloat in training
Destroyer Escort crews
1-25-44 0725 Four
officers and 109 enlisted men reported aboard for training afloat
0811 Underway
standing into Elizabeth River Channel
0834 Entered
Hampton Roads Channel
0852 Passed
through harbor net gate.
0905 Standing
down Thimble Shoal Channel. Commenced
holding various drills
for Training Crew.
0925 Standing
into Lower Chesapeake Bay, conducting scheduled exercises for
Training crew.
1136 Anchored
one (1) mile East of York Spit Channel to thirty (30) fathoms of
Starboard chain in seventeen (17)
fathoms of water.
1556 Passed
through Harbor Net Gate.
1711 Moored
portside to USS PRIDE (DE-323) at South side of Pier 5, Naval Operating Base,
Norfolk, Virginia
1810 USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) moored to starboard side
1-26-44 0744 Five
officers and 140 enlisted men from USS RICHARD S BULL (DE-402) reported
aboard for training afloat. ENS W.T. DOOR departed in charge of a party
of twenty-four (24)
enlisted men for gunnerytraining at the
Anti-Aircraft Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0758 Underway
standing into Hampton Roads
0830 Passed
through Harbor Net Gate. Training crew
of DE-402 commenced holding drills
1400 Held
one hour depth charge drill.
1411 Underway
to rendezvous with Exercise Group at Buoy “10”
1437 Made
rendezvous with Exercise Group
1540 Standing
up Thimble Shoal and into Hampton Roads
1746 Moored
starboard side to port side USS FALGOUT (DE-324) at Pier 5,
Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia
1800 ENS W.T.
DOOR and party of 24 enlisted men returned from gunnery training
at the Anti-Aircraft Training Center,
Dam Neck, Virginia
1-27-44 0708 ENS
W.T. DOOR departed in charge of a party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men
for gunnery training at the Anti-Aircraft
Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0720 Shifted
mooring to permit USS EICHENBERGER (DE-202) to depart.
0745 Five
officers and 130 enlisted men from USS RICHARD S BULL (DE-402)
reported aboard for training afloat
0814 Underway.
0949 Training
crew commenced anti-submarine exercise on ping boat.
1100 Training
crew engaged in heaving line drill and instructions in painting and seamanship.
1150 Completed
all exercises.
1323 Training
crew to battle stations
1355 Underway,
training crew secured from battle stations
1510 Standing
into Thimble Shoal channel
1535 Passed
through harbor net gates
1550 Stopped
all engines, drifting
1700 Underway
standing into berth
1741 Moored
port side to USS VANCE (DE-387) at Pier 5, Naval Operating Base,
Norfolk,
Virginia
1750 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of 24 enlisted men returned from gunnery training
at the Anti-Aircraft Training Center,
Dam Neck, Virginia
1-28-44 0715 ENS
W.T. DOOR departed in charge of a party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men
for gunnery training at the
Anti-Aircraft Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0740 Four
officers and 108 enlisted men of crew of USS AHRENS (DE-575) reported aboard
for
training afloat
0804 Underway
into Elizabeth River Channel
0822 Anchored. Commenced training
1626 Underway
1715 Moored
portside to USS VANCE (DE-387) at south side of Pier 5, Naval Operating Base,
Norfolk, Virginia
1735 Officers
and men of DE-575 (USS AHRENS ) departed, having completed
days scheduled training exercises.
1-29-44 0710 ENS
W.T. DOOR departed in charge of a party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men
for gunnery training at the
Anti-Aircraft Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0740 Four
officers and 151 enlisted men of USS JOHN M BERMINGHAM (DE-530) reported
aboard for training afloat
0751 Underway
in Elizabeth River Channel
0805 Underway
on degaussing range
0844 Anchored
in Hampton Roads, Virginia
0930 Training
crew engaged in lowering and hoisting of motor whaleboat
1030 Training
crew to battle stations
1135 Training
crew secured from battle stations.
1300 Training
crew to battle stations
1330 Secured
from battle stations
1415 Training
crew engaged in flag hoist drill
1455 Training
crew engaged in hoisting motor whaleboat.
1604 Anchor
aweigh
1620 Moored
port side to USS FALGOUT (DE-324) at south side of Pier 5,
Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia
1645 Training
crew of DE-530 (USS JOHN M BERMINGHAM) departed
1700 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men returned from
gunnery training at the Anti-Aircraft
Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
1-31-44 0715 ENS
W.T. DOOR departed in charge of a party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men
for gunnery training at the
Anti-Aircraft Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0720 One
Officer’s Steward and three Steward’s Mates trainees aboard
0730 Four
officers and 102 enlisted men of USS JOHN M BERMINGHAM (DE-530) reported
for training afloat
0827 Underway
into Elizabeth River Channel
0835 Ran
degaussing range to check degaussing
0841 Standing
out of Hampton Roads enroute to Exercise Area.
0900 Underway
as before conducting exercises for training crew.
1107 Held
steering casualty drill
1111 Secured
from steering casualty drill
1147 Anchored
in lower Chesapeake Bay
1257 Underway
1536 Standing
up Thimble Shoal Channel into Hampton Roads
1640 Running
degaussing range to check degaussing
1709 Moored
portside to USS THOMAS (DE-102) at south side of Pier 5, Naval
Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia
1720 Training
crew of DE-530 (USS JOHN M BERMINGHAM) departed, having
completed scheduled training
1725 ENS
W.T. DOOR and gunnery party returned from Anti-Aircraft Training
Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
2-1-44 0715 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men departed for Dam
Neck, Virginia, for gunnery training at
Anti-Aircraft Training Center.
0730 Four
Steward’s Mates reported aboard from Naval Training Station, Norfolk,
for training afloat
0740 Four
officers and 146 enlisted men from USS WISEMAN (DE-667)
reported aboard for one day of
scheduled training afloat
0755 Underway
in Elizabeth River Channel.
0805 Anchored
in Hampton Roads
0900 Training
Crew of DE-667 engaged in the following drills and instruction:
battle stations, war cruising watches,
boat drill, special sea details, line
handling and seamanship, painting,
cleaning, operation of handy billy
and portable submersible pump.
1455 Underway
in Hampton Roads
1530 Ran
degaussing range to check degaussing
1555 Completed
degaussing check.
1600 Training
crew DE-667 (USS WISEMAN) secured from all drills and instruction.
1617 Moored
portside to USS LOWE (DE-325) south side Pier 5, Naval Operating Base,
Norfolk, Virginia
1645 Four
(4) Steward’s Mates, aboard for one day of training afloat, departed for
Naval Training Station, Norfolk,
Virginia.
1700 Four
(4) officers and one hundred forty-six (146) enlisted men of DE-667
(USS WISEMAN) departed for Naval
Training station, Norfolk,
Virginia, having completed one day of
scheduled training afloat.
1730 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men returned from
Anti-Aircraft Training Center, Dam
Neck, Virginia.
2-2-44 0705 ENS
W.T. DOOR and twenty-four (24) enlisted men departed for gunnery
training at the Anti-Aircraft Training
Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
0710 Four
Steward’s Mates reported aboard from naval Training Station, Norfolk
0730 Four
officers and 121 enlisted men of PF-56 (USS COVINGTON) reported
aboard for one day scheduled training
afloat
0806 Underway
for training
0816 Anchored
in Hampton Roads, Virginia
0900 All
officers and crew aboard, not previously inoculated, receiving Yellow Fever
injections
0905 Training
crew to battle stations
1000 Training
crew secured from battle station
1024 Underway
standing into dock to effect repairs to anchor windlass.
1035 Moored
port side to south side of Pier 5, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk VA
1305 Four
(4) enlisted men from USS ALCOR (AR-10) aboard to repair anchor windlass.
1530 Four (4)
Steward’s Mates departed, having completed one day of training afloat.
1600 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men returned from
Anti-Aircraft Training center, Dam
Neck, Virginia.
2-3-44 0600 Anchor
windlass undergoing examination and repair.
ENS W.T. DOOR and
party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men
departed for Anti-Aircraft
Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia,
for gunnery training
0710 Four
Steward’s Mates reported aboard from Naval Training Station, Norfolk, for
one day of instruction afloat
0745 Seven
officers and 118 enlisted men of crew of PF-56 (USS COVINGTON)
reported aboard for one day scheduled
training afloat
1515 Four
(4) Steward’s Mates from naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia,
aboard for one day of training afloat,
departed having completed scheduled training.
1520 Seven
officers and 118 enlisted men of crew of PF-56 (USS COVINGTON)
departed for Naval Training station,
Norfolk, Virginia, having completed scheduled training
1646 ENS
W.T. DOOR and party of twenty-four (24) enlisted men returned from
gunnery training at Anti-Aircraft
Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia.
1800 Repairs
to Anchor Windlass completed, repair party from USS ALCOR (AR-10) departed.
2-4-44 0715 One
Officer’s Steward and three (3) Steward’s Mates reported on board for
training from Naval Training Station,
Norfolk, Virginia
0750 USS
LOWE (DE-325) unmoored from starboard side
1545 One
Officer’s Steward and three (3) Steward’s Mates, aboard from Naval
Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia for
training departed
1555 USS
STEWARD (DE-238) moored alongside to starboard
1700 Received
from U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Portsmouth, Virginia, two
(2) filled Elco Smoke Tanks. Delivered to U.S. Naval Ammunition
Depot, Portsmouth, Virginia, two (2)
empty Elco Smoke Tanks
2-5-44 0930 Commenced
taking on fuel. Draft forward Nine (9)
feet eleven (11) inches;
twelve (12) feet six (6) inches aft.
1030 Commanding
Officer held ship inspection.
1455 Completed
taking on fuel. Received twenty-seven
thousand eight hundred
thirty-one (27,831) gallons of
fuel. Draft aft twelve (12) feet six
(6)
inches, forward ten (10 feet seven (7)
inches.
2-6-44 1425 Underway
in accordance with operational order of CTF 23.
1430 Ran
degaussing range to test degaussing
1512 Standing
down Thimble Shoal Channel.
1624 Cape
Henry Light abeam to starboard, distance three (3) miles
1637 Standing
down swept channel. Assumed assigned
station on USS CORE (CVE-13)
2-7-44 0000 Underway
in company with USS VANCE (DE-387) escorting USS CORE (CVE-13)
from Norfolk, Virginia, to New York,
New York
1015 Commenced
depth charge loading and depth setting drill
1025 New
York Harbor swept channel buoy “A” abeam to starboard.
1115 Secured
from depth charge drill
1324 Entered
anti-submarine boom net defenses
1405 Anchored
off Pier 10, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York.
1408 YT-344
(SWATANE) alongside to starboard
1413 Underway
proceeding to moor
1420 YT-344
(SWATANE) departed
1418 Moored
port side to Pier 10, Berth 8, Naval Section Base, Tompkinsville,
Staten Island, New York
1440 USS
VANCE (DE-387) moored alongside to starboard
2-9-44 1253 Six
(6) officers, together with nine (9) Sound Men and sixteen (16) enlisted men
from
depth charge crew received four (4)
hours training on Attack
Teacher at Pier 9, Naval Section Base,
Staten Island, New York
2-10-44 0645 Underway
standing down New York Harbor and Ambrose Channel in
accordance with Operational Order of
CTF 23, from New York to Norfolk, Virginia
1200 Underway
forming convoy.
1320 All
hands to battle stations. Repair
parties engaged in streaming FXR gear.
20MM gun crews and depth charge party
receiving instructions, 3”/50
Caliber gun crews engaged in loading
drill. One (1) round of 3”/50
Caliber Anti-Aircraft ammunition
disposed of over side due to faulty fuse.
1430 Secured
from battle stations and drills, Repair Parties continued streaming FXR gear
1440 Convoy
base course set at 1960 true and p.g.c., speed of advance six (6)
knots
1530 FXR
gear streamed and operating satisfactorily
1545 Repair
parties secured.
1600 Underway
screening convoy. Increased speed to
nine (9) knots.
1917 Departed
day escort station and assumed night station
2-11-44 0000 Underway
zigzagging on base course 1960 true escorting convoy UGS-33
from New York to Norfolk, Virginia,
speed of advance 9.5 knots.
0625 Departed
night escort station and assumed day station
1155 Norfolk
swept channel buoy “XS” abeam, convoy forming two columns
1200 Underway
maneuvering to gather convoy, scattered as result of thick fog
1525 Escorting
six ships of convoy
2115 Standing
into Thimble Shoal Dredged Channel.
2216 Passed
through Net gate.
2239 Standing
up Elizabeth River.
2324 Moored
starboard side to USS DURANT (DE-389) on North side of Pier 2, Naval
Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia
2-12-44 1230 Tested
depth charge hydraulic system, found to be in good working order
1430 Commenced
fueling.
1530 Completed
fueling, draft forward ten (10) feet four (4) inches, draft aft
twelve (12) feet six (6) inches; having
received 10571 gallons fuel oil
1544 Underway
to anchorage off buoy “1”, Thimble Shoals Channel
1653 Thimble
Shoal Channel Lighted Buoy abeam to port
1702 Anchored
in Lynnhaven Roads, Virginia
2-13-44 0433 Underway
standing down Lynnhaven Roads
0440 Lighted
White dredging Buoy abeam to port
0530 Standing
down swept channel at two-thirds speed
1134 Entrance
buoy “XS” abeam to port
1210 Maneuvering
for screening and forming convoy (UGS-33)
1330 All
gun crews engaged in drills. Repair
Party Three engaged in closure drills
1415 Secured
from quarters and all drills
1505 Training
film exhibited to all Damage Control personnel.
1530 Maneuvering
to assume station in convoy
1600 Underway
as before, maneuvering to assume station in escort plan
1610 Maintaining
station in escort plan at two-thirds speed.
Convoy speed of
advance six (6) knots.
1752 Departed
station to deliver spare parts to USS CHAMBERS (DE-389) for
chemical recorder (Ed. - log error,
should be DE-391)
1840 Assumed
assigned escort station
2-14-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic, zigzagging, escorting convoy UGS-33 Speed
of advance is six (6) knots.
0455 Underwater
sound contact, called watch to “action stations”, contact proved
to be echo from wake of accompanying
escort vessel
0500 Secured
from “action stations”
0721 Departed
station to investigate vessel bearing 1030 true, distance seven
thousand (7000) yards. Vessel responded satisfactorily to
challenge.
0703 Convoy
speed of advance now eight (8) knots.
0756 Assumed
assigned station in escort plan
1000 Commenced
zigzagging on Patrol Plan 2A
1200 Commenced
zigzagging on Plan 3A. Speed of advance
increased to nine (9) knots.
1320 Mustered
all hands at quarters; the following drills and instructions were
held:
battle stations, 3”/50 Caliber loading drill, 20MM and depth
charge instruction, Damage Control parties
viewing damage control motion pictures.
1500 Secured
from battle stations and all drills and instructions.
2000 Underway
as before zigzagging in accordance with Patrol Paln 3A, speed of
advance nine (9) knots.
2-16-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic escorting Convoy UGS-33 enroute North Africa. Speed
of advance is nine (9) knots.
0730 Speed
of advance is seven (7) knots.
0930 Speed
of advance is nine (9) knots.
1300 Commenced
patrolling on Patrol Plan 3A
1950 Departed
escort station to close port column of convoy to signal ships to dim lights.
2000 Underway
as before steering various courses and speeds signaling ships to dim lights.
2027 Resumed
regular escort station patrolling accordance Plan 3A
2-17-44 1304 All
hands to battle stations. Commenced
test firing all guns in accordance
with orders from Commander Task Force
66
1335 Secured
from test firing and battle stations.
Expended the following Service
ammunition: Seven (7) rounds 3”/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft; eight (8)
rounds 40 MM; three hundred
seventy-seven (377) rounds 20MM. No casualties.
2-18-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly ship’s inspection below decks.
1345 Depth
charge parties held drill. Radar and
Sound men view training film.
2-20-44 2035 Ceased
using plan 3A, commenced patrol on erratic courses.
2-21-44 1320 Mustered
crew at quarters; the following drills were held: battle stations,
3”/50 Caliber gun crews, sections two
(2) and three (3) held loading
drill, all 20MM gun crews held drills,
Damage Control parties held shoring drill.
1427 Secured
from battle stations.
1445 Secured
from all drills.
2-22-44 0940 Ceased
patrolling plan 3A, commenced steering erratic course.
1630 Speed
of advance no eight (8) knots.
2-24-44 0800 Speed
of advance nine (9) knots.
0830 Speed
of advance six (6) knots.
0930 Speed
of advance nine (9) knots
2-25-44 0800 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3A
1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly ship’s inspection below decks
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. The following drills
were held: battle stations,
3”/50 Caliber gun loading drill, 20MM
gun drill, flashing light drill.
1445 Secured
from battle stations and all drills.
Surveyed one (1) round 3”/50
caliber Illuminating and two (2) rounds
3”/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft
ammunition because of projectiles
having become unseated from case.
1641 Departed
regular escort station to assume temporary station ahead of Number 41
1741 Returned
to regular escort station
1800 Commenced
patrolling station on Patrol Plan 3A
1904 Ceased
patrolling station on Patrol Plan 3A.
2-26-44 0700 Commenced
patrolling escort sector using Patrol Plan 3A
1915 Ceased
patrolling on Plan 3A
2-28-44 1300 Mustered
crew at quarters; the following drills were held: battle stations;
20MM and 3”/50 Caliber gun crews’
loading drill’ depth charge drill’
drills in streaming FXR gear.
1405 Secured
from battle stations and all drills
1600 Convoy
speed of advance reduced to seven and on-half (7 ½) knots.
2-29-44 0700 Commenced
patrolling escort sector using Patrol Plan 3A
0830 Speed
of advance six (6) knots.
1402 Speed
of advance increased to seven (7) knots.
Radar and Sonar men
received one (1) hour instruction on
materiel. Damage Control parties
held one (1) hour discussion on War
Damage Reports.
3-1-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic escorting convoy UGS-33 enroute North
Africa; patrolling using patrol plan
3A. Speed of advance is seven (7)
knots.
0730 Ceased
patrolling on Patrol Plan 3A
0835 Speed of
advance 8.5 knots, patrolling on plan 3A
1300 Mustered
the crew at quarters; the following
drills were held’ Battle stations
1317 Fire
drill for Damage Control parties, fire in I.C. Room and First Lieutenant’s
locker
1318 First
extinguisher and hose on scene; 3:/50 Caliber gun crews held loading drill; FXR
instruction and drill
1330 Secured
from battle stations and fire drill
1410 Secured
from all drills. Radar and Sonar men
receiving instruction in materiel
for one (1) hour
1515 Changed
convoy Base course and increased speed of advance to 8.7 knots
1800 Increased
speed to full, steering various courses to assume new station on starboard
flank
of convoy
1820 Assumed
new station
1823 Departed
station to investigate Number 32, which was out of station
1854 Called
all gun crews to battle stations
1910 Returned
to station
1955 Secured
gun crews from battle stations
3-2-44 0155 Sighted
Cape Spartel Light bearing 076 true distant approximately twenty (20) miles
0300 Ceased
Patrol Plan 3A. Maneuvering on various
courses at various speeds standing
into Strait of Gibraltar Swept Channel
0735 Changed
base course, speed of advance now five and one-half (5 ½) knots.
Maintaining station on starboard flank
of convoy
1010 Task
Force 66 relieved of duty as escort for convoy UGS-33, enroute Casablanca
orders
of CTF 66 . Standing out of Gibralter
Straits
1105 Steering
various course, various speeds standing out of swept channel
1548 Maneuvering
into formation
1707 Commenced
zigzagging using plan No. 5 making good 8.6 knots, speed of advance
3-3-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic enroute from Gibralter to Casablanca, French Morocco
0542 Ceased
zigzagging
0655 Casablanca
swept channel buoy “A” abeam to starboard
1055 Anchored
in Casablanca swept channel
1228 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1236 Underway
standing into Casablanca harbor
1248 Passed
through boom defenses
1300 Moored
port side to USS COSSATAT (AO-77) at berth 21 Naval Operating Base,
Casablanca, French Morocco
1347 Commenced
taking on fuel from Tanker COSSATAT (AO-77)
1355 USS
MERRILL (DE-392) moored to starboard side
1525 Fueling
completed, having received 37.635 gallons Diesel fuel oil
3-4-44 0930 Four
(4) officers and eight (8) enlisted men attended Attack Teacher training at
Naval
Operating Base, Casablanca, French
Morocco
1300 Liberty
granted to Section Two and one-half of Section Three, to expire at 2200,
this date
2200 Liberty
party returned on time
3-5-44 1245 Granted
liberty to First Section and one-half of Third Section, to expire at 2200,
this date
2200 Liberty
party returned on time
3-7-44 1130 HATCH,
W.T. S1c suffered broken humerus bone in right arm in attempting to clean
the water extractor in the laundry
1230 HATCH,
W.T. S1c transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital, Casablanca, French Morocco
1350 Mustered
the crew at quarters. No absentees
1355 USS
MERRILL (DE-392) departed from starboard side
1400 Secured
from quarters. Made all preparations for getting underway
1412 Underway
in obedience to verbal orders of Commander Task Force 66
1427 Set
standard speed fifteen (15) knots
1449 Swept
channel buoy “X” abeam to starboard
1540 Called
all hands to battle stations
1617 Secured
from battle stations
1622 Swept channel
buoy “A” abeam to port. Speed of
advance is ten (10) knots
1715 Speed
of advance now 16.6 knots, steaming in column open order in
company with nine (9) ships
3-8-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic in Task Force 66.
Speed of advance is 16.6 knots
0028 All
hands to battle stations. Conducted
night firing and depth charge operations
in accordance with operation order
“Spangle” of Commander Task Force 66
0223 Secured
from battle stations and operation “Spangle”.
Expended fourteen (14)
rounds 3”/50 Caliber Illuminating Ammunition and four (4) depth
charges
0540 Reduced
speed of advance to eight (8) knots
0655 Increased
speed of advance to ten (10) knots Sighted convoy on
starboard bow, distance 8 miles
0730 Departed
formation to assume assigned escort station on Convoy GUS-32
0821 Assumed
station in escort screen, position 4, escorting Convoy GUS-32 from North Africa
to United States
1000 Commenced
patrolling on Plan 3A
3-9-44 1110 Ceased
patrolling on Plan 3A
1117 Resumed
patrolling on Plan 3A
1800 Speed
of advance now 9.3 knots
1830 Convoy
made exercise emergency turn to starboard
1841 Convoy
made emergency turn to port
3-10-44 0705 Ceased
patrolling on Plan 3A; using a modified patrol
0800 Patrolling
station, speed of advance is 9.3 knots
0918 Speed
of advance reduced to nine (9) knots
1100 Commanding
Officer held weekly ship’s inspection below decks
3-11-44 0804 Speed
of advance increased to nine and one-half (9 ½) knots
1000 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection above decks
1308 All
gun crews to battle stations. Held gun
and depth charge drill
1325 Gun
crews secured from battle stations
3-12-44 1410 Held
small arms drill. Expended one thousand
(1000) rounds of .22 Caliber ammunition
3-13-44 0650 Discovered
ship’s stack aflame, caused by gases igniting carbon deposits in stack.
Fire immediately brought under control
1245 Sounded
standby alarm
1254 Departed
station investigating underwater sound contact
1304 Secured
from standby
1345 Resumed
station. Underwater sound contact
proved to be wake echo
3-16-44 1600 Held
small arms target practice; expended seven hundred (700) rounds of .
22 Caliber and eighty-three (83) rounds
of .45 Caliber ammunition
1720 Half
masted colors in honor of deceased merchant seaman
1750 Two
blocked colors
3-17-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly ship’s inspection below decks
3-18-44 1155 Commanding
Officer held weekly ship’s inspection topside
1615 Held
Small Arms drill; expended 300 rounds of .22 Caliber ammunition
1850 Called
all hands to battle stations
1900 Secured
from battle stations
3-19-44 2100 Sounded
alert, investigating sound contact
2110 Secured
from alert, contact proved to be wake echo
3-22-44 0400 Underway
as before. Patrolling assigned station.
Speed of advance is eight (8) knots
0700 New
York Section of GUS-32 broke off.
Maneuvering to assume new station on port beam
of Chesapeake Section
0800 Underway
as before maneuvering various courses and speeds while forming Convoy
0830 Assumed
station ten degrees (100) forward of the port beam of number 11,
distance
three thousand (3000) yards
1015 Speed
of advance increased to ten (10) knots
1201 Speed
of advance increased to eleven (11) knots
1645 Assumed
patrol station on port side of convoy, abeam of leading ship,
distance two thousand (2000) yards
1835 Assumed
new position abeam of number 31
3-23-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic escorting Chesapeake Section of Convoy
GUS-32 enroute Chesapeake Bay
0015 Sighted
buoy “XS” bearing 2700 true, distant approximately six (6) miles
0100 Commenced
patrolling port flank of convoy
0232 Standing
up swept channel in Chesapeake Bay
0239 Buoy
“XS” abeam to port
0251 Buoy
“SO1” abeam to port
0725 Swept
channel buoy 2 CB abeam to port
0730 Standing
down channel
0750 Buoy
Sugar 14 abeam to starboard. Commenced
maneuvering around buoy
1200 Standing
out of Norfolk swept channel
3-24-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic enroute New York in company with the
USS VANCE (DE-387), USS CALCATERRA (DE-390),
and USS MERRILL (DE-392) Speed of
advance is 15 knots
0630 Standing
up swept channel to Ambrose Lightship
0820 Buoy
Item abeam standing up Ambrose Channel
0912 Passed
through nets, maneuvering Gravesend Bay preparing to anchor
0925 Anchored
in Gravesend Bay
1000 Tug T
F CARROLL and ammunition barge alongside
1013 Barge
and tug departed having received 40 Mark IX depth charges
1023 Commenced
heaving around
1027 Underway
enroute to Navy Yard, Brooklyn
1138 Navy
tug alongside
1145 Maneuvering
to dock at Navy yard
1151 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS VANCE (DE-387) at pier C3 Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
1805 Navy
yard tug alongside. Underway to drydock
#4 Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1845 Navy
Yard tug departed. Secured in drydock
#4, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
2020 Dock
empty
3-25-44 0800 Yard
workmen aboard making repairs and alterations
2245 Fire
reported under Mark 51 gun director on flying bridge. Three 15 lb extinguishers of
CO2 were used after which a
careful check was made for damage
2254 Fire
reported out, no discernible damage, smoke apparently caused by welding heat on
the “Deck Tread” surface of flying
bridge
3-26-44 1415 Ship’s
boat removed to Navy Yard Boat Shop
3-27-44 0802 Commenced
flooding dry dock
0847 Bow
afloat
0853 Stern
afloat. Navy Yard workmen aboard making
repairs and alterations
1013 Navy
Yard tug YT 475, alongside. Departed
from drydock #4, Navy Yard, Brooklyn,
New York. Underway in tow, USS VANCE
(DE-387) moored to starboard side
1029 Moored
pier H, Navy yard, Brooklyn alongside USS Murphy (DD-623)
1330 Navy
Yard tug alongside. Underway in tow
1335 Moored
port side of USS Blue (DD-744) in berth 15, pier J, Navy Yard, Brooklyn,
New York, with USS Vance (DE-387) moored
to starboard side.
3-29-44 2200 Received
from Navy Supply, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., two (2) chiffoniers and
two (2) berths (Ed. – Chiffonier - A
narrow, high chest of drawers or bureau,
often with a mirror attached.)
3-30-44 0830 Received from Master Rigger, Navy Yard, Brooklyn,
N.Y., two (2) sets of life raft
lashings. Navy Yard workmen aboard making various
repairs and alterations
3-31-44 1030 Received from optical laboratory 10 Mark 14 gun sights
1115 Commenced dock trial
1128 Dock trial secured
4-1-44 0000 Moored port side to USS BLUE (DD-774). Navy Yard workmen aboard making
various
repairs and alterations
4-2-44 1050 Commenced fueling ship
1200 Received from Supply Officer, New York Navy yard,
“F.X.R.” gear
1325 Completed fueling ship having received on board 42,420
gals. of fuel oil
4-3-44 0000 Moored
port side to USS BLUE (DD-774) and berth J-15, New York Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, New York; USS VANCE (DE-387) moored to starboard side
0725 USS
BLUE (DD-774) departed from alongside and berth J-15.
0750 Three
(3) officers and nine (9) sound men departed for Attack Teacher
Training, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn,
N.Y
1020 Attack
Teacher party returned
1045 Received
fifty (50) Red Cross Survivor Kits
1800 USS VANCE
(DE-387) cast off lines from alongside and departed
4-4-44 0715 Disconnected
telephone, power, fresh water, salt water, and steam lines from dock
0820 Navy
Tug YT 475 alongside, pilot aboard to assist in getting underway
0827 Underway
enroute Gravesend Bay
0835 Pilot
and tug departed
0929 Anchored
Gravesend Bay, in 7 fathoms of water to 27 fathoms port chain
0945 Tug
JEAN CARROL alongside with ammunition lighter
1025 Tug
and lighter departed having delivered from Naval Ammunition Depot, Iona Island,
ammunition as per invoices
1030 CG
64309 alongside to receive 3 seabags for transportation to Ellis Island and US
Marine Hospital
1140 Commenced
heaving around
1144 Underway
standing down Ambrose Channel
1155 Passed
through anti-submarine boom defenses
1448 Swept
channel buoy “A” abeam to starboard
1522 Rendezvoused
with USS BAKER (DE-190), USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) and
USS MERRILL (DE-392). Assumed guide USS CALCATERRA, USS MERRILL,
and USS BAKER abeam to starboard,
distance between ships 2000 yards.
1630 Tested
smoke generator and found it to be in proper working order
1850 Tested
general alarm and gas alarm, both working satisfactorily
4-5-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic enroute to Casco Bay in company with
USS BAKER (DE-190), USS CALCATERRA
(DE-390), USS MERRILL (DE-392)
at 212 R.P.M. (16.5 knots)
1701 Portland
lighted whistle buoy abeam to starboard.
Steering various courses at
various speeds standing up swept
channel and into Hussey Sound
1822 Moored
to mooring buoy “1A”, Casco Bay, Maine.
1831 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) moored to port side,
1850 USS
BAKER (DE-190) moored to starboard side
4-6-44 0205 Commenced
taking on fresh water from YW-87
0225 Secured
from taking on water. Received nine (9)
tons of fresh water
0740 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) departed
0744 USS
BAKER (DE-190) departed
1020 Underway
to new anchorage
1040 Anchored
in anchorage “Fox” Casco Bay, in 40 feet of water to 30 fathoms of port chain
1420 All
hands to battle stations
1440 Three
inch gun crews held loading drill
1455 All
damage control parties held drills under supervision of damage control
officers of Staff of Commander
Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet
1542 Secured
from battle stations and drills
4-7-44 0815 Seven
officers and seventy enlisted men departed for General and Fire
Fighting Schools
1423 U.S.
Navy Water Barge YW 87 moored to starboard side, commenced
taking on water, receiving 26 tons
1440 Barge
YW 87 departed starboard side
1645 General
school party returned from days instruction
4-8-44 0735 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay to participate in scheduled exercises
0846 Portland
Harbor approach lighted buoy “PB” abeam to starboard
0910 Standing
out swept channel
0943 Commenced
scheduled exercises with submarine S-20 (SS-125), in exercise area M-2
1525 Completed
exercises with submarine
1600 Depth
charge parties held drill dropping nine (9) Mark 9 depth charges
1615 Mid
channel buoy #4 abeam to port. Standing
up swept channel and into
Portland, Maine, harbor
1710 Anchored
in berth “4”, Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, in thirteen (13) fathoms
of water to sixty (60) fathoms of port
chain
2127 YW 87
moored alongside to port transferring twenty-seven (27) tons of
water to this vessel
2155 YW 87
departed alongside
4-9-44 0756 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay and down the swept channel in
company with Escort Division 45 [USS
VANCE (DE-387), USS LANSING (DE-388),
USS DURANT (DE-389), USS CALCATERRA
(DE-390),
USS CHAMBERS (DE-391), USS MERRILL
(DE-392)] and
USS BAKER (DE-190)
0845 Gun
crews to battle stations and loading drill
0920 Secured
battle stations
1045 Sounded
general quarters, commenced gunnery anti-air craft practice firing
with plane towed target
1147 Damage
control parties exercised at fire drill in B4
1154 Secured
from fire drill.
1312 Commenced
firing at target
1313 Ceased
firing
1317 Commenced
firing at target
1319 Ceased
firing
1337 Secured
from general quarters and target practice.
Expended forty-four (44)
rounds 3”/50 ammunition, one hundred
eight (108) rounds 40mm
ammunition and one thousand eighty five
(1085) rounds of 20mm service ammunition
4-10-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic enroute Norfolk, VA., in company with Escort Division 45
plus USS BAKER (DE-190)
1300 All
hands to quarters
1337 All
hands to battle stations
1409 Secured
from quarters and battle stations
1440 Commenced
formation steaming at various courses and speeds exercising
at tactical maneuvers
1635 Ceased
tactical maneuvers
4-11-44 0355 Maneuvering
various courses at entrance Norfolk swept channel
0401 Buoy
“XS” abeam to starboard
0611 Buoy
“PS” abeam to port
0739 Buoy
“2CB” abeam to starboard
0825 Entered
Thimble Shoal Channel, buoy #1, abeam to port
0912 Passed
through net gate
0915 Standing
in Hampton Roads
0957 Anchored
off Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia, in
forty (40) feet of water to twenty two
(22) fathoms of port chain
1201 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1205 Anchor
aweigh. Tug YT 150 along starboard
side. Underway.
1217 Moored
port side to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) at Pier 3, Naval
Operating Base, Norfolk, VA. Tug departed
1304 USS
BAKER (DE-190) moored to starboard side
1510 Commenced
taking on fuel oil
1710 Completed
fueling, having received 15,000 gallons of fuel oil
4-12-44 1743 All
hands to quarters
1810 Underway
departing from pier
1825 Secured
from quarters
1843 Entered
AS boom defenses
1930 Anchored
in Lynnhaven Roads, in 58 feet of water to 60 fathoms of chain
4-13-44 0000 Anchored
in Lynnhaven Roads, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, standing by to
escort convoy UGS 39 United States to
Mediterranean Ports
0355 Anchor
at short stay
0432 Underway
standing out of Lynnhaven Roads
0515 Chesapeake
Bay entrance lighted white buoy “2CB” abeam to port.
Standing down Norfolk swept channel
0930 Buoy
“XS” bearing 270 T, distance 7800 yards.
Patrolling area in
accordance with Sortie Plan
1121 Buoy
“XS” abeam to starboard
1317 All
hands to battle stations
1350 Secured
from battle stations
1600 Underway
as before. Speed of advance 6 knots;
convoy forming
1830 Speed
of advance increased to 8 knots
1900 Speed
of advance increased to 8.5 knots.
Commenced patrolling on patrol plan 3A
4-14-44 0400 Underway
as before, patrolling on Patrol Plan 3A.
Speed of advance 8.5 knots
0730 Speed
of advance increased to 9.5 knots
1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection below decks
1310 All
hands to quarters
1328 All
hands to battle stations
1358 Secured
from battle stations
1605 Signal
drill with flashing light with USCG BIBB (WPG-31) for forty-five (45)
minutes
4-15-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic with Task Force 60, escorting convoy UGS 39
0930 Convoy
exercised at emergency turn to port
0942 Convoy
made emergency turn to starboard
1120 Ships
generator went out of of commission, operating on emergency Generator
1140 Ship’s
generator back in commission
1430 Completed
one hour of gas mask drill
1815 Completed
two (2) hours of drill with flashing light with USCG BIBB (WPG-31)
4-17-44 1015 Commenced
test firing of automatic weapons.
Expended following
ammunition: 120 rounds 20mm, AA; 90
rounds of 45 cal; 2 red very
shells; and 1 red star signal light; -
no casualties
1300 All
hands to quarters
1315 All
hands to battle stations
1335 Test
fired main battery, expended three (3) rounds 3:/50 cal. AA
ammunition. Gun crews held loading drill
1400 Secured
from battle stations and all drills
4-18-44 0707 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3A
1340 All
hands to quarters. Held resuscitation
drill, loading drill, and signal drill.
Damage control parties had lecture on
power casualties
1420 Secured
from quarters and all drills
1700 Signalman
strikers held forty-five (45) minutes drill in flashing light with
USCG BIBB (WPG-31)
4-19-44 0700 Commenced
patrolling on Plan 3A
1335 Held
quarters
1340 Held
the following drills: “C” Division, gas
mask drill’ Damage Control Parties,
first aid talk and movie; Depth Charge
Drill and Loading drill for gun crews
1440 Secured
from drills
1500 Articles
of the Government of the United States Navy read to “C” Division
1608 Articles
of the Government of the United States Navy read to “C” Division
1630 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) on starboard side close aboard - exchanged
motion picture
film - and sent over 25 pounds welding
electrodes
1642 USS
CALCATERRA departed. Resumed patrolling
on 3A. Speed of
advance 9.5 knots
4-20-44 1110 Stack
on fire
1115 Fire
extinguished; cause carbon deposits in stack.
Expended two fifteen
pound extinguishers(CO2)
1450 Advanced
ships clocks sixty (60) minutes, to +2 time zone
4-21-44 0115 Sound
contact bearing 1300 T, range 1200 yards. Commenced steering
various courses and various speeds
developing contact.
0120 Classified
contact as non-submarine, resumed base course
1325 Tested
Depth Charge Release, found to be in good working order
4-22-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection above decks
1340 20mm
gun crews #9 and #10 and 3”/50 cal. Gun crews #2 and #3 held drills
4-23-44 1530 Three
inch gun crews held loading drill
4-24-44 0100 Advanced
ship’s clocks one (1) hours to zone +1 time
1325 All
hands to battle stations
1333 Commenced
test firing. Damage Control Parties
engaged in fire drills
1347 Ceased
test firing. Expended the following
ammunition: four (4) rounds 3”/50 cal.
AA ammunition; eight (8) rounds 40mm;
six-hundred (600) rounds 20mm.
The following casualties were
sustained: #10, 20mm gun, faulty primer; #5, 20mm gun,
improper tension on magazine. All safety precautions adhered to
1430 Secured
from battle stations and drill
1435 Engineering
division holding as mask drill. Radar
men holding plotting (C.I.C.) drill.
Divisions #1 and #2, had reading of the
Articles For The Government of the Navy
1530 Secured
from all drills
2050 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3A, commenced patrolling independently
4-25-44 0830 Section
II held 3”/50 cal. loading drill
1330 Held
quarters and following drills: O and E Divisions, Articles for
Government of U. S. Navy; Depth Charge
Party, loading drill; 20mm
gun crews, 20mm movie instruction;
3”/50 gun crews, loading drill
1500 Secured
from drills
4-26-44 0100 Advanced
ship’s clocks one hour to zone 0 time
0820 Section
2 held 3”/50 loading drill
1400 Commenced
patrolling on patrol plan 3A
1410 Repair
parties witnessed a chemical warfare educational film
1540 Depth
Charge parties held loading drill.
3”/50 cal. gun crew (section 2) held loading drill
1605 Held
abandon ship drill
1620 Secured
from abandon ship drill
4-27-44 0100 Advanced
ship’s clocks one (1) hour to zone –1 time
1325 All
hands to battle stations
1438 Secured
from battle stations. Held following drills:
3”/50 loading drill,
depth charge loading drill, C.I.C.
plotting, and first aid
1500 Maneuvering
to pick up mail from USS BIBB, C.G., (USCG BIBB [WPG-31]) for
redelivery to Convoy Commodore, Vice
Commodore, and Rear Commodore
1520 Alongside
USS BIBB, C.G., (USCG BIBB [WPG-31])
1522 Received
mail
1558 Passed
line to SS TOLTEC. Delivered mail.
1615 Confidential
letter lost overboard. Maneuvering to
retrieve letter
1621 HATCH
W. T., GM1c, over the side to retrieve letter
1627 HATCH,
W. T. returned aboard unsuccessful in attempt to regain letter
1630 HATCH,
W. T. again over the side retrieving letter and returning aboard.
1631 Maneuvering
to come alongside SS SAMDART (#31) to deliver mail
1635 Starboard
engine out of commission due to backing up of exhaust gasses resulting
from blower defect in forward engine
room, (B-1). Damage control parties
summoned to scene
1639 Sounded
General Quarters
1641 Starboard
engines returned to operation. Secured
from General Quarters
1704 Delivered
mail
1706 Maneuvering
to come alongside SS REBECCA BOONE and deliver mail
1742 Maneuvering
to return to patrol station
1804 Resumed
regular patrol station patrolling, using patrol plan 3A. Speed of
advance 9.5 knots
4-28-44 0100 Advanced
ship’s clocks one (1) hour, now on zone –2 time
0815 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3A. Using
independent patrol plan
1600 Section
2, held 3”/50 cal. loading drill
1725 Convoy
forming in 4 columns
1745 Assumed
new patrol station 300 on port bow of left column, distance 3000
yards
1845 Patrol
station changed to 450 on port bow of left column, distance 3000
Yards
4-29-44 0735 Half
masted colors in honor of deceased Frank C. KNOX, Secretary, U. S. Navy
0845 Standing
up Gibraltar Straits.
1044 USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) alongside starboard quarter to pass mail
1045 Mail
received, USS CHAMBERS (DE-391) departed
1147 Speed
of advance 6 knots. Convoy reforming, underway Mediterranean Sea
with Task Force 60
1500 Speed
of advance increased to 8.5 knots
1545 3”/50
gun crews held loading drill
1600 Commenced
patrolling on patrol plan 3A
1830 Speed
of advance reduced to 7.5 knots
1923 Speed
of advance reduced to 7.0 knots
2040 All
gun crews called to “Battle Stations”.
2200 Secured
gun crews from “Battle Stations”
2347 Sighted
Cape DeTres Forcas Light bearing 1270T
4-30-44 0620 All
gun crews called to battle stations
0730 Secured
gun crews from battle stations
1000 Ceased
patrol plan 3A. Using independent
patrol. Convoy on zig-zag plan #15
1200 Speed
of advance 5.6 knots; convoy zig-zagging on plan 15 at 7 knots –
1250 Convoy
ceased zig zagging, escorts commenced patrolling on plan 3A,
speed of advance 7.0 knots
1330 Reduced
speed of advance to 6.5 knots
1450 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3A, commenced patrolling independently
1502 USS
THOMAS (DE-140) alongside to pass confidential mail
1505 Received
mail, USS THOMAS (DE-140) departed
1515 Convoy
executed emergency 450 turn to port
1530 Convoy
executed emergency 450 turn to starboard
1717 Oran
Section of convoy departed
2000 Commenced
patrolling patrol plan 3A
2020 Gun
crews and air defense men to Battle Stations
2200 Secured
from Battle Stations
5-1-44 0510 Sighted
Cape Tenes Light bearing 1380T
0600 All
gun crews to battle stations
0700 Secured
from battle stations
1500 Signalman
and quartermaster strikers held one(1) hour blinker drill
2031 Gun
crews to battle stations
2031 Two-blocked
National Ensign which had been half-masted in observance of death of
Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox
2043 Held
small arms instruction and firing practice, expended 400 rounds 22 cal.
ammunition
2206 Secured
from battle stations
5-2-44 0540 Called
all gun crews and air defense men to battle stations
0700 Secured
gun crews and air defense men from battle stations
1008 Signalmen
completed one hour semaphore drill
1235 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to starboard
1248 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to port, resumed base course
1300 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed one hour blinker drill
1946 Gun
crews to battle stations
2130 Secured
from battle stations. Resumed war
cruising watch
2259 Maneuvering
to clear unidentified vessel from path of convoy
2315 Vessel
determined to be clear of convoy.
2332 Resumed
patrol station
5-3-44 0120 Sighted
Cape Serrat Light bearing 1320
0420 Commenced
maneuvering maintaining patrol position next to
USS BIBB (CG) [USCG BIBB (WPG-31)]
0746 Task
Force 60 relieved as escort of UGS 39, standing into Bizerte Harbor
0750 Anchored
off Bizerte Harbor entrance in 25 fathoms of water to 45 fathoms
of port chain
1012 Anchor
detail to stations
1037 Ship’s
boat waterborne
1039 Underway
standing into Bizerte Harbor
1205 Moored
port side to starboard side of USS COFFMAN (DE-191) at
Pte Carriere fuel docks, Bizerte,
Tunisia
1225 USS
DURANT (DE-389) moored to starboard side
5-4-44 0810 Commenced
fueling, draft 9’0” forward, 10’2” aft
1049 Finished
taking on fuel. Received 41,515 gallons
of fuel oil. Draft forward
10’11”; aft 12’4”
5-5-44 0951 Air
alert sounded
0952 Ready
gun crews to battle stations
1001 Secured
from battle stations
1242 Six
(6) officers and nine (9) Sonar men departed for Attack Teacher
Training at Advanced Amphibious
Training Base, Bizerte
1520 Held
swimming call
1530 Attack
Teacher Training party returned aboard
1610 Secured
from swimming call
1620 Church
party departed for Advanced Amphibious Training Base
1750 Church
party returned aboard
5-7-44 0600 Church
parties commenced departing for church at Advanced Amphibious
Training base
1025 Church
parties returned
1250 Lieutenant
(jg), W. T. HATCH, departed in charge of athletic party
1325 Lieutenant
(jg), W.T. DOOR departed in charge of swimming party
1700 Lieutenant
(jg), W.T. DOOR returned with swimming party
1705 Lieutenant
(jg), W.T. HATCH returned with athletic party
5-9-44 1020 Held
30 minute steering engine casualty drill.
Tested hydraulic depth
charge release system, results
satisfactory
1317 Athletic
and swimming parties departed
1645 Athletic
party returned
1710 Swimming
party returned
5-10-44 1000 Held
one (1) hour signal drill
5-11-44 0835 USS
DURANT (DE-389) departed from starboard side
0852 Underway
standing out of Bizerte to join Convoy GUS 39, in accordance
with operational orders from C.T.F. 60
1025 Commenced
swinging ship (to determine deviation of magnetic compasses)
1055 Secured
from swinging ship. Maneuvering to
assume position in formation
with Escort Division 45
1218 Called
all hands to battle stations for firing exercises with towed sleeve
1311 Commenced
exercises
1315 Damage
control parties holding Rescue Breathing Apparatus drill
1332 Ceased
exercises having fired three (3) starboard runs and two (2) port runs
1340 All
personnel except damage control parties secured from battle stations. The
following service ammunition expended
during firing exercises: Forty (40)
rounds
3”/50 cal. anti-aircraft; one hundred
(100) rounds 40mm anti-aircraft; six hundred
and
seventy-five (675) rounds of 20mm. No.
8, 20mm had one (1) misfire due to
faulty primer. No. 3, 3’/50 cal. gun had one (1) misfire
due to broken cotter pin
on sear arm
1500 Maneuvering
to come alongside USCGC BIBB (WPG-31) to receive mail
1520 Alongside
USCGC BIBB (WPG-31) and received mail
1525 Departed
from alongside USCGC BIBB (WPG-31) steering various courses
at various speeds to deliver
confidential mail
1640 Maneuvering
in Convoy GUS 39 to deliver confidential mail
1650 Maneuvering
to come alongside SS CARRILLO
1716 Passed
mail to SS CARRILLO
1720 Assumed
assigned escort station on port beam of #11
1930 Underwater
sound contact range 1300 yards.
Maneuvering to evaluate Contact.
1944 Sound
contact evaluated as non-submarine
1958 Reduced
speed to 172 R.P.M. and resumed escort station
2220 Commenced
steering various courses; increased speed to 360 R.P.M.,
assisting Fox 2 in investigation of
radar contact
2238 Contact
friendly vessel, reduced speed to 172 R.P.M., commenced
maneuvering to resume escort station
2315 Assumed
patrol station
5-12-44 0528 Maneuvering
guiding vessels from Bone, Algeria, North Africa, into proper
positions in convoy
0913 Stopped
starboard engine, reduced speed on port engines
0930 Commenced
patrolling on patrol plan 3A
0947 Increased
speed to 220 R.P.M. on port engine
1147 Convoy
made emergency turn to starboard
1155 Convoy
made emergency turn to port
1310 All
hands to quarters
1340 All
hands to battle stations
1400 Secured
from battle stations. “C” division held
.45 cal. pistol drill, repair
parties held damage control drills
1830 Held
small arms drill for crew
2030 Secured
from small arms target practice; expended following
ammunition: 500 rounds .22 cal.
ammunition
5-13-44 1040 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection
1342 Maneuvering
to assume station ahead of Algiers Section of convoy
5-14-44 0222 Convoy
made emergency turn of 450 to starboard
0240 Convoy
executed 450 turn to port and resumed base course 2610T
0433 Sounded
“General Quarters”, enemy submarine having been sighted on surface
by ship in convoy
0445 Secured
from “General Quarters”
1807 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to port, base course 2300T
1825 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to starboard resuming base course 2750T
2003 Underwater
sound contact bearing 2300T, range 1100 yards.
2008 Dropped
one depth charge set to 100 feet
2008.5 Dropped
one depth charge set to 100 feet
2010 All
hands to General Quarters
2015 Increased
speed to full. Maneuvering in convoy
between columns 1 and 2
2017 Convoy
made emergency turn to port
2018 Contact
evaluated to be non-submarine
2020 Secured
from General Quarters. Convoy made
emergency turn to port
2030 Reduced
speed to 250 R.P.M., and assumed escort station
2035 Stopped
the starboard engine
5-15-44 0850 Maneuvering
to come alongside SS JOHN C SPENCER to transfer sick seaman
0950 Maneuvering
to come alongside USS COSSATOT (AO-77) to transfer
DOOR, W. T. Sea. 1c, U.S.N.R., received
from SS JOHN C SPENCER.
1035 Man
transferred to USS COSSATOT (AO-77)
. Maneuvering to resume regular
patrol
1120 Resumed
regular patrol station
1125 Depth
charge hydraulic release system tested and found to be in good
working order
1400 Depth charge
parties held drill
1435 Depth
charge parties secured from drill
1500 Increased
speed, departed station to come alongside USCG BIBB (WPG-31)
1523 Maneuvering
alongside USCGC BIBB (WPG-31)
1524 Passed
mail to USCG BIBB (WPG-31)
1527 Departed
from USCG BIBB (WPG-31) to
assume escort station ahead of column one (1).
1540 Assumed
escort station
1545 Damage
control parties holding chemical warfare drill. Held small arms
target practice; expended following ammunition: 300 rounds of .
22 cal.; 42 rounds .45 caliber
1645 Tested
general and ready alarms, results satisfactory
5-16-44 0038 Standing
out of Strait of Gibraltar
0420 Departed
station to investigate unidentified vessel.
0421 Increases
speed to full, maneuvering on various courses to intercept vessel
0448 Vessel
identified as a Swiss Merchant Ship; warned her to keep clear of convoy
0450 Maneuvering
to investigate second vessel in path of convoy
0525 Vessel
identified as a Swiss Merchant Ship; warned her to keep clear of convoy
0531 Maneuvering
to resume patrol station
0615 Resumed
station
1330 Signalman
completed thirty (30) minutes flashing light drill. Mustered crew at quarters
1345 Secured
from quarters. Quartermasters and
signalmen observed training film
1400 Set
back all ships clocks one (1) hour to minus one (-1) zone time
1700 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3A
5-17-44 1000 Signalmen
held signal drill
1100 Set
back ship’s clocks one (1) hour to zone zero (0) time. Signalmen
secured from signal drill
1200 Patrolling
on plan 3A, speed of advance 10.0 knots
1300 Held
quarters
1320 Secured
from quarters, held following drills; 3”/50 loading drill, 20mm
casualty instruction, first aid
instruction, pistol instruction, signaling instruction
1400 Secured
from drills
1500 Signalmen
completed one hour signal practice with USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
and USS BIBB (CG) (USCG BIBB
[WPG-31])
5-18-44 1100 All
ships clocks set back sixty minutes for zone +1 time. Signalmen and
quartermasters completed two hours
flashing light drill with escort vessels
1315 Mustered
crew at quarters
1338 Sounded
alarm for fire in Compartment A-205L (Forward berthing
compartment).
1339 First
hose led out
1341 All
equipment at scene
1350 Secured
from fire drill and quarters
1500 Signalman
strikers completed one (1) hour blinker drill
5-19-44 1000 Quartermasters
and signalmen holding blinker drill with other escorts
1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection below decks
1135 Secured
from inspection
1312 Held
quarters
1330 Secured
from quarters, held following drills; depth charge loading and
setting drill; hedgehog loading drill
1400 Secured
from drills
1500 Signalman
strikers completed one hour blinker drill
1830 Sighted
Santa Maria Island, Azores, bearing 3180 T, distance of 40 miles
5-20-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held ship’s inspection
1100 Signalmen
completed one hour signal drill
1400 Signalmen
holding blinker drill
1500 Secured
from signal drill
5-21-44 0800 Patrolling
on plan 3A, speed of advance 10.0 knots
1100 Signalmen
strikers completed one hour blinker drill with escorts
1113 Observed
Azimuth of Sun, determined gyro error to be 40 W. Changed
course (2650 T) to 2690
1300 All
hands to quarters
1315 Secured
from quarters
1400 Set
all ship’s clocks back sixty minutes to plus 2 zone time
1805 Observed
azimuth of sun and determined Gyro-compass error to be 20 W
5-22-44 0812 Maneuvering
to come alongside USS COSSATOT (AO-77) to transfer
seaman patient.
0902 DOOR,
W.T. Sea. 1c, U.S.N.R. aboard for transfer to SS JOHN C SPENCER (#72)
0916 Maneuvering
to come alongside SS JOHN C SPENCER
0959 DOOR,
W.T., put aboard SS JOHN C SPENCER.
Returning to
assigned patrol station
1019 Resumed
assigned patrol station
1100 Signalman
strikers completed one (1) hour blinker drill with escort vessels
1325 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1340 All
hands called to battle stations
1344 Held
damage control drill
1345 Gun
crews and depth charge parties held drill
1410 Secured
from battle stations. Signalmen held
one hour signal drill with other escorts
1713 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to starboard
1745 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to port
5-23-44 0840 Reduced
speed to allow USS VANCE (DE-387) to come alongside
0906 USS
VANCE (DE-387) alongside starboard quarter to receive medical
supplies (100,000 units
Penicillin. 20 cc. Triple distilled
water)
0909 USS
VANCE departed - maneuvering to resume escort station
0945 Resumed
station and patrol on plan 3A
1140 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3A, commenced patrolling independently
1500 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with
escort vessels
5-24-44 0909 Observed
azimuth of sun, gyro error determined to be two degrees (20) west
1100 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed two (2) hours blinker drill
5-25-44 1100 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed two (2) hours signal drill.
1326 Departed
assigned patrol station to come alongside SS JAMES BRECK (#92)
in order to receive patient aboard for
further transfer to USS COSSATOT (AO-77)
1400 Ships
clocks set back one (1) hour to plus three (3) zone time
1413 PUMP,
F. W., Volunteer Engineer Corps., US Merchant Marine, received aboard
1530 Patient,
PUMP, F. W., transferred to USS
COSSATOT (AO-77)
1536 Maneuvering
to overtake convoy and resume assigned patrol station
1655 Resumed
escort station and commenced patrolling
5-26-44 1230 Commenced
patrolling on patrol plan 3A
1810 Departed
from station to lay smoke screen
1825 Commenced
laying smoke screen to test Todd Smoke Generator apparatus
1834 Secured
from laying smoke screen
1900 Convoy
reduced speed of advance to 9 knots
5-27-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held ship’s inspection
1100 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed one hour blinker drill with escort vessels
1400 Set
back ship’s clocks one (1) hour to +4 zone time
1855 Held
small arms target practice; expended following ammunition; 150
rounds .22 cal and 100 rounds of .45
cal. ammunition
5-28-44 0749 Maneuvering
to come alongside USS COSSATOT (AO-77) to transfer patient
0827 Alongside
USS COSSATOT (AO-77), received line
0834 Transferred
to this vessel, patient, PUMP, F. W., Volunteer Engineer
Corps., US Merchant Marine
0836 Maneuvering
away from USS COSSATOT (AO-77)
0856 Maneuvering
to come alongside port side of #34
0916 First
line passed to #34
0925 Transferred
patient, F. W. PUMP, to #34, SS JAMES BRECK
0930 Maneuvering
to resume station
0948 Resumed
regular station
1515 Commenced
patrolling on 3A
1623 Convoy
breaking up into two sections, maneuvering to assume position #2 in
screen of New York Section
1658 Assumed
assigned station
5-29-44 1838 Convoy
forming two columns, assumed patrol station port beam of left hand
column leader, distance 3000 yards
5-30-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic with Task Force 60, escorting the New York
Section of convoy, G.U.S. 39. Patrolling assigned station.
Speed of advance 8 knots.
0045 Sighted
buoy “A” bearing 2740T, distance about 6 miles
0125 Buoy
“A” abeam to port. Standing up swept
channel to New York Harbor
0356 Buoy
“G” abeam to starboard close aboard
0420 Buoy
“H” abeam to port
0445 Buoy
“I” abeam to port
0557 Standing
up Ambrose Channel
0618 Entered
boom defense
0632 Anchored
in Gravesend Bay in 42 feet of water to 30 fathoms of starboard
chain on the following bearings: Fort Lafayette, 3180T; Coney
Island
Gas Tank, 1180T; Hamilton
High School 0140T
0915 Tug J.
F. CARROLL JR along starboard side with ammunition lighter.
0920 Commenced
transferring ammunition
1045 Completed
transfer of ammunition having unloaded:
989 rounds 3”/50;
4 short cases; 4652 rounds 40mmAA; 29520 rounds 20mm AA; 98 depth
charges; 106 depth charge detonators; 6
torpedo detonators; 6 torpedo exploder
mechanisms; 210 impulse charges; 288
hedgehog fuses; 349 hedgehog projectiles;
98 depth charge pistols; 99 depth
charge booster extenders; 98 depth charge
boosters; 1 can black powder; 3 torpedo
war heads
1222 Navy
Tug YTL 475 alongside; pilot COTTRELL, aboard to assist in Docking
1233 Moored
port side to Pier 3, Navy Yard, New York
1245 USS
COFFMAN (DE-191) along starboard side
1320 Commenced
receiving water, steam and electricity from Navy Yard
2000 Commenced
flushing firemain with fresh water
6-1-44 0900 Received
from “Service To Forces Afloat”, Navy Yard, New York, thirty (30) pies
and ten (10) gallons of ice cream for
the General Mess, no invoice.
0920 Ship’s
boat removed from ship to Boat Shop, Navy Yard, New York, for overload test
1630 Dock
services, water, electricity and steam secured preparatory to shifting berth
1700 U.S.
Navy Tug YTB-42 alongside
1705 With
USS COFFMAN (DE-191) still moored to starboard side, ship
departed from entrance, Dry Dock #3,
Navy Yard, New York, in tow
1725 Moored
starboard side to USS COFFMAN (DE-191) at Pier C, Berth #3,
Navy Yard, New York
6-2-44 0915 Delivered
to Williamsburg Coat Apron and Supply Company,
New York, N.Y. 216 blankets to be dry
cleaned
0920 Working
party of twenty (20) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station, New York, N.Y.
1530 Working
party of twenty (20) men departed for Manhattan Beach
Training Station, Brooklyn, N.Y.
6-3-44 0848 Working
party of twenty (20) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station, New York
1145 Secured
shore fresh water, steam and electric lines and commenced
preparations to shift berth inboard at
Pier C
1147 Tugs
YTM-12 and YTM-42 alongside to assist in shifting berth
1210 USS COFFMAN
(DE-191) departed from our starboard side, shifted lines to dock
1215 Moored
starboard side to Pier C, Navy Yard, New York
1223 USS
COFFMAN (DE-191) moored to port side
1247 Commenced
taking fresh water and electricity from shore
1338 Fire
discovered in signal bag on port side of signal bridge
1343 Fire
extinguished having expended three 15 lb CO2 extinguishers in
extinguishing flames. Cause of fire determined to be sparks caused
by
welding by yard workman on mast. Damage caused by fire: one flag
bag, flag bag cover, and one complete
set alphabet flags, numeral
flags, numeral pennants, and special
pennants
1348 Commenced
taking shore steam
2005 USS
COFFMAN (DE-191) cast off lines and departed
6-4-44 0915 Working
party of eighteen (18) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station
1515 Working
party of eighteen (18) men departed for Manhattan Beach Training
Station, New York
6-5-44 0900 Working
party of nineteen (19) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station. Received from “Service To Forces Afloat”,
Navy Yard,
New York, the following supplies for
the General Mess:twenty-five (25) pies
ten (10) gallons of ice-cream
1225 Two
(2) officers and four (4) men departed for Attack Teacher training at
Navy Yard, New York, Annex
1230 Commander
Simon R SANDS, Jr, US Coast Guard, relieved of command of
this ship by Lieutenant-Commander
Richard F REA, USCG
1245 Commander
Simon R SANDS, Jr, departed this unit for Coast Guard
Receiving Station, Staten Island, New
York, for further assignment to duty
6-6-44 0000***EDITORS NOTE, D-DAY *** Received
from “Services to Forces Afloat”, Navy Yard, New York, the following
supplies for the General Mess: 58 pounds of cinnamon buns; 20 gallons of milk
0930 Received
from Supply Officer, Navy Yard, New York, ten (10) gallons of
milk and twenty-five (25) pies for
general mess
1052 Leak
reported in B-3. Cause found to be that
bolts holding sea chest valve
had been loosened to effect repairs on
valve and pressure of water forced valve
off line. Manned fire, bilge, and submersible pumps.
1058 Leak
stopped and necessary repairs made
6-7-44 0640 USS
CONKLIN (DE-439) moored to port side
0900 Working
party of nineteen (19) men from Manhattan Beach Training Station aboard
1055 Commenced
holding dock trials
1133 Secured
dock trials. Received from Supply
Officer, Navy Yard, New York,
ten (10) gallons of ice cream for the
General Mess
6-8-44 0900 Working
party of twenty (20) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station
1545 Working
party of twenty (20) men departed for Manhattan Beach Training Station
6-9-44 0851 Working
party of twenty (20) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station
1244 Commenced
taking fuel oil
1345 Completed
taking on fuel having received aboard forty-four thousand, seven hundred
thirty (44,730) gallons
1600 Working
party from C. G. Training station, Manhattan Beach, N. Y. departed ship
6-10-44 0700 Secured
following services from shore: steam,
water, electricity. Secured
fresh water in fire and flushing system
0750 Called
special sea details. Mustered remainder
of crew at quarters
0940 Cast
off all lines, underway out of Navy Yard assisted by Navy Tug,
YTB 276 (TAVIBO), and pilot
COTRELL
0947 Tug
YTB 276 (TAVIBO), and pilot COTRELL departed, standing down
New York harbor enroute to Gravesend
Bay
1105 Anchored
Gravesend Bay, in 58 feet of water to 30 fathoms of starboard chain
1315 Tug
PRATTON and ammunition lighter alongside
1400 Tug PRATTON
and ammunition lighter departed.
Received forty (40) rounds
3”50 AA ammunition, fifteen (15) depth
charge markers, one thousand two hundred
sixty (1260) rounds 20mm ammunition,
two thousand forty-eight (2048) rounds
40mm ammunition, sixteen (16) rounds
40mm dummy drill ammunition,
five thousand (5000) rounds 22 cal.
ammunition, and six (6) rounds of line
throwing ammunition
1514 Tug
HOOSIER STATE and ammunition lighter OVER CLIFF alongside
1600 Received
ammunition from lighter OVER CLIFF
1845 HATCH.
W.T., S1c, sustained laceration first metatarsal of right foot severing
the flexure ligament as result of
having dropped one box of four 3”50 cal. Cartridges
on it while engaged in loading
ammunition. Treated aboard and Division
Medical Officer called
1915 CG
80001 alongside to starboard. P.A.
Surgeon TODD, USPHS aboard.
1918 CG
80001 departed from alongside
1920 Completed
loading of ammunition. The following
amounts were received aboard;
nine hundred eighty nine (989) rounds
3”50 cal. cartridges; four (4) 3”50 cal.
short cases; four thousand six hundred
fifty two (4652) rounds, 40mm AA
ammunition; twenty nine thousand five
hundred twenty (29520) rounds, 20mm
anti-aircraft; ninety-eight (98) depth
charges; one hundred six (106) depth charge
detonators; two hundred ten (210)
impulse charges; two hundred eighty eight
(288) hedgehog fuses; three hundred
forty-nine (340) hedgehog projectiles;
ninety-eight (98) depth charge pistols;
ninety-nine (99) depth charge booster
extenders; ninety-eight (98) depth
charge boosters.
1925 Tug
HOOSIER STATE and lighter OVER CLIFF departed from alongside
2000 Underway
on various courses at various speeds standing out of Gravesend
Bay into Ambrose Channel
2005 Standing
down Ambrose Channel
2022 Lighted
buoy #14 abeam to port
2038 Ambrose
Channel lighted buoy #1A abeam to starboard
2105 Swept
channel, buoy “H” abeam to port, standing down Swept Channel
2334 Swept
Channel buoy “A” abeam to port. In
company with USS VANCE (DE-387)
and USS CHAMBERS (DE-391) in column,
distance 1000 yards. Speed of
formation 10 knots
6-11-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45 enroute to Casco Bay, Maine.
Steaming in formation; position third
in column, speed of advance 10.0 knots
0305 Assumed
position four in column
6-12-44 1247 Portland
Approach Channel buoy “P” abeam to starboard
1317 All
hands to battle stations. Underway
standing up Portland Approach Channel
1335 Secured
from battle stations
1344 Entered
anti-submarine boom defense nets
1401 Ship’s
boat water borne
1448 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS VANCE (DE-387) at berth
A-1, Casco Bay, Maine
1530 Past
Assistant Surgeon Todd, USPHS, departed for USS VANCE (DE-387)
1600 Commander,
Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet representatives aboard to inspect
Communications Department and conduct
Damage Control drills
1615 Commenced
damage control drills. All hands to
battle stations
1715 Conducted
depth charge loading drill
1735 Secured
from battle stations and drills
1800 Commander,
Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet representatives departed ship
NOTE:
Lieutenant Commander R. F. REA, USCG, was this date promoted
to the rank of Commander for temporary
service in accordance with
AlCoast No. 45-44, to rank as such from
January, 1944
6-13-44 0215 Liberty
boat from USS DENEBOLA (AKR-289), alongside
0605 Representatives
of Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet aboard for
training purposes in connection with
exercises scheduled for the day
0634 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay enroute to exercise area
0745 Portland
lighted whistle buoy abeam to port
0838 All
gun crews to battle stations. Commenced
scheduled exercises
0850 Commenced
surface firing main battery, port run
0853 Ceased
firing main battery
0911 Commenced
firing main battery on starboard run
0915 Ceased
firing
0944 Commenced
firing main battery, port run
0946 Ceased
firing
1000 Commenced
firing main battery on starboard run
1002 Ceased
firing
1100 Commenced
firing main battery, starboard run
1104 Ceased
firing
1116 Commenced
firing main battery on port run
1119 Ceased
firing
1120 Secured
gun crews from battle stations.
Expended ninety (90) rounds 3”/50 cal.
anti-aircraft ammunition
1422 All
hands to battle stations to continue scheduled exercises. Commenced
anti-aircraft battle practice types
“Tare” and “George”
1431 Commenced
firing
1448 Ceased
firing
1450 Commenced
firing
1451 Ceased
firing
1456 Commenced
firing
1457 Ceased
firing
1459 Commenced
firing
1500 Ceased
firing
1605 Commenced
firing
1609 Ceased
firing
1610 Commenced
firing
1612 Ceased
firing
1614 Commenced
firing
1615 Ceased
firing. Completed anti-aircraft firing
practice. Expended following
ammunition:
157 rounds 3”/50 cal. AA; 2520 rounds
20mm service; 398 rounds 40mm service
1625 Standing
into Casco Bay
1708 Portland
lighted buoy “P” abeam to port
1733 Portland
Approach Swept Channel lighted buoy “PB” abeam to starboard
1747 Entered
boom defense
1836 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS VANCE (DE-387)
1840 Representatives
of Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet aboard for
training purposes, departed having
completed scheduled exercises
6-14-44 0631 Underway,
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
0649 Passed
through boom defense nets; standing out swept channel
0721 Portland
Harbor Approach Lighted buoy “PB” abeam to starboard
0738 Portland
Harbor Approach lighted buoy abeam to starboard
1233 Maneuvering
preparatory to making anti-aircraft runs
1329 All
hands to battle stations
1359 Commenced
firing, starboard run
1400 Ceased
firing
1404 Commenced
firing on port run
1405 Ceased
firing
1411 Commenced
firing on port run
1412 Ceased
firing
1413 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1414 Ceased
firing
1429 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1430 Ceased
firing
1434 Commenced
firing on port run
1435 Ceased
firing
1438 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1439 Ceased
firing
1440 Commenced
firing on port run
1441 Ceased
firing
1444 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1445 Ceased
firing
1448 Commenced
firing on port run
1449 Ceased
firing
1450 Secured
from battle stations, and anti-aircraft firing runs. Ammunition expended as
follows: one hundred forty seven (147) rounds 3”/50 anti-aircraft; two
thousand five
hundred twenty (2520) rounds 20mm; five
hundred fifty one (551) rounds 40 mm
1600 Underway
screening USS BIBB (USCG BIBB [WPG-31]) and USS VANCE (DE-387)
1656 Commenced
towing exercises with USS BIBB (WPG-31)
1658 Received
first line
1700 Lost
line
1714 Received
second line from USS BIBB (WPG-31)
1733 Secured
tow line to chain
1742 Underway
in tow of USS BIBB (WPG-31)
1803 Cast
off tow line and set course for rendezvous
1855 Commenced
maneuvering at rendezvous position, while conducting C.I.C. Exercises
2000 Underway
to rendezvous with USS BIBB (WPG-31)
and Escort Division 45 to conduct night
smoke exercises. Assumed escort station #2 in screening
operations
2010 All
gun crews to battle stations
2018 Commenced
patrolling on patrol plan 3 able
2030 Commenced
making smoke
2116 Completed
making smoke, exercises ended
2120 Maneuvering
to assume fourth station in column, USS VANCE (DE-387) is the guide
6-15-44 0800 Underway
as before, proceeding to exercise area
0950 Called
all 3”/50 gun crews to battle stations, commenced day battle practice
1107 Commenced
firing main batteries to starboard
1111 Ceased
firing, day battle practice completed, expended 18 rounds 3”/50 cal.
AA ammunition
1158 Commenced
maneuvering holding rescue of survivors drill
1222 Secured
from rescue of survivors drill
1225 Depth
charge parties holding depth charge loading drill
1305 Secured
from depth charge loading drill
1325 Maneuvering
forming into column with other ships of Escort Division #45
1335 Damage
control parties holding damage control drills.
Radarmen viewing
educational film
1430 Ordnance
division viewing educational film
1536 Secured
from all drills and educational films
1540 Enroute
to Casco Bay
1735 Standing
up swept channel and into Casco Bay
1833 Anchored
in forty (40) feet of water to thirty (30) fathoms starboard chain in
Berth “H”, Casco Bay, Maine
1845 Underway
to shift berth
1853 Anchored
in forty (40) feet of water to thirty (30) fathoms starboard chain in
Berth “G”, Casco Bay, Maine
2100 Navy
Water Barge alongside to transfer fresh water
2125 Completed
transfer of fresh water having received twenty-seven (27) tons aboard
2219 Transferred
to USS VANCE (DE-387) twenty (20) plaster loaded A/S
projectiles,
Mark X
6-16-44 0530 Members
of staff of Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet, aboard in connection
with scheduled exercises of the day and
inspection of engineering department of ship
0807 Commenced
heaving anchor round
0809 Anchor
hove short. Underway standing out of
Casco Bay
0827 Passed
through A/S defense boom
0955 Maneuvering
into position astern USS VANCE (DE-387)
1010 Lying
to awaiting increased visibility
1110 Underway
to exercise area
1120 Submarine
submerged
1158 Commenced
first run of hedgehog exercises on submarine
1210 Fired
(2) plaster loaded hedgehog projectiles.
Making second hedgehog run
1224 Fired
two (2) plaster loaded hedgehogs
1400 Commenced
making creeping attacks on friendly submarine
1550 Completed
scheduled exercises; submarine surfaced
1610 Standing
up swept channel in Casco Bay, escorting S-125 (S 20)
1704 S-125
departed
1744 Moored
starboard side to east side of Pier “Fox”, Long Island, Maine,
assumed ready duty in accordance with
SOPA, Casco Bay, Maine,
visual dispatch 161744.
1840 YF 335
alongside
2025 Received
twenty (20) plaster loaded A/S projectiles, Mark X, from
USS VANCE (DE-387)
2100 YF 335
departed port side
6-17-44 0640 Representatives
of Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet aboard, in
connection with anti-submarine warfare
exercises of the day
0724 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay and swept channel
0935 Submarine
submerged
1020 Commenced
first run of anti-submarine warfare exercises
1415 Damage
control parties held decontamination drill
1500 Control
parties secured from drill
1530 Completed
scheduled anti-submarine warfare exercises with submarine
1535 Maneuvering
preparatory to dropping practice depth charge pattern
1552 Fired
depth charge pattern. Expended ten (10)
depth charges, eight (8)
arbors and eight (8) impulse charges
1555 Set
course for Portland Harbor Sea Buoy
1650 Portland
Lighted buoy “P” abeam to starboard
1655 Portland
buoy “PB” abeam to port
1738 Entered
boom defense net
1758 Anchored
at berth “I” in Casco Bay, Maine in forty (40) feet of water to
thirty (30) fathoms of starboard chain
6-18-44 0725 Two
(2) officers and forty (40) men departed to attend Training School at
Portland, Maine
1010 Received
from USS DENEBOLA (AKR-289), 30 Mark X hedgehogs
1231 Received
from Training Officer USS DENEBOLA (AKR-289), training aids
and publications
1443 YD 54
along port side, commenced fueling
1550 School
party returned from Portland, Maine
1638 Completed
fueling having received 13748 gallons fuel oil
2026 Navy
barge YW 87 along port side
2055 Water
barge YW 87 departed having delivered 10,000 gallons of water
6-19-44 0545 Called
all hands to quarters
0553 All
hands present, secured from quarters
0600 Lieutenant
KAPP, USNR, reported aboard as ASW observer
0625 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
0638 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay
0735 Rendezvoused
with Italian submarine VORTICE (S-502) for day’s exercises
and underway to operating area
0900 Submarine
submerged, commenced anti-submarine warfare exercises
1235 Parted
tow line on submarine marker buoy
1239 Picked
up marker buoy. Continued
anti-submarine exercises
1500 Complete
exercises. Submarine VORTICE (S-502)
surfaces
1510 Escorting
submarine VORTICE (S-502)
1635 Portland
Harbor Approach lighted white buoy abeam to starboard.
Maneuvering standing up swept channel
and into Casco Bay
1745 Ships
boat departed to return marker buoy to Italian submarine
VORTICE (S-502)
1750 Motor-boat
from USS DENEBOLA (AKR-289) alongside.
Lieutenant KAPP, departed ship
1800 Ships
boat returned and hoisted aboard
1805 Maneuvering
standing out of Casco Bay and down swept channel exercises
1905 Portland
Harbor Approach buoy abeam to port, maneuvering effecting rendezvous
with Escort Division #45, for scheduled
night exercises. Ships in company;
USS DURANT (DE-389) and USS MERRILL
(DE-392)
2018 Joined
other ships of CORTDIV 45, and assumed station, 1000 yards astern
of USS CHAMBERS (DE-391), speed five
(5) knots
6-20-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45 plus tug and target
for night firing exercises
0023 Night
firing exercises canceled, tug enroute to base escorted by
USS DURANT (DE-389) and USS CALCATERRA
(DE-390).
0025 Escorts
formed in column, our position number 4
0810 USS
DURANT (DE-389) and USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) rejoined division
having escorted tug KALMIA (ATA-184)
to base. Formed in column astern this
ship in the order named
1305 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1325 Three
inch fifty and depth charge party held loading drill. Repair party one (1) of
damage control received instruction on
“closures”
1445 Secured
from drills
6-21-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic Ocean enroute to Norfolk, VA., with Escort Division #45
proceeding in column. Speed of advance 13 knots
1300 All
hands to quarters
1415 Secured
from quarters and all drills. Held
3”/50 loading drill, 20mm
loading drill, depth charge drill, and
instructions for damage control parties
2304 Swept
channel buoy “XS” abeam to port
2305 Swept
channel buoy “S1” abeam to port
2343 Swept
channel buoy “S-3” abeam to port
6-22-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45 enroute to Norfolk, VA,
standing up Chesapeake Bay Swept
Channel
0300 Lighted
whistle buoy 2CB abeam to port, commenced steering various
courses at various speeds standing into
Middle Ground Channel
0549 York
River junction lighted bell buoy abeam to starboard, standing up York River
0726 Anchored
in York River in forty two feet of water to thirty fathoms of
starboard chain on the following
bearings: Ammunition Depot
Chimney 233.50T; Yorktown
monument 157.50T, Gloucester point light 1390T
0912 Underway
standing into dock of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, VA
0955 Moored
starboard side to berth 2, Naval Mine Depot
1000 Commenced
transfer of depth charges to dock. Transferred four (4) Mark (VI)
depth charges and seventy three (73)
Mark IX, Mod. 1, depth charges
1042 Completed
taking on the following ammunition: One
hundred thirty-two (132)
depth charges, Mark IX, Mod. 3; eighty
(80) depth charge pistols, Mark VI, Mod. 1;
Eighty (80) depth charge booster
extenders, Mark VI, Mod. 1; seventy-five boosters,
Mark VI, Mod. 2; seventy-two (72)
detonators, Mark I, Mod.1; all received
from
Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, VA
1050 Underway
standing down York River into Chesapeake Bay
1135 Entered
Chesapeake Bay, standing down York River Channel into Lower Bay
1243 Standing
up Thimble Shoal Channel
1300 Entered
anti-submarine boom defense nets
1333 Moored
starboard side to port side USCGC BIBB (WPG-31), Pier 2, Berth 25,
Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia
2142 Received
from Naval Ammunition Depot, St. Juliens Creek, Virginia,
one thousand three hundred sixty (1360)
rounds of 40mm ammunition and
six thousand four hundred eighty (6480)
rounds of 20mm ammunition
6-23-44 1015 Commenced
fueling
1040 Received
from N.A.D., St Juliens Creek, VA., 300 rounds 3”/50 AA Special
1112 Completed
fueling, having received 8,895 gallons fuel oil from Navy
Supply Depot, Norfolk, VA
1740 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) cast off lines and departed from starboard side.
All bridge equipment tested in
preparation for getting underway, found to be in
good working order
1745 Cast
off all lines, underway to anchorage Lynnhaven Roads
1920 Anchored
in Lynnhaven Roads in 42 feet of water to 30 fathoms of
starboard chain on the following
bearings: Cape Henry Old Tower
1120T, Can buoy #1, 3390T,
Examination Vessel 0680T
6-24-44 0310 Underway
standing out Lynnhaven Roads
0406 Chesapeake
Bay entrance lighted whistle buoy “2CB” abeam to starboard. Standing
out swept channel
0935 Buoy
XS abeam to port
1245 Maneuvering
to assume patrol station with Task Force #60 on Convoy
GUS 46 ( Log error, should be UGS).,
in accordance with Escort Plan
1259 Assumed
regular patrol station
1305 Called
all hands to quarters. Held following
drills: 3”/50 cal. loading drill;
depth charge loading drill; 20mm crews
instruction on Mark 14 sight, and rescue
of survivors instruction for damage
control parties
1400 Secured
from all drills and instruction
1900 Commenced
patrolling station on patrol plan 3.
Speed of advance increased
to 9.5 knots
6-25-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Task Force 60 escorting Convoy U.G.S. 46 to
North African Ports. Patrolling station #4 on patrol plan 3,
speed of advance 9.5 knots
0633 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3
6-26-44 1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1320 Called
all hands to battle stations
1331 Held
following drills; Damage control parties held fire drill; 3”/50 cal., 40mm
and depth charge parties held loading
drills
1403 Secured
from battle stations
1410 Lookout
training film shown to section 1 of Divisions I and II
1534 CTF 60
ordered all escorts to air defense sectors to repel simulated air attack.
Called all gun crews to battle stations
1710 Secured
from simulated air attack. Resumed
normal patrol station #4. Gun crews
secured from battle stations
6-27-44 0200 Advanced
ships clocks one hour to zone +3 time
1103 CTF 60
ordered all escorts to air defense sectors to repel simulated air
attack. Called all gun crews to battle stations
1128 Secured
from simulated air attack. Resumed
normal patrol station. Gun
crews secured from battle stations
1305 Mustered
crew at quarters. 3”/50 gun crews and
40mm gun crews held loading
drill; 20mm gun crews held casualty
drill; depth charge parties held loading drill;
damage control parties held shoring
drill
1415 Secured
from quarters and all drills. Sections
1 and 2 of divisions I and II
saw training film on Lookouts
1440 Secured
from training film
1445 Signalman
strikers held flag-hoist drill
1550 Secured
from flaghoist drill
1655 All
gun crews to battle stations
1710 Secured
from battle stations
6-28-44 0727 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3, commenced independent patrol
0733 Escorts
2 and 3 left screen to commence fueling
0733 Increased
speed to 240 R.P.M., patrolling stations 2 and 4
0955 Reduced
speed, commenced patrolling station #4
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1321 Held
abandon ship drill
1330 Secured
from abandon ship drill. Called all
hands to battle stations. Depth charge
parties held first aid drill, damage
control parties held fire drill in A-202L, signalmen
and quartermasters held flag hoist
drill with USS MCNULTY (DE-581)
1419 Secured
from quarters and battle stations
1530 Secured
from all drills
6-29-44 0833 Convoy
executed emergency 450 turn to starboard
0838 Convoy
executed emergency 450 turn to port
1020 Observed
azimuth of the sun and found no error in gyro-compass
1205 Commenced
patrolling stations 2 and 4.
1246 Resumed
station 4
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters – signalmen holding flag-hoist drill with
USS McNULTY (DE-581)
1320 All
hands to battle stations
1330 Secured
from battle stations, held following drills; 3”/50 cal. crew holding
hedgehog drill; 20mm crews safety
precaution instruction; damage control parties
holding damage control instruction
1445 Secured
from all drills
1515 Commenced
patrolling stations 2 and 4. Secured
flag hoist drill with
USS McNULTY (DE-581)
1800 Resumed
regular station #4. Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
2005 Held small
arms practice. Expended one hundred
sixty (160) rounds of
.22 cal. ammunition
6-30-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection below decks
1130 Secured
from inspection
1318 All
gun crews called to battle stations
1328 Commenced
test firing guns
1341 Secured
from test firing guns. Expended nine
(9) rounds 3”/50 cal. AA ammunition,
seventy two (72) rounds 40mm
ammunition, and four hundred fifty (450) rounds
30mm ammunition. No casualties
1345 Depth
charge parties held first aid drill
1430 Secured
from all drills
7-1-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks ahead sixty (60) minutes to zone plus two (2) time
0307 Sounded
general quarters
0313 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to starboard
0320 Convoy
executed emergency turn to starboard of 450
0334 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to port
0337 Convoy
executed 450 emergency turn to port
0341 Secured
from general quarters
0359 Resumed
regular station, commenced patrolling on patrol plan 3
1100 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection
1307 Mustered
crew at quarters
1323 Secured
from quarters. Held C.I.C. plotting
drill
1430 Secured
from plotting drill
2001 Held
small arms drill. Expended two hundred
fifty (250) rounds of .22 cal. ammunition
7-2-44 1850 All
gun crews to battle stations
1905 Commenced
independent patrol
1917 Held
AA defense test firing, expended 15 rounds 3"/50 cal. AA; 49 rounds 40mm;
one casualty number 3, 3"/50 cal. Gun, misfire due to faulty primer
1930 Resumed
patrolling on plan 3
7-3-44 1308 Commenced
test firing all guns. Called all hands
to battle stations.
Expended following ammunition: 41
rounds 3"/50 AA; 164 rounds
40mm AA; and 480 rounds 20mm AA. Number 1, 20mm had misfire
due to broken cartridge case
1415 Signalmen
held semaphore drill
1605 Ceased
patrol plan 3
1624 USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) along starboard side. Received shot line from
USS CHAMBERS (DE-391); exchanged
movies.
1638 USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) departed. Resumed
patrol plan 3
1945 Held
small arms practice and expended two hundred (200) rounds .22 cal. ammunition
7-4-44 0200 Set
ship's clocks ahead sixty minutes to zone plus one time
0730 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3
1000 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
1245 Tested
pyrotechnics projectors expended three (3) rounds of flares, one (1) each of
green,
white and red (ED - Happy Fourth of July)
1335 Maneuvering
to go alongside SS JAMES HOBAN (#22) to take aboard one tank of Freon
for transfer
1419 Received
Freon aboard
1423 Maneuvering
to alongside SS JAMES E HOWARD (#131) to transfer Freon
1517 Transferred
Freon
1521 Maneuvering
to resume regular patrol station
1550 Resumed
regular patrol station and patrol plan 3
1850 Patrolling
stations 2 and 4
1948 Resumed
patrolling station 4 on patrol plan 3
2150 Sound contact
bearing 0850 T, range 1100.
Sounded general quarters. Maneuvering
to develop contact
2213 Secured
from general quarters, sound contact evaluated to be non-submarine
2230 Resumed
station #4, patrolling on plan 3
7-5-44 0638 Departed
regular patrol station to come along port side of USS MATTAPONI (AO-41)
to take on fuel
0718 Towing
line made fast aboard. Fuel hose being
received aft
0720 Commenced
taking on fuel
0818 Fueling
completed having received 21805 gallons diesel fuel oil
0822 Cast
off lines maneuvering to resume escort station
0900 Resumed
station 4 patrolling independently
1300 All
hands called to battle stations
1330 Secured
from battle stations; held following drills: C.I.C. plotting drill, 3"/50
loading drill,
20mm loading drill, 40mm loading drill,
depth charge loading drill and damage control drill
1405 Signalmen
held blinker drill
1430 Section
two (2) shown aircraft identification film
1435 Tested
depth charge hydraulic release; found to be in good working order
1500 Secured
from all drills
1915 Held
small arms drill. Expended two hundred
(200) rounds .22 cal. ammunition
7-6-44 0200 Advanced
ship's clocks one hour to zone zero (0) time
1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1310 Secured
from quarters
1315 Held
C.I.C. plotting drill
1415 Secured
plotting drill
7-7-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection below decks
1130 Secured
from inspection
1303 All
hands called to battle stations
1320 Signalmen
held semaphore drill, 3"/50 gun crews held loading drill, 20mm gun crews
held instruction on 20mm; 40mm gun
crews held instruction on 40mm guns
1400 Secured
from battle stations and all drills
7-8-44 0138 Maneuvering
to intercept and divert Portuguese merchant ship from path of convoy
0200 Maneuvering
alongside merchant ship
0225 Resumed
station
1050 Commanding
Officer held weekly topside inspection
7-10-44 0200 Set
ship's clocks ahead sixty minutes to zone minus one time
0945 Convoy
commenced forming four columns, commenced maneuvering to assume
new patrol station
1030 Assumed
new station, second escort on port flank of convoy
1440 Standing
into Strait of Gibraltar
1500 Held
depth charge loading drill
2039 USS
KNOX (DE-580) alongside to pass mail
2044 Received
confidential mail. USS KNOX (DE-580) departed from alongside
2046 All
hands to battle stations
2137 Secured
from battle stations
7-11-44 0330 Sighted
Cape Tres Forcas Light bearing 1550T, distance approximately 20
miles
0710 Departed
station to deliver mail to SS TOLTEC
0737 Alongside
SS TOLTEC
0741 Departed
SS TOLTEC maneuvering to come alongside SS BENG H LATROBE to deliver mail
0809 Departed
SS BENG H. LATROBE, to resume station #4
0835 Resumed
station #4
2035 Assumed
air defense station
2041 All hands
to battle stations
2116 Secured
from battle stations. Resumed
patrolling station #4
2201 Assumed
air defense stations. Sounded general
quarters
2243 Assumed
regular station. Secured from general
quarters
7-12-44 0030 Unidentified
aircraft in vicinity
0056 Received
Red warning from CTF 60
0122 Called
all gun crews to battle stations
0124 Sounded
general alarm
0125 Assumed
air defense station in Sector II. Commenced laying smoke screen
0228 Smoke
generator overheated. Secured making
smoke
0256 Resumed
making smoke
0335 Enemy
aircraft sighted close ahead crossing from port to starboard
0342 Radar
contact at 0600 T, range 3 miles.
Commenced firing on bearing of 0600 T
0344 Ceased
firing. Expended sixteen rounds of
3”/50 AA ammunition. No casualties
0427 Secured
from laying smoke screen
0435 Secured
from general quarters
0715 Advanced
ship's clocks sixty (60) minutes to minus two (-2) zone time
2000 Assumed
air defense station in Sector II, patrolling independently
7-13-44 0608 Departed
station to carry out fueling operation. Maneuvering to come alongside
USS MATTAPONI (AO-41)
0654 Alongside
USS MATTAPONI (AO-41), first line out
0711 Received
fuel hose forward
0712 Commenced
taking fuel forward
0722 Received
fuel hose aft, commenced taking fuel aft
0737 Completed
fueling operation having received 1260 gallons diesel fuel oil
0739 Fuel
lines let go
0740 Exchanged
movies with USS MATTAPONI (AO-41)
0750 Let go
all lines, departed port side of USS MATTAPONI (AO-41), maneuvering
to return to station
1315 Mustered
crew at quarters
1317 Crew
engaged in the following drills: 3"/50 cal. Gun crews' first aid drill;
0mm gun crews receiving
instruction on 20mm guns; 20mm gun
crews receiving instruction on 40mm guns; depth charge parties
holding depth charge loading drill;
C.I.C. team holding plotting drill; damage control parties
viewing training film
1430 Secured
from quarters and all drills
1535 Maneuvering
to assume new position as second (2nd) escort on port flank of convoy
7-14-44 0753 Commander
Task Force 60 relieved as Escort Commander of U.G.S. 46, escorts relieved
and ordered to proceed to Bizerte
0755 Proceeding
to Bizerte Harbor
0940 Maneuvering
standing into Bizerte Harbor
1034 Moored
port side to USS DURANT (DE-389) at Berth “B”, Pointe de l’Infirmerie, AATB,
Bizerte, Tunisia
7-15-44 0845 Party
of sixty men departed to AATB for training in gas warfare
1010 Party
returned from chemical warfare training at AATB, Bizerte
1700 Beach
party returned aboard
1800 Recreation
party departed for recreation field #4, at AATB, Bizerte
2100 Recreation
party returned aboard
7-16-44 0000 Moored
port side to starboard side USS DURANT (DE-389) with USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
moored to starboard side at Berth “B”,
Pointe de l’Infirmerie, AATB, Bizerte, Tunisia, North Africa
0600 Church
party departed
0745 Swimming
party departed
7-17-44 0800 Swimming
party departed
1030 Received
from Naval Armory, AATB, Bizerte, 128 rounds, 3”/50 cal. AA ammunition.
Transferred to Naval Armory AATB,
Bizerte, 20 cases 3”/50 cal. brass; 4 cases 20mm brass;
22 cases 40mm brass
1630 Swimming
party returned
1817 Athletic
party departed
2110 Athletic
party returned
7-18-44 0805 Swimming
party departed
0950 Party
departed for gas chamber for gas drill
1028 Gas
chamber party returned
7-19-44 1300 Commanding
Officer and party departed for Attack Teacher, AATB, Bizerte
1510 Commanding
Officer and party returned from Attack Teacher
1812 Baseball
party departed for field #4
2120 Baseball
party returned
7-20-44 0640 Secured
shore water connections
0730 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) cast off lines and underway
0737 Cast
off all lines underway maneuvering out of berth, standing out of Bizerte harbor
0805 Standing
out of Bizerte Jetty
0850 Commenced
swinging ship to obtain compass deviation
0912 Completed
swinging ship. Maneuvering to form
column with CortDiv 45
0928 In
column, distance between ships 1000 yards5
0958 Called
all hands to battle stations
1032 Commenced
anti-aircraft battle practice
1032 Commenced
firing
1032.5 Ceased
firing
1038 Commenced
firing
1038.5 Ceased
firing
1043.5 Commenced
firing
1044 Ceased
firing
1112 Commenced
firing
1112.5 Ceased
firing
1116 Commenced
firing
1116.5 Ceased
firing. Completed exercise. Expended the following ammunition: 66 rounds 3”/50 cal.
A.A., 90 rounds 40mm A.A. and 490
rounds 20mm A.A. Number 3, 3’/50 gun
had one casualty
faulty firing mechanism
1119 Secured
from battle stations
1447 Maneuvering
to assume screening station with convoy G.U.S. 46
1530 Assumed
assigned patrol station on course 2930 T
7-21-44 0000 Patrolling
station on port flank of convoy. Speed
of advance is 8.5 knots
0635 Changed
base course, speed of advance 6.5 knots.
Convoy forming broad front
0909 Convoy
increased speed of advance to 8.5 knots
1030 Commanding
Officer holding weekly inspection below decks
1115 Secured
from inspection
1315 Tested
depth charge release, and found to be in good working order
2001 Assumed
air defense sector stations
2237 Convoy
executed emergency turn to starboard to course 3150 T
7-22-44 0520 Red
alert, enemy aircraft in area
0526 Called
gun crews to battle stations
0527 Commenced
laying smoke screen
0551 Called
all hands to battle stations
0601 Secured
from battle stations, stopped making smoke
0902 Maneuvering
to come alongside USS McNULTY (DE-581)
0920 Along
starboard side of USS McNULTY (DE-581), passed first line
0922 Transferred
one 42 lb case of cheese to USS McNULTY and received 200 pounds of salt from
USS McNULTY
0926 Departed
starboard side of USS McNULTY (DE-581), for station
0935 Resumed
regular patrol on assigned station
7-23-44 1500 Range
finder operators completed one hour of instruction and drill
1600 Patrolling
on patrol plan 3, speed of advance is 9.5 knots
7-24-44 0605 Sighted
Point De La Almina Light bearing 2580 T
0635 Assumed
air defense station, patrolling independently
0940 Convoy
reduced broad front. Assumed channel
patrol station on port flank of convoy
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters: held the following drills and instructions; 40mm gun crews
received
first aid instruction; depth charge
parties held loading drill; signalmen, quartermaster strikers
received instructions on standing
gangway watch; C.I.C. plotting team held plotting drill;
damage control parties viewed training
film
1430 Secured
from quarters and all drills
1535 Convoy
speed reduced to 6.0 knots. Convoy
began forming broad front
1730 Convoy
completed forming broad front, assumed station #4, speed of advance increased
to
9.5 knots
1930 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
1945 Range
finder operators completed one hour drill and instruction
7-25-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to zone –1 time
1100 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour signal drill with adjacent
escorts
1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1315 Held
abandon ship drill
1325 Secured
from abandon ship drill. 20mm gun crews
received first aid instruction. 40mm
gun crews
shown training movie. Damage control parties held drill; depth
charge parties held loading drill and
quartermasters and signalmen received
instruction
1430 Signalmen
held flag hoist drill
1530 Secured
from drills
7-26-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to zero (0) time zone
0735 Departed
station to sink mine. Maneuvering near
mine
0755 Position
of mine 350 36’N, 140 24’W. Sank mine, expending following ammunition: 60 rounds,
20mm, 60 rounds .30 caliber and one (1)
dye marker
0758 Maneuvering
to resume station
0820 Resumed
assigned station
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters; held the following drills; battle stations; C.I.C. plotting
drill;
depth charge setting drill; pointers,
trainers and sightsetters drill for 3”/50 cal. guns;
damage control parties received
instructions on the use of Co2
1330 Secured
from quarters and all drills
1845 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed one hour range finder drill
2015 Held
small arms target practice: expended
300 rounds .22 cal. ammunition
7-27-44 1000 Completed
one hour range finder drill for signalmen and quartermasters
1110 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
1500 Small
arms target practice: expended 150
rounds .45 cal. and 300 rounds .22 caliber
7-28-44 0000 Patrolling
station #4, on plan 3, speed of advance is 9.5 knots
0908 USS
McNULTY (DE-581) alongside to port to transfer supplies and motion pictures
0921 USS
McNULTY (DE-581) departed from alongside
1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection below decks
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1315 All
hands to battle stations – held following drills: depth charge parties, first aid drill;
3:/50 gun crews loading drill; C.I.C.
plotting drill; damage control parties casualty and
simulated fire drills
1357 Secured
from battle stations and all drills
1500 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
2045 Held
small arms target practice; expended 400 rounds .22 caliber ammunition and 100
rounds
.45 caliber ammunition
7-29-44 0200 Set
back ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to +1 time
1025 Commanding
Officer held inspection topside
1122 Secured
from inspection
1230 Depth
charge parties held loading drill
1500 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
7-30-44 1425 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3, commenced independent patrol
1515 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
7-31-44 0930 Signalmen
held flag hoist drill
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. Gun crews held
loading drill and 40mm instruction.
Damage
control and depth charge parties
witnessed training films. Signalmen and
quartermaster
strikers held blinker drill with
adjacent escorts
1500 Secured
from all drills
2000 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
8-1-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic Ocean with Task Force 60 escorting convoy G.U.S. 45,
on base course 2680T, at 205
R.P.M., patrolling station #4 on plan 3,
speed of advance 9.5 knots
0200 Set
back ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to +2 time zone
0750 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3; commenced independent patrol
0857 Increased speed, commenced patrolling stations 2 and 4
1015 Reduced
speed, resumed patrolling station 4
1100 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
1215 Maneuvering
to investigate underwater sound contact bearing 2700 T, distance 800
yards
1225 Contact
evaluated non-submarine, return to regular station
1230 Resumed
patrolling station
1300 Departed
station to investigate unidentified object in water
1310 Alongside
object, standing by until convoy clears
1335 Maneuvering
to return to station
1350 20mm
and 40mm gun crews shown training film
1400 Resumed
regular station
8-2-44 1330 Depth
charge parties holding loading drill
1440 20mm
and 40mm crews viewed training film
1500 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed one (1) hour drill with adjacent escorts
1505 Secured
all drills
8-3-44 1300 Called
all hands to quarters
1320 All
hands to battle stations
1348 Commenced
test firing all guns
1351 Ceased
firing
1355 Commenced
firing
1356 Ceased
firing
1358 Commenced
firing
1359 Ceased
firing. Completed firing having
expended the following service ammunition: 600 rounds
20mm AA; 212 rounds 40mm AA and 28
rounds 3”/50 AA. No casualties
1402 C.I.C.
held plotting drill
1412 Secured
from battle stations
8-4-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty minutes to plus three (+3) time zone
1920 Held
gunnery exercise George – 3, expended one (1) 3”/50 cal. illuminating shell –
no casualties
8-5-44 1100 Signalmen
held one (1) hour blinker drill
1500 Signalmen
strikers completed one (1) hour blinker drill
1905 Held
gunnery exercise “George – 3”. Expended
one round 3”/50 cal., illuminating ammunition
8-6-44 1100 Signalmen
and quartermasters completed one (1) hour flashing light drill with adjacent
escorts
1500 Signalmen
and quartermaster strikers completed one hour blinker drill with adjacent
escorts
8-7-44 0830 Maneuvering
to take assigned station with New York Section of G.U.S. 46
0943 Assumed
assigned station 16,000 yards on the axis of convoy
8-8-44 0730 Departed
station proceeding to buoy “ABLE”.
0800 Maneuvering
to reach Swept Channel Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy “A”
0858 Buoy
“A” abeam to starboard. Maneuvering in
vicinity of buoy
1000 Maneuvering
to assume patrol station on starboard flank of convoy
1025 Assumed
patrol station on starboard flank of convoy
1103 Swept
Channel Approach Lighted Whistle Buoy abeam to port. Steering various channel
courses at various speeds standing up
swept channel
1309 Buoy G
abeam to port close aboard. Relieved of
escort duty with Task Force 60, ordered
to proceed to Navy Yard, New York
1344 Gedney
Channel Whistle Buoy abeam to starboard close aboard; standing up Ambrose
Channel
1420 Passed through harbor defense nets; standing
up New York enroute to Navy Yard, New York
1515 Navy
tug YTL 475 alongside to starboard to assist in mooring
1521 Moored
port side to USS DALE W PETERSON (DE-337) at Pier G, Berth 13, at
New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1533 YTL
475 and Pilot KELLY departed
1550 Commenced
taking shore power
1605 Commenced
taking shore water
1658 Commenced
taking shore steam. Yard telephone
installed
8-9-44 0050 USS
VANCE (DE-387) moored to starboard side
8-10-44 1500 Two
officers and five (5) men departed for Attack Teacher
1715 Attack
Teacher party returned
2035 Received
from Supply Officer, Navy Yard, New York, Attack Plotter 25434
8-11-44 1020 Ensign
W. T. DOOR and four (4) men departed for ASW school
1140 Ensign
W. T. DOOR returned with party from ASW school
1730 Ship’s
SL Radar antenna replaced by Navy Yard, New York
8-13-44 0900 Church
party departed
1415 YO-16
moored to starboard side and passed fuel lines to USS PETERSON (DE-337)
8-14-44 Log sheet missing
8-15-44 0525 Secured
all power, steam, air and water lines to shore, preparatory to shifting berth
0542 Navy
Yard tug TAVIBO (YT 276) along starboard side
0545 Navy
Yard tugs YT 3173, YTL 475, along starboard side, towing lines passed aboard
0600 Cast
off lines from USS PETERSON (DE-337).
Towed to Berth 12, pier G,
Navy Yard, New York
0606 Passed
lines to USS METIVIER (DE-582), moored port side to
0610 Navy
Yard tugs TAVIBO (YT 276), YT 3173, YTL 475, departed with pilot
0655 Received
water and power from shore
0702 Received
steam from dock
1350 Commenced
dock trial
1355 Secured
from dock trial
8-19-44 0750 Lieut.
SAUTTER, USNR, and Lieut. (jg) HESS, USNR, aboard to calibrate gyro-compass
0833 Yard
tug YT 475 along starboard side to assist in departure from dock
0835 Cast
off all lines, underway, standing out of Navy Yard
0938 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets
0946 Ambrose
Channel buoy 17 abeam to starboard, standing down Chapel Hill Channel enroute
to anchorage in Sandy Hook Bay
1028 Anchored
in Sandy Hook Bay in 28 feet of water to 20 fathoms of starboard chain
1117 YF 634
moored to starboard side for transfer of ammunition
1127 Commenced
transfer of depth charges and empty shell cases to YF 634 and commenced
receiving ammunition
1310 Completed
receiving ammunition. Transferred
following ammunition to Supply Officer,
N.A.D., Leonardo, New Jersey: 65 depth charges, mark 9, mod. 2; 65 depth
charge pistols,
mark 6, mod. 1; 65 depth charge booster
extenders, mark 6, mod. 1; 65 depth charge boosters,
mark 6, mod. 1; 65 detonators, mark 1;
288 hedgehog fuzes mark 136, mod. 5;
25 hand grenades; 16, 40mm empty
ammunition cases; 20, 3’/50 empty ammunition cases
and 4, 20mm empty ammunition
cases. Received the following
ammunition from Supply Officer,
N.A.D., Leonardo, New Jersey: 96 rounds 3’/50 AA; 288 hedgehog fuzes,
mark 131, mod. 3; 2 depth charge
markers, mark 1, mod. 1; 208 rounds 40mm AA;
50 rounds .45 cal. blanks; 25 hand
grenades; 65 depth charges, mark 8, and
65 depth charge pistols mark 7, mod. 1
1312 YF 634
departed starboard side
1320 Underway,
standing out of Sandy Hook Bay
1335 Underway
in Lower Bay, compensating magnetic compass
1505 Secured
from compensating compass
1516 CG
68004, along starboard side
1517 Lieut.
SAUTTER, USNR, and Lieut. (jg) HESS, USNR, Departed
1518 Maneuvering
standing out Gedney Channel
1548 Gedney
Channel Entrance Lighted buoy abeam to port
1600 Forming
into columns in the following order:
USCGC BIBB (WPG-31) guide,
USS LANSING (DE-388), USS CHAMBERS
(DE-391), USS MERRILL (DE-392).
1605 Standing
down swept channel
1742 Swept
channel lighted whistle buoy “A”, abeam to port
8-20-44 1525 All
gun crews at battle stations
1557 Whistle
buoy “2JL” abeam to starboard
1558 Commenced
firing on practice “G” A.A. exercise
1559 Ceased
firing
1601 Commenced
firing on practice “G” A.A. exercise
1602 Ceased
firing
1630 Commenced
firing practice “G” A.A. exercise
1631 Ceased
firing
1633 Commenced
firing on practice “T” A.A. exercise
1634 Ceased
firing
1635 Commenced
firing on practice “T” A.A. exercise
1636 Ceased
firing
1636 Gunnery
exercises completed, secured from battle stations. Expended 72 rounds
3”/50 cal. A.A.; 1500 rounds 20mm; 473
rounds 40mm, no casualties
1640 Stopped
all engines
1647 Underway,
holding breeches buoy drill with USCGC BIBB (WPG-31)
1710 Heaved
first line
1713 Passed
breeches buoy to USCGC BIBB (WPG-31) – buoy returned
1716 Passed
breeches buoy second time – buoy returned
1719 Let go
all lines
1801 Portland
lighted whistle buoy “P” abeam to starboard close aboard. Commenced
standing up Portland swept channel
1850 Entered
anti-submarine defense nets, standing up to buoy A1
1900 Lowered
ship’s boat
1917 Moored
starboard to USS GOFF (DD-247) at berth A1, Casco Bay, Maine
1923 Secured
anchor chain to buoy
1930 USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) alongside and moored to port side
8-21-44 0505 USS
GOFF (DD-247) cast off all lines and departed
0825 Lieutenant
KRELL, U.S.N.R., ComDesLant Gunnery Staff Officer, aboard to
inspect gunnery department
0955 Lieutenant
DRISKILL, U.S.N.R., ComDesLant Education Staff Officer aboard
0957 Lieutenant
KRELL, U.S.N.R., departed
1038 USS
IWANA (YTB-272) alongside and moored to starboard side
1049 USS
IWANA (YTB-272) departed
1050 Ensign
HAMILTON, U.S.N.R., ComDesLant Staff Training Aids Officer aboard
1203 Lieutenant
DRISKILL and Ensign HAMILTON departed
1320 Lieutenant
CLARK, U.S.N., ComDesLant Staff Damage Control Officer, aboard
with Lieutenant MAYER, U.S.N., and
MERRILL, CCM, U.S.N.
1420 Sounded
general alarm
1430 YW 87 alongside
and moored to starboard side. Commenced
taking on water
1440 Held
damage control and fire drills
1500 Secured
taking on water. Received 6740
gallons. YW 87 departed
1505 Secured
from general quarters and all drills
1530 Lieutenant
CLARK, Lieutenant MAYER and MERRILL, CCM, departed
1614 Recreation
party of fifty (50) men departed
1630 Granted
liberty to port section of crew to expire at 2400 at Portland Navy Landing
1840 USS
VANCE (DE-387) alongside and moored to starboard side
2010 Recreation
party returned
2400 Liberty
party returned on time
8-22-44 0550 Four
(4) staff officers and one (1) enlisted man from ComDesLant aboard in
connection
with scheduled exercises
0635 USS
VANCE (DE-387) departed starboard side
0648 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay
0649 Called
all gun crews to battle stations
0720 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets
0750 Examination
vessel abeam to port
0816 Portland
lighted whistle buoy “P” abeam to port
0905 Submarine
VORTICE submerged
1007 Commenced
scheduled ASW exercises. Commenced run
on submarine VORTICE
1024 Fired
on submarine
1031 Fired
on submarine. Secured from first run
1106 Commenced
second run on submarine
1118 Fired
on submarine
1126 Fired
on submarine. Secured from second
attack. Expended sixteen (16) rounds,
Mark 10 plaster loaded hedgehog
projectiles
1200 Underway
as before, speed of advance 3 knots.
Conducting exercises with Italian submarine
VORTICE in company with USS VANCE
(DE-387) and USS DURANT (DE-389)
1214 Commenced
simulated creeping attacks on submarine
1319 Repair
parties held simulated fire drill in compartment B-2
1320 Depth
charge parties and O division attended movie on Mark VIII depth charges
1455 Secured
from anti-submarine warfare exercises
1518 Submarine
surfaced
1520 Escorting
submarine to Portland Examination Vessel
1609 Portland
lighted whistle buoy “P” abeam to starboard.
Standing up Portland Harbor
approach on various courses at various
speeds
1631 Portland
Examination vessel abeam to starboard.
Submarine departed
1651 Entered
anti-submarine boom defense
1723 Moored
starboard side to East side of pier “Fox”, Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine
1738 Four
(4) staff officers and one (1) enlisted man departed, days exercises having
been completed
1756 Commenced
taking on fuel
1845 Finished
taking on fuel, received 7,526 gallons diesel oil
1855 Received
from the USS DECATUR (DD-341) twenty four (24) plaster loaded
hedgehog projectiles
8-23-44 0643 Cast
off all lines underway standing out of Casco Bay
0655 Ship’s
boat secured aboard
0715 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets, standing out Portland swept channel
0758 Portland
Harbor sea buoy abeam to starboard close aboard
0830 Joined
USS VANCE (DE-387) and USS DURANT (DE-389)
0955 All
hands to battle stations. Commenced
scheduled exercises
1017 Damage
control parties held first aid, fire and collision drills
1046 Commenced
firing on “G” exercise
1047 Ceased
firing
1050 Commenced
firing on “G” exercise
1103 Ceased
firing
1108 Commenced
firing on “T” exercise
1109 Ceased
firing
1113 Commenced
firing on “T” exercise
1114 Ceased
firing
1116 Secured
from battle stations and all drills
Expended sixty (60) rounds 3”/50 ammunition,
two hundred seventy seven (277) rounds 40mm
ammunition, and
one thousand four hundred forty (1440)
rounds 20mm ammunition
1155 Maneuvering
awaiting to make scheduled very short range target practice run
1212 Sounded
general quarters. Commenced firing
ready guns, at surface target
1214 Commenced
firing all guns
1217 Ceased
firing. Expended ammunition as
follows: 28 rounds A.P. 3”/50;
2 rounds 3”/50 AA; 660 rounds 20mmAA;
and 67 rounds 40mmAA. No casualties.
1300 Proceeding
to rendezvous with tanker to conduct fueling exercise
1345 Commenced
fueling exercise, maneuvering to come astern of USS MATTOLLE (AO-17)
1415 Picked
up tow line
1424 Secured
tow line, picked up fuel hose
1432 Fuel
hose aboard and secured
1440 Cast
off fuel hose
1442 Cast
off tow line. Maneuvering to come along
port side of USS MATTOLLE (AO-17)
1455 Along
port side of USS MATTOLLE (AO-17)
1508 Received
tow and fuel lines aboard
1515 Cast
off fuel line
1517 Cast
off tow line
1542 Completed
scheduled fueling exercise, maneuvering away from side of USS MATTOLLE (AO-17)
1550 Assumed
station 2000 yards ahead of USS MATTOLLE (AO-17)
1830 Maneuvering
preparatory to carrying out scheduled exercises
1930 Maneuvering
taking stations as Escort vessel #3, in nine (9) column convoy
1950 Assumed
assigned station and commenced scheduled exercises
1957 Commenced
laying smoke screen
2011 Smoke
generator on fire
2013 Smoke
generator fire extinguished
2020 Smoke
screen exercise secured
2045 Assumed
station fourth ship in column with Escort Division 45
8-24-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45, fourth ship in column,
speed of advance 10 knots
0405 Departed
station in formation, proceeding to Portland Harbor Examination vessel
0620 Portland
Harbor Approach lighted buoy abeam to port.
Standing up channel
0710 Examination
Vessel abeam to starboard. Maneuvering
awaiting arrival of exercise submarine
0725 Ship’s
boat departed to pick up and transfer ComDesLant Staff from Submarine
0749 Five
(5) officers and three (3) enlisted men reported aboard for days Exercises
0751 Ship’s
boat departed for USS DURANT (DE-389)
0757 Ship’s
boat returned
0800 Underway
as before hoisting aboard ship’s boat
0805 Standing
out swept channel enroute to exercise area, escorting submarine S-20
0837 Portland
Harbor sea buoy abeam to starboard
0911 Submarine
S-20 submerged
0922 Commenced
first run on submarine
0940 Fired
hedgehog
0943 Commenced
second run
0951 Fired
hedgehog
0956 Commenced
third run
1008 Fired
hedgehog
1013 Commenced
fourth run
1018 Fired
hedgehog
1022 Commenced
fifth run
1026 Fired
hedgehog. Expended twenty (20) rounds
plaster loaded Mark X hedgehogs
1100 Commenced
run on submarine for depth charge attack
1120 Fired
on submarine completing attack
1125 Ship’s
boat departed with ComDesLant Fleet Representatives for USS FARQUAHR (DE-139)
1142 Ship’s
boat returned and hoisted aboard
1150 Commenced
coordinated attack on submarine, S-20, with USS FARQUAHR (DE-139)
1200 Underway
as before, speed of advance 3 knots, simulating creeping attacks
on submarine S-20 with USS FARQUAHR
(DE-139)
1342 Secured
from anti-submarine warfare exercises, submarine surfaced
1345 Enroute
to depth charge firing area
1445 Ordered
full depth charge pattern set – fired 13 charge pattern – expended 13 Mark IX
Mod.
3 depth charges, 8 arbors, 8 #1 impulse
charges
1517 Portland
Harbor sea buoy abeam to port close aboard – standing up swept channel
1625 Anchored
in berth “O”, Casco Bay, Maine, in forty (40) feet of water to thirty (30)
fathoms
of starboard chain.
1800 Supply
barge YF 335 alongside to port
1815 Supply
barge YF 335 departed from alongside
1845 Liberty
granted to starboard section, to expire at Navy Landing, Portland, Maine,
at 0100, 25 August 1944
8-25-44 0639 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay
0650 Gun
pointers and trainers held drill
0715 Secured
from pointers and trainers drill
0748 Portland
Harbor sea buoy abeam to starboard
0810 Maneuvering
taking station on USS MATTOLE (AO-17)
0845 Assumed
station
0905 Maneuvering
astern USS MATTOLE (AO-17) to carry out fueling exercises
0930 Picked
up towing line
0935 Picked
up hose line
0941 Towing
line aboard and secured
0950 Fuel
hose aboard and secured
0955 Cast
off fuel line
0956 Cast
off towing line. Maneuvering to come
alongside, starboard, USS MATTOLE (AO-17)
1014 Towing
line aboard and secured
1015 After
hose aboard
1020 Cast
off fuel line and towing line.
Maneuvering resuming station
1022 All
hands to battle stations
1027 Commenced
firing on anti-aircraft practice “G” run
1028 Ceased
firing
1043 Commenced
firing on practice “G” run
1044 Ceased
firing
1049 Secured
from battle stations. Expended 23
rounds 3”/50 cal. AA ammunition,
720 rounds 20mm ammunition, 129 rounds
40mm ammunition
1339 All
hands to battle stations
1403 Commenced
firing AA battle practice, type “G” runs
1404 Ceased
firing
1422 Commenced
firing
1424 Ceased
firing. Maneuvering to pick up sleeve
1445 Returned
to station
1447 Commenced
firing
1448 Ceased
firing
1449 Commenced
firing
1450 Ceased
firing
1454 Commenced
firing “T” type runs
1455 Ceased
firing
1526 Commenced
firing
1527 Ceased
firing
1529 Commenced
firing
1530 Ceased
firing
1532 Commenced
firing
1533 Ceased
firing
1534 Commenced
firing
1535 Ceased
firing. Exercise completed. Expended ammunition as follows: ,340 rounds 20mm AA;
529 rounds 40mm AA and 58 rounds 3”/50
AA. No casualties
1541 Maneuvering
to take station with USS DURANT (DE-389)
1617 USS
DURANT (DE-389) alongside to starboard.
Engaged in breeches buoy drill
1635 Secured
from breeches buoy drill
1650 In
company with USS DURANT (DE-389) maneuvering to rendezvous with
USS MATTOLE (AO-17). Commenced operating smoke generator
1740 Secured
smoke generator. Maneuvering to take
station on starboard bow of
USS MATTOLE (AO-17)
1755 Assumed
station
2001 Commenced
scheduled gunnery exercises
2030 Called
all hands to battle stations
2101 Commenced
firing on starboard beam
2105 Ceased
firing
2204 Commenced
firing
2208 Ceased
firing. Secured from exercises,
expended 30 rounds 3”/50 cal. illuminating shells
2210 Secured
from battle stations, assumed patrol station on port bow of USS MATTOLE (AO-17)
2313 Detached
from patrol for duty with USS VANCE (DE-387)
8-26-44 0720 Portland
Harbor approach buoy abeam to port.
Steaming in column of ships,
USS VANCE (DE-387) the guide
0917 Maneuvering
carrying out exercise in formation steaming
1012 Stopped
all engines preparatory to carrying out towing exercise
1040 Commenced
towing exercise
1050 Being
towed by USS CHAMBERS (DE-391)
1119 Cast
off tow line
1130 Maneuvering
to come alongside USS DURANT (DE-389) to continue towing exercises
1200 Maneuvering
to take USS DURANT (DE-389) in tow
1201 First
line aboard USS DURANT (DE-389)
1225 USS
DURANT (DE-389) cast off tow line
1234 Secured
from towing exercise
1253 Maneuvering
to rejoin Division 45
1315 Called
all hands to battle stations
1408 Commenced
anti-aircraft firing on “GEORGE” run
1409 Ceased
firing
1412 Commenced
firing, on ‘GEORGE” run
1413 Ceased
firing
1418 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1419 Ceased
firing
1420 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1421 Ceased
firing
1441 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1442 Ceased
firing
1445 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1446 Ceased
firing. Secured from battle
stations. Expended 30 rounds 3”/50 cal.
AA;
1800 rounds 20mm AA; 414 rounds 40mm –
no casualties
1450 Damage
control parties held decontamination drill, depth charge parties secured from
loading
and setting drill
1510 Maneuvered
to form 2100 relative on USS VANCE (DE-387)
1536 Commenced
laying smoke screen
1550 Secured
from making smoke
1654 Maneuvered
to form 1800 relative on USS VANCE (DE-387)
1742 Portland
lighted whistle buoy “P” abeam to starboard.
Standing up Portland Channel
1828 Entered
anti-submarine net defenses
1851 Anchored
in 42 feet of water to 30 fathoms of starboard chain in berth “I”, Casco Bay,
Maine
1855 Motor
launch alongside. Received from USS
ALCOR (AR-10) 13 depth charges Mark 9
Mod. 2,
13 depth charge boosters Mark 6, Mod.
2, 13 depth charge pistols, Mark 6 Mod. 1,
13 depth charge detonators Mark 1, Mod.
1, 8 depth charge arbors
1912 Motor
launch departed. Transferred to Naval
Ammunition depot, Hingham, Mass.,
seventy three (73) cases empty 3”/50
brass
8-27-44 0626 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
0639 Underway,
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
0705 Passed
anti-submarine defense nets, standing out Portland swept channel
0754 Portland
Sea buoy abeam to starboard, close aboard
0822 Called
all hands to battle stations
0914 Commenced
scheduled exercise, Local Control Battle Practice, commenced firing
0917 Ceased
firing
0928 Commenced
firing
0931 Ceased
firing
0956 Commenced
firing
1000 Ceased
firing. Completed L.C.B.P.
1010 Commenced
D.S.P.
1024 Commenced
firing
1025 Ceased
firing
1041 Commenced
firing
1042 Ceased
firing. Completed D.S.P., Day Spotting
Practice. Expended following
ammunition:
59 rounds 3”/50 AA
1043 Secured
from battle stations
1202 Maneuvering
on various courses at various speeds exercising at formation steaming
1240 Holding
steering engine casualty drill
1255 Secured
from steering engine casualty drill
1300 All
gun crews to battle stations
1305 Commenced
“GEORGE: runs
1322 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1323 Ceased
firing
1325 Commenced
firing on port run
1326 Ceased
firing
1353 Commenced
firing on port run
1354 Ceased
firing
1357 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1358 Ceased
firing
1400 Commenced
“TARE: runs
1401 Commenced
firing, port run
1402 Ceased
firing
1405 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1406 Ceased
firing
1421 Commenced
firing on port run
1422 Ceased
firing
1425 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1426 Ceased
firing
1430 Commenced
firing on starboard ruin
1436 Ceased
firing
1440 Secured
all gun crews from battle stations.
Expended the following ammunition in days
anti-aircraft exercises: thirty (30) rounds 3”/50 cal. AA; two
thousand nine hundred forty
(2940) rounds, 20mm AA: five hundred eighty-seven (587) rounds, 40mm AA
1535 Exercising
at formation steaming
1635 Portland
Harbor approach buoy abeam to starboard.
Standing up Portland Harbor Channel
1700 Portland
Harbor Examination Vessel abeam to starboard
1722 Passed
through anti-submarine defense net
1742 Anchored
at Casco Bay, Maine, in berth “H” in 42 feet of water to 30 fathoms of
starboard chain,
on the following bearings: Waites Landing 3080T; Cow Island
Ledge Light 0610T,
and Clapboard Island 0180T.
1807 YF
1023 Along port side
1821 YF
1023 departed port side
8-28-44 0545 Lieutenant
(jg) MANNING, USNR, and SMITH, SoM2c, reported aboard for days exercises
0600 Lieutenant
WYLIE, USNR, reported aboard for days exercises
0641 Underway,
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
0643 Called
all gun crews to battle stations
0701 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets, standing down Portland Harbor Approach
Channel
0729 Portland
Harbor Examination vessel abeam to port
0758 Portland
Approach buoy “P” abeam to port
0830 Submarine
S-20 submerged. Commencing scheduled
exercises
0930 Commenced
first attack run on submarine
0932 Simulated
depth charging submarine. Maneuvering
for re-attack
0940 Commenced
re-attack
0943 Fired
hedgehog
1030 Commenced
second run on submarine
1033 Simulated
depth charging submarine
1043 Commenced
re-attack
1045 Ceased
re-attack
1116 Commenced
third run on submarine
1125 Simulated
depth charging submarine
1133 Commenced
re-attack
1137 Fired
hedgehog
1200 Underway
as before maneuvering on various courses and speeds carrying out scheduled
exercises
1215 Commenced
first creeping attack on submarine
1308 Simulated
depth charging submarine
1330 Commenced
to direct USS VANCE (DE-387) on submarine
1346 USS
VANCE (DE-387) simulated depth charging submarine
1355 Commenced
to direct USS DURANT (DE-389) on submarine
1412 USS
DURANT (DE-389) simulated depth charging submarine
1422 Submarine
S-20 surfaced. Escorting S-20 to Casco
Bay, Maine
1537 Portland
lighted whistle buoy “P” abeam to starboard.
Standing up Portland Harbor
Approach Channel
1600 Underway
as before, standing up swept channel and into Casco Bay, Maine
1637 Motor boat alongside
1639 Commander,
Destroyers Atlantic Fleet, representatives Lieutenant WYLIE, USNR and
Lieutenant (jg) MANNING, USNR, and
SMITH, SoM2c, USNR, departed ship in motor boat
1705 Moored
port side to west side of Pier “F”, Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine. Assumed ready duty
1715 Commenced
taking on fuel
1745 Completed
taking on fuel, having received from Naval Fuel dock, eleven thousand three
hundred
ninety-one (11,391) gallons
1755 U.S.
Navy Supply barge alongside
1815 U.S.
Navy Supply Barge departed from alongside
8-29-44 0632 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay and swept channel
0633 Called
all gun pointers and trainers to battle stations
0730 Secured
gun pointers and trainers from battle stations
0735 Portland
Harbor approach sea buoy abeam to port
0751 Maneuvering
to take station in Escort Division #45 formation
0805 Assumed
assigned station, fourth ship in column
1011 Called
all hands to battle stations
1026 Commenced
firing on “GEORGE” anti-aircraft run
1027 Ceased
firing
1100 Commenced
firing on “GEORGE” run
1101 Ceased
firing
1107 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1108 Ceased
firing
1109 Commenced
firing on “TARE” run
1110 Ceased
firing
1111 Secured
from battle stations, expended following ammunition: 30 rounds 3”/50 cal. AA;
258 rounds 40mm service; 1080 rounds
20mm service
8-30-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45, enroute to Norfolk, Virginia.
Station fourth ship in column, distance
800 yards
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. Held instruction on
“Lookouts” for all seamen,
by means of motion picture training
film
1400 Held
gas mask drill for “E” Division.
Exercised at flag-hoist drill with other ships
of
Escort Division #45
1410 Secured
from quarters and all instruction
1525 Secured
from flag hoist drill
8-31-44 0125 Chesapeake
Bay entrance swept channel buoy “XS” abeam to port, distance 800 yards.
Standing up swept channel
0612 Buoy
“2CB” abeam to port. Standing up swept channel and into Thimble Shoal Channel
0805 Standing
into Hampton Roads
0846 Moored
port side to south side Pier #5, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA
0900 USS
MERRILL (DE-392) moored to starboard side
0930 Signalmen
and signalman strikers engaged in flag-hoist drill with other ships at Naval
Operating Base
1030 Secured
from flag hoist drill
1355 Commenced
taking on fuel
1435 Ceased
taking on fuel. Received aboard five
thousand, eight hundred forty nine (5849) gallons fuel.
Delivered
the following ordnance supplies to Officer in Charge, Fifth Naval District
Depth Charge Pool, Norfolk, Va.: One (1) depth charge pistol, Mark 9, Mod. 1;
One hundred twenty-one (121) depth
charge pistols, Mark 6, Mod. 1; ninety-five (95) depth charge
booster extenders, Mark 6, Mod. 1;
forty-seven (47) depth charge boosters, Mark 6, Mod. 1.
Received the following ordnance
supplies from Naval mine Depot, Yorktown, Va.; One (1)
depth charge pistol, Mark 9, Mod. 3, eighty (80) depth charge pistols, Mark 6, Mod. 2; thirty (30)
depth charge boosters, Mark 6, Mod. 2;
Eighty (80) depth charge booster extenders, Mark 6,
Mod. 2
9-1-44 0000 Moored
port side to south side pier #5, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va.,
USS
KNOX (DE-580) moored to starboard side
1420 Completed
loading ammunition, having received the following from Naval Ammunition Depot,
St. Juliens Creek, Va; 400 rounds 3”/50
cal. AA, 32 rounds 3”/50 cal. ILL.,
3008
rounds 40mm AA, 15660 rounds 20mm
1827 USS KNOX (DE-580) cast off all lines,
departed from starboard side
1830 Secured all shore services
1835 Cast
off all dock lines, underway maneuvering various courses and speeds standing
away
from dock – draft 11’ forward, 12’9” aft
1839 Maneuvering down Elizabeth River Channel
1908 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets, maneuvering out Thimble Shoals
Channel
enroute to anchorage, Lynnhaven Roads, Va
2008 Anchored
in Lynnhaven Roads in 58 feet of water to 60 fathoms of starboard chain on
the following bearings: Cape Henry Light 1080 T; Thimble
Shoal Lighted Bell buoy #1,
0130
T; Lynnhaven Bridge beacon 2340 T
9-2-44 0323 Commenced heaving round on anchor
0340 Underway standing out of Lynnhaven Roads
0428 Chesapeake Bay Entrance Lighted whistle buoy
“2CB” abeam to port
0637 Channel buoy “S-9” abeam to port
1005 Buoy
“XS” abeam to port close aboard, increases speed to 250 R.P.M., commenced
steering
various courses conducting sound search in vicinity of buoy “XS”
1344 Assumed
assigned station in escort screen; commenced patrolling with Task Force 60,
escorting
convoy UGS 53
1800 Speed of advance of convoy increased to 9
knots
1915 Increased speed of advance to 9.5 knots
9-3-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Task Force 60, escorting convoy UGS 53 on
base
course 1130T. Patrolling
assigned station, speed of advance 9.5 knots
0832 Departed station assumed air defense station
#8
0930 Changed base course to 1220T
0943 All hands to battle stations
0948 Convoy
commenced laying smoke screen. Omitted
making smoke due to clogged fuel line
in
smoke generator
1022 Planes commenced simulated attack on convoy
1034 Completed air defense exercises. Secured from battle stations
1055 Assumed regular patrol station #6
1101 Increased speed to assume station #5
1127 Assumed patrols station #5
1300 Commenced patrolling on plan 3
1415 Convoy
executed 450 turn to starboard.
Maneuver on various courses at various speeds
to
assume station
1435 Assumed station
1920 Held small arms target practice, expended
100 rounds 45 cal. ammunition
9-4-44 1300 All hands to Quarters
1325 Secured
from quarters. Held the following
drills: Depth charge setting drill;
3”/50 loading drill;
40mm
loading drill; 20mm loading drill; damage control instruction and CIC plotting
drill
9-5-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Task Force 60 escorting convoy UGS 53
on
base course 1160T. Patrolling
assigned station on patrol plan 3, speed of advance 9.5 knots
1242 Convoy changed base course to 0820
T
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters, “C” division viewed first aid training film; “E” Division
held
Rescue
Breathing Apparatus drill. Divisions I
and II held telephone talker drill
1425 Secured from quarters and all drills
9-6-44 1300 All hands to battle stations
1307 Commenced test firing
1309 Ceased firing
1314 Commenced firing
1315 Ceased
firing. Expended 600 rounds 20mm
ammunition, 137 rounds 40mm ammunition
and
18 rounds 3’/50 AS ammunition
1335 Secured
from battle stations, Held the
following drills: CIC plotting drill,
depth charge
loading
drill, 20mm loading drill, damage control drill and first aid
9-7-44 1400 Reduced speed to 190 R.P.M
1410 Called 3”/50 cal. gun crews to battle
stations
1504 Secured gun crews from battle stations
9-8-44 0200 Advanced ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to
+2 time
1015 Tested depth charge hydraulic release and
found to be in good working order
1030 Commanding Officer held weekly inspection
below decks
1140 Secured form inspection
1305 All hands to quarters
1320 Secured
from quarters. Depth charge parties
held loading drill, “C” division held
3”/50
and 20mm loading drill, Divisions I and II viewed film on painting instructions
2005 Held
small arms target practice, expended 14 rounds 45 cal. ammunition,
200
rounds 22 cal. ammunition
9-9-44 0205 Maneuvering to investigate underwater sound contact
0220 Returned to station, results of
investigation negative
1030 Commanding Officer held weekly topside
inspection
1145 Secured from inspection
9-10-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic ocean with Task Force 60 escorting convoy UGS 53 on
base
course 0910 T at 205 R.P.M.
Patrolling on plan 3, speed of advance 9.5 knots
1630 Convoy executed 300 turn to port,
base course 0610 T
1830 Convoy executed 300 turn to
starboard base course 0910 T
9-11-44 1255 All hands to quarters
1320 All hands to battle stations
1328 Held rescue of survivors drill
1355 Held modified AA practice. Commenced firing
1356 Ceased firing
1358 Commenced firing
1400 Ceased
firing. Completed firing, no
casualties. Expended following
ammunition: 24 rounds 3”/50 AA; 104 rounds 40mm AA; 600
rounds 20mm AA
1630 Convoy changed base course to 1200
T
1830 Convoy changed base course to 0850
T
9-12-44 0200 Set ship’s clocks ahead sixty (60) minutes
to zone + 1 time
1300 Mustered crew at quarters. Depth charge parties and 3”/50 cal. gun
crews
viewing
training film’ Damage control parties holding fire drill; Engineering division
holding
engineering casualty drill; Quartermasters and signalmen receiving instruction
on
signal publications
1430 Secured from quarters and all drills
9-13-44 1300 Departed
station to go alongside USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
1328 Alongside starboard side USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
1330 Passed first line
1334 Transferred
movies to USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55) and received spare part, SLA Radar
deflection
coil assembly, and movies
1341 Let go all lines maneuvering to return to
station
1431 Resumed regular station
1830 Changed base course to 0890 T
9-14-44 0150 Convoy executed 450 emergency
turn to starboard
0205 Convoy executed 450 emergency
turn to port
1304 Commenced battle problem
1306 All hands to battle stations
1334 Completed battle problem
1342 Commenced gunnery exercise GEORGE 4
1347 Ceased firing
1349 Secured from battle stations; having
expended 18 rounds, 3”/50 cal. AA; 119 rounds 40mm;
540
rounds 20mm, casualties; 40mm twin, #1 and #2 40mm jammed due to short recoil
and
failure to eject empty case from rammer tray; all safety precautions observed.
Replaced outer crank and shaft assembly; both guns from spare parts - all units slightly twisted.
1935 Maneuvering to investigate underwater sound
contact, bearing 0200 T, distance 600 yards
1945 Returned to station, contact evaluated
non-submarine
9-15-44 0200 Advanced ships clocks sixty (60) minutes to
zero (0) time zone
0754 Commenced maneuvering various courses and
speeds to carry out fueling exercises
0810 Maneuvering to come alongside USS ELOKOMIN
(AO-55)
0817 Alongside USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
0818 First line secured
0825 Forward and after hoses secured, commenced
taking on fuel
0845 Ceased taking on fuel. Exchanged movies
0850 Let go
all lines, maneuvering to resume patrol station. Received 28,456 gallons diesel fuel oil
from
USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
0925 Resumed station, commenced patrolling on
plan 3
1030 Commanding Officer held weekly inspection
below decks
1153 Secured from inspection
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. “S” division,
signalmen, and quartermasters, received 20mm
instructions, divisions I and II viewed
film on talker procedure, “E” division held engineering
casualty
drill
1400 Secured from quarters and all drills
1920 Changed base course to 0880 T
9-16-44 1030 Commanding Officer holding weekly topside
inspection
1123 Secured from inspection
2236 Departed station to divert Portuguese vessel
clear of convoy
2253 Standing by Portuguese vessel
2337 Portuguese vessel clear of convoy. Returning to assigned station #5, on various
courses and speeds
9-17-44 0113 Resumed assigned patrol station
1040 Changed base course to 0850 T
1730 Convoy changed base course to 0570
T
9-18-44 1015 Changed base course to 0850 T
1035 Convoy
commenced forming (4) columns, reduced speed to 140 R.P.M., maneuvering
to
take station on starboard flank of convoy
1140 Resumed station second escort on starboard
flank of convoy
1244 Cape Spartel Light abeam to starboard
1305 Mustered all hands to quarters
1315 Changed course to 0810 T
1323 Held man
overboard drill, 3’/50 gun crews held loading drill and hedgehog loading drill,
20mm and 40mm crews held loading drill,
depth charge crew received instruction,
damage
control parties saw movie on first aid
1400 Changed base course to 0760 T. secured from all drills
1630 Convoy commenced forming broad front, speed
of advance 1 knot.
1725 Assumed patrol station #5. USS MCNULTY (DE-580) alongside to deliver
mail
1729 USS MCNULTY (DE-580) departed
9-19-44 0200 Advanced ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to
minus one (-1) time zone
1300 Mustered crew at quarters
1315 Secured from quarters. Held the following drills and instruction:
abandon ship drill;
fire-fighting
instruction for damage control parties; gunnery instruction for all gun crews;
“C”
Division viewing First Aid Training film
1324 Changed base course to 0930 T
1500 Maneuvering to assume patrol station #3
1515 Assumed patrol station #3
1515 Secured from all drills and instruction
9-20-44 1305 Commenced holding battle problem
1310 All hands to battle stations
1341 Changed base course to 0830 T
1345 Secured from battle stations, completed
battle problem
1601 Convoy changed base course to 0850
T
2145 Convoy changed base course to 0900
T
9-21-44 1615 Convoy
commenced forming three columns, reduced speed to 170 R.P.M., maneuvering
to
assume new station
1654 Assumed
assigned escort station, broad on starboard bow or right hand column,
distance
4000 yards
9-22-44 0200 Entered swept channel, Canal de la Galite
0703 Task Force 60 relieved of escort duty. Proceeding into Bizerte, Tunisia, Harbor
0734 Jeter Nord light abeam to starboard
0805 Moored port side to Berth “Baker”, Pointe de
l’Infirmerie, Bizerte, Tunisia
0839 USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) moored to starboard
side
1700 Commenced taking on fuel
1810 Completed taking on fuel. Received 14910 gallons of fuel oil from
AATB, Bizerte
9-23-44 0747 USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) departed starboard
side
0752 Underway standing out of Bizerte Harbor,
Tunisia
0855 Assumed
position with Task Force 60 in column open order formation interval
between
ships 600 yards, with USS VANCE (DE-387) guide
1300 Mustered crew at quarters. No absentees
1302 Read Articles For Government of Navy to crew
1425 Secured from quarters
1839 Commenced standing down swept channel into
Palermo Harbor
1925 Anchored Palermo Bay, (Sicily), in 17
fathoms of water to 75 fathoms of port chain
on
the following anchorage bearings, Point Arenella, 3340 T; Breakwater
Group
Flashing
Light 3110 T, San Giovanni Chimney, 2200 T
9-24-44 0710 Commenced heaving around on anchor
0735 Underway standing into Palermo Harbor
0833 Entered anti-submarine defense nets
0851 Moored port side to north side of pier 3,
Naval Operating Base, Palermo, Sicily
0904 USS MERRILL (DE-392) moored to starboard
side
0942 Commenced taking shore water
9-25-44 0700 USS MERRILL (DE-392) departed from alongside
0715 Let go all lines departed pier 3, standing
out of Palermo Harbor
0730 Standing
out of Swept Channel to rendezvous with Italian submarine CAGNI for
anti-submarine
warfare exercises
0830 In exercise area, submarine submerged
0835 Commenced
scheduled exercises, as attacking ship in coordinated attack,
USS
MERRILL (DE-392) assisting ship
0904 Commenced firing on submarine
0906 Ceased firing. Maneuvering to make second run
0958 Commenced second run, USS MCNULTY (DE-581)
assisting ship
1004 Commenced firing on submarine
1014 Ceased firing
1129 Submarine surfaced. Completed scheduled exercises. Maneuvering
into Palermo swept channel
1220 Entered anti-submarine boom defenses
1245 Moored port side to north side pier 3, Naval
Operating Base, Palermo, Sicily
1250 USS MERRILL (DE-392) moored to starboard
side
9-26-44 1825 Two officers and six enlisted men departed
for attack teacher, N.O.B., Palermo, Sicily
2105 Attack teacher party returned
9-27-44 0730 Two officers and six enlisted men departed
for attack teacher, N.O.B., Palermo, Sicily
1145 Two officers and six enlisted men returned
from attack teacher
1153 HATCH, W. T. CQM, returned aboard from
in-patient treatment at
U.S. Naval Hospital, Palermo, Sicily,
having been admitted at 2150, 25 September, 1944,
for
treatment of injuries received from unknown origin
1700 USS MERRILL (DE-392) departed starboard side
1708 Underway standing out of Palermo Harbor
1715 Passed through anti-submarine defense boom
1716 Maneuvering out of swept channel
1800 Assumed position with Task Force 60 in
column closed order formation, interval between
ships
600 yards, with USS VANCE (DE-387) guide. Speed of advance 10 knots
9-28-44 0000 Underway
with Task Force 60 in Tyrrhenian Sea on course 2640 T, steaming in
column.
Speed
of advance 13 knots
1057 All hands to battle stations
1110 Commenced anti-aircraft battle practice, TARE type run to starboard. commenced firing
1111 Ceased firing
1113 Commenced firing
1114 Ceased firing
1116 Commenced firing
1117 Ceased firing
1119 Commenced firing
1120 Ceased firing
1123 Commenced firing
1124 Ceased firing
1127 Commenced firing
1128 Ceased
firing. Completed exercise. Expended following ammunition: 78 rounds
3”/50 AA
840
rounds 20mm AA and 239 rounds 40mm AA.
No casualties
1129 Secured from battle stations
1415 Maneuvering to assume station on starboard
flank of convoy GUS 53
1430 Assumed patrol station on base course 2930
T, at 175 R.P.M., speed of advance 10 knots
9-29-44 0625 Changed course to 2900 T, Convoy
forming broad front
0910 Departed station #8 to assume station #6
0945 Commenced independent patrol plan
9-30-44 0000 Underway
in Mediterranean Sea with Task Force 60 escorting convoy GUS 53.
Speed
of advance set at 9.5 knots. Patrolling
independently
0925 Speed of advance reduced to 7 knots
1025 Commanding
Officer held weekly inspection topsides.
Departed station to escort ship into
Algiers
Harbor
1040 Secured from inspection
1105 Relieved
by local escort (T-60) who will escort merchant ship into Algiers. Maneuvering
to
return to station
1115 Resumed station
1130 Departed station to close convoy for purpose
of arranging ships in first column in their proper order
1245 Resumed patrol station #6
1400 Commenced patrolling station on patrol plan
3
1430 Increased speed of advance to 9 knots
10-1-44 0855 Maneuvering
various courses and speeds patrolling and assisting Oran joiners
0900 Convoy
changed base course to 2750 T, speed of advance reduced to 6.5 Knots
1000 Resumed
patrolling station six (6)
1115 Speed
of advance increased to 9 knots
2230 Convoy
changed base course to 2640 T
10-2-44 1010 Convoy
commenced forming narrow front of four columns. Ceased patrol plan 3
1015 Convoy
executed emergency turn to starboard, course 3180 T
1030 Assumed
station on port flank of convoy
1140 Convoy
changed base course to 2730 T
1158 Convoy
changed base course to 2430 T
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. No absentees
1317 Secured from quarters. Held the following drills: 3”/50 gun crews, pointer, trainer
and
sightsetters drill; “E” Division and Damage control parties viewing
Fire-Fighting film;
depth
charge parties, signalmen and sonar men receiving Anti-Submarine warfare
instruction
20mm and 40mm Gun crews, gas mask drill
1400 Convoy
changed base course to 2370 T
1430 Secured
from all drills
1435 Convoy
changed base course to 2590 T
1524 Convoy
changed base course to 2550 T
1620 Convoy
commenced forming broad front, maneuvering to assume normal patrol station
1725 Assumed
patrol station, speed of advance 6 knots
1900 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
10-3-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes for zero time zone
1300 Called
all hands to quarters
1313 Increased speed to 265 R.P.M. All gun crews witnessing training film;
depth charge party
received
20mm instruction; “C” division held gas mask drill. Damage control parties holding
rescue-breathing apparatus drill
1530 Departed
station #6 to assume station “PETER”
1550 Commenced
patrolling independently on station “PETER”
10-4-44 0840 Departed
station to intercept radar target
0845 Identified
target as Portuguese gunboat
0900 Maneuvering
on various courses at various speeds approaching USS VANCE (DE-387)
0930 Commenced tactical maneuvers with USS VANCE
(DE-387) as guide, USS DURANT (DE-389)
and USS MERRILL (DE-392)
1200 Underway
as before, engaged in tactical maneuvers.
Speed of advance 10 knots
1301 Commenced
gunnery exercise “G-5”
1301 Fired
flare
1302 Commenced
firing
1303 Ceased
firing
1305 Fired
flare
1306 Commenced
firing
1307 Ceased
firing. Completed exercise “G-5”
1308 All
hands to battle stations
1313 Speed
of advance increased to 12 knots
1317 Convoy
changed base course to 2770 T
1321 Commenced
gunnery exercise “G-6”
1322 Commenced
firing, port run
1323 Ceased
firing
1324 Commenced
firing port run
1325 Ceased
firing
1326 Commenced
firing port run
1327 Ceased
firing
1331 Secured
from battle stations and exercise “G-6”
1336 Commenced
gunnery exercise “G-3”
1337 Fired
one (1) round 3”/50 A.A.
1338 Fired
one (1) round 3”/50 A.A.
1350 Fired
two (2) rounds 3”/50 A.A
1350 Secured from exercise “G-3”. Expended the following amount of ammunition
in all exercises:
Nine
(9) rounds 3”/50 cal. anti-aircraft; four hundred eighty (480) rounds 20mm;
one hundred nineteen (119) rounds 40mm;
two (2) rounds signal flares
1450 Maneuvering
preparatory to taking USS DURANT (DE-389) alongside
1459 USS
DURANT (DE-389) alongside to starboard to transfer motion pictures
1509 Transfer
of motion pictures completed. USS
DURANT (DE-389) departed from alongside
1515 Completed
tactical maneuvers. Maneuvering to
resume assigned patrol station
1540 Assumed
patrol station
10-5-44 1303 Held
locker inspection
1332 Secured
from locker inspection
1830 Increased
speed to investigate radar target
1843 Investigation
determined target to be passing clear of convoy. Returning to patrol station
1930 Resumed
patrol station
10-6-44 0200 Set
back ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to plus one (+1) zone time
1030 Commanding
Officer held regular weekly inspection below decks
1115 Secured
from inspection
1300 Called
all hands to quarters
1315 Secured
from quarters, all hands to abandon ship stations
1328 Secured abandon ship drill, held following
drills: “C” division, telephone talker
instruction;
gun
crews, training film on Mark 14 gun sight; Depth charge parties held depth
charge setting
drill; damage control parties received
instruction on setting up casualty power system
1400 Secured
from all drills
1630 Exercises
watch at action stations
10-7-44 0853 Departed
stations, to investigate radar contact bearing 2340 T, distance
23,000 yards
0855 Convoy
changed base course 2800 T
0917 Radar
contact identified as three merchant ships joining convoy with a local escort
from Azore Islands
1100 Maneuvering to take fuel from USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
1218 Forward
and after hose aboard
1222 Commenced
taking on fuel
1238 Completed
taking on fuel. Received 23,310 gallons
of diesel fuel from USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
1246 Forward and after fuel hoses cast off. Departed from alongside USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55)
returning to station “PETER”
1304 Convoy
increased speed of advance to 9.5 knots
1310 Convoy
changed course to 2820 T
1317 Commenced
exercising gun crews on exercise G-6
1329 Completed gunnery exercise G-6. Expended seventeen (17) rounds 3”/50
ammunition
and one hundred eighty (180) rounds
20mm AA ammunition
1352 Resumed
patrol station “PETER”.
1543 Departed
from patrol station “PETER” for T-2 exercise
1558 Changed
course to 0200 T, at 227 R.P.M., commencing T-2 exercise
1704 T-2
exercise completed. Maneuvering
returning to patrol station
1738 Resumed
regular patrol station
1815 Exercised
gun crews at “Action Stations”
1830 Convoy
changed base course to 2720 T
10-8-44 0810 Departed station, maneuvering to join USS
VANCE (DE-387), USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
and USS MERRILL (DE-392) in tactical
exercises
0845 Commenced tactical exercises with USS VANCE
(DE-387) in tactical command.
Maneuvering on various courses and
speeds
1120 Set
course 2650 T, at 212 R.P.M., having temporarily secured from
tactical exercises
1245 Resumed
tactical exercises
1304 Commenced
firing exercise GEORGE-5
1314 Exercise
GEORGE-5 completed, commenced firing exercise GEORGE-6
1325 Completed
exercise GEORGE-6, commenced firing exercise GEORGE-3
1350 Exercise
GEORGE-3 completed, commenced firing GEORGE-1
1411 All
gun crews to battle stations
1425 Changed
course to 1000 T
1430 Completed exercise GEORGE-1, secured gun
crews from battle stations having expended
the
following ammunition in gunnery exercises: 22 rounds 3”/50 cal. AA; 309 rounds
40mm;
1560 rounds 20mm; 4 smoke signals; no
casualties
1438 Steering
various courses, various speeds carrying out tactical maneuvers
1500 Secured
from maneuvers, set course 2300 T, at 325 R.P.M., to assume
station for carrying our TARE-2
exercise as target ship
1600 Commenced
TARE-2 exercise as target ship, base course 3300 T, at 240 R.P.M.,
on plan 19
1700 Completed
TARE-2 exercise. Maneuvering to assume
station #7
1720 On
station patrolling on patrol plan #3
10-9-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty minutes to plus two (+2) time zone
1330 Sections one (1) and two (2) of the deck
force held gas mask drill. Depth charge
parties
view 20mm training film
10-10-44 1500 Ceased
patrolling on plan 3
10-11-44 1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. No absentees
1315 Secured from quarters, held the following
drills: all hands to battle stations; steering casualty drills;
CIC
drill; tracking drill by gun crews; fire drill by damage control parties. Damage control
parties received drill in battle phone
talker procedure
1430 Secured
from all drills and battle stations
1900 Commenced
patrolling on plan 3
10-12-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to plus three (+3) zone time
1256 Commenced
patrolling stations 5 and 7
1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1315 Secured from quarters. Damage control parties receiving first aid
instruction. 20mm and 40mm
gun
crews shown movie on 44mm gun. Depth charge parties and 3”/50 gun crews
receiving
instruction on 20mm gun
1400 Secured
from drills
1415 “C”
division received instructions on duties of gangway watch
1512 Returned
to station #7, patrolling on plan 3
10-13-44 0915 Held rescue and survivors drill. Expended one (1) No. 2 impulse charge.
Maneuvering on various
courses at various speeds
0939 Secured
from rescue and survivors drill.
Maneuvering to resume station
0942 Resumed
station
1030 Commanding
Officer holding weekly inspection below decks
1100 Exercises
depth charge watch at action stations
1112 Secured
from inspection
1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1308 Departed
station #7 to station #10, Maneuvering to assume new station
1315 Held
uniform inspection of crew
1330 Secured
from inspection and quarters
1341 Assumed
station #10, resumed patrolling on plan 3
10-14-44 1030 Commanding
Officer held weekly topside inspection
1110 Secured
from inspection
10-15-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to zone plus four (+4) time zone
0410 Departed
station to direct merchant ship #15 into position
0509 Resumed
station
1045 Increased
speed to 360 R.P.M., to assume patrol station #8
1053 Assumed
patrol station #8, reduced speed to 160 R.P.M
1135 Departed
station #8 to close escort on station #1
1200 Underway
as before to close escort #1 and receive visual dispatch
1219 Departed convoy in accordance with orders
Commander Task Force 60
(visual
dispatch 151555 October 1944) in Latitude 350 32’N, Longitude 670
25’W,
escorting
HMS TROUNCER (LST [3] 3523) to buoy XS Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Set base course 2820 T, at
365 R.P.M. Speed of advance 18 knots
1329 Reduced
speed to 325 R.P.M.
1400 Commenced
patrolling on zig-zag plan 8, speed of advance 16.75 knots
1822 Reduced
speed to 300 R.P.M. Ceased zig-zag plan
#8
10-16-44 0000 Underway in North Atlantic Ocean escorting
H.M.S. TROUNCER (LST [3] 3523) to
buoy XS. Speed of advance 14.75 knots
0600 Commenced
patrolling on zig-zag plan 8, speed of advance 16.75 knots
0730 Ceased
patrolling on plan 8, changed course to 2920 T, speed of advance 18
knots
1005 Sighted
Chesapeake Bay Approach buoy XS, bearing 2900 T, distance 9 miles
1025 Buoy XS abeam to port. Departed company of H.M.S. TROUNCER (LST
[3] 3523)
to rejoin convoy GUS 53
1300 Mustered
all hands to quarters
1320 Secured from quarters. “C” division receiving instruction in small
arms; Damage control parties
holding handy-billy drill and instruction
1350 Reduced
speed to 240 R.P.M., due to break in fuel line on #3 engine
1647 Maneuvering
effecting rendezvous with convoy GUS 53
1705 Maneuvering
to assume station #3
1739 Assumed
station #3. Speed of advance 8
knots. Commenced patrolling independently
10-17-44 0458 Departed
station #3 to assume station ABLE
0534 Assumed
station ABLE
0648 Departed
station to divert friendly merchant vessel
0708 Returning
to station #3
0731 Assumed
station #3
0733 Convoy forming narrow front to enter Chesapeake
Bay Approach swept channel.
Assumed station on starboard flank of
convoy
0824 Buoy
XS abeam to port
0830 Commenced
patrolling starboard flank of convoy
1230 Commenced
patrolling vicinity of buoy S-10
1315 Maneuvering
to go alongside USS DURANT (DE-389) to exchange movies
1337 First
line over, exchanging movies
1340 Let go
all lines, departed from USS DURANT (DE-389)
1340 Relieved of escort duty with convoy GUS 53,
in latitude 360 53’N, longitude 750 26’W,
set course 0850 T, at 360 R.P.M.,
speed of advance 20 knots
1550 Buoy XRAY-SUGAR abeam to port close aboard,
changed course to 0510 T, reduced speed
to 325 R.P.M., speed of advance 18
knots
10-18-44 0000 Underway in North Atlantic Ocean with Escort
Division 45, less USS MERRILL (DE-392),
steaming in column, of which USS
LANSING (DE-388) is third ship
0505 Lighted whistle buoy “A” abeam to port,
close aboard, standing up New York
Harbor swept channel
0717 Lighted
bell buoy “I” abeam to port close aboard, proceeding up Ambrose channel
independently
0800 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets
0800 Underway
as before, standing into Gravesend Bay
0810 Anchored on the following bearings, in 42
feet of water to 45 fathoms of port chain,
Fort Lafayette, 3210 T,
Ambrose Channel Lighted buoy 18-A, 2030 T
0818 CG 80001 (ex-GOMOL) along port
side. Lieutenant Comdr. ELLIOTT, USNR,
Lieutenant
(jg) SMITH, USNR, and Mr. KNOPPLE, Mechanical Engineer,
Navy Yard, New York, reported aboard
for temporary duty in connection with post repair trial
0825 Underway
standing out of Gravesend Bay for engine trial run
0840 Passed
through anti-submarine defense nets
0850 Standing
down Chapel Hill Channel
0935 Reversed
course, standing up Chapel Hill Channel
1003 Entered
anti-submarine defense nets
1012 Fort
Lafayette Light abeam to port
1030 Gowanus
Flats Lighted buoy “24” abeam to starboard
1045 Gowanus
Flats Lighted buoy “30” abeam to starboard, standing up Buttermilk Channel
1104 Passed
under Brooklyn Bridge
1109 YT 173
(USS MANISTEE) along port side.
Pilot COTTRELL aboard
1116 Moored starboard side to port side of USS J
W WARD (DE-243), North Side Pier 6,
New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1207 Commenced
taking steam, water and electricity from the dock
1210 Lieutenant Comdr. ELLIOTT, USNR, Lieutenant
(jg) SMITH, USNR
departed, temporary duty completed this
date
10-19-44 0430 Received from Supply Officer, Navy yard, New
York, the following for the general mess,
18 lb cinnamon buns, 18 lb. Doughnuts,
20 lb. Cake, 20 lb. Bread, 20 gallons milk
0930 Working party of sixteen (16) men reported
aboard from Manhattan Beach
Receiving Station, New York
1030 YMT 19 (USS NYACK), YMT 173 (USS
MANISTEE), YMT 151 (USS KONOKA),
and YMT 112 (USS ACTIVE) alongside
to port
1053 Underway
with USS J W WARD (DE-243) in tow of tugs to shift berth
1115 USS J.
W. WARD (DE-243) departed
1125 YMT 19 (USS NYACK), YMT 173 (USS
MANISTEE), YMT 151 (USS KONOKA),
and
YMT 112 (USS ACTIVE) departed.
Moored starboard side to starboard side
USS CHAMBERS (DE-391) south side pier
“G” berth 13
1559 Working
party of sixteen (16) men departed for Manhattan Beach, New York
1915 USS
BALDWIN (DD-624) moored alongside to port
2338 USS
BALDWIN (DD-624) departed from alongside
10-20-44 0500 Received from Supply Officer, Navy yard,
Brooklyn, New York, sixty (60) pounds bread,
twenty
(20) gallons milk, eighteen (18) pounds cinnamon buns, eighteen (18) pounds
doughnuts,
and twenty (20) pounds plain cake for
general mess
0800 Liberty
party returned on time. Yard workmen
aboard engaged in various alterations and repairs
0903 Working party of sixteen (16) men reported
aboard from Manhattan Beach Receiving Station,
New York
1500 Granted regular liberty to expire 0800
tomorrow. Working party of sixteen (16)
men departed
for Manhattan Beach, New York
1935 Navy
Barge YSR 15 (GLOBE #15 –sludge removal barge) moored to port
10-21-44 0000 Moored starboard side to starboard side USS
CHAMBERS (DE-391) pier "G" berth 13,
Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. YSR 15 moored alongside
0520 Received from Supply Officer, Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, New York, forty (40) pounds of bread,
twenty
(20) gallons of milk, thirty (30) pies, thirty-six (36) pounds of buns,
thirty-six (36) pounds of jelly rolls
and forty (40) pounds of cake
10-22-44 1420 USS
RICKETTS (DE-254) moored alongside port side
1422 All
dock service secured
1430 Tugs
alongside
1440 Underway
in tow, enroute to dry dock #2
1452 Through
gate of dry dock #2, New York navy Yard
1455 All
line over tugs cast off
1515 Commenced
receiving dock service
1517 Gate
in place commenced pumping
1525 Stern
on keel blocks
1540 Bow at
rest on keel blocks
1600 In
drydock #2, Navy yard, New York, with USS RICKETTS (DE-254)
1640 Pumping completed
10-23-44 1245 Working party of twenty-one (21) men
reported aboard from Manhattan Beach
receiving station, New York
1530 Working party of twenty-one (21) men
departed for Manhattan Beach Receiving Station,
New York
10-24-44 0800 Yard
workmen aboard engaged in various alterations and repairs
0915 Working party of nineteen (19) men reported
aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training station, New York
1220 Commenced
flooding dry dock
1315 Vessel
waterborne. Draft forward, eleven (11) feet,
aft, eleven (11) feet, two (2) inches
1440 Underway in tow of YT-151 (USS KONOKA)
and YT-173 (USS MANISTEE),
USS RICKETTS (DE-254) along port side
1448 Moored starboard side to port side of USS
KNOX (DE-580) at North side of Pier G,
Berth 14, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New
York. USS RICKETTS (DE-254) moored to
port side
1530 Working
party of nineteen (19) men departed for Manhattan Beach Training Station, New
York
10-25-44 0800 Yard
workmen aboard engaged in various alterations and repairs
0900 Working party of sixteen (16) men reported
aboard from Manhattan Beach
Training Station, New York
1035 Received
two (2) fuse setters and one (1) gun trainer from New York NavyYard
1530 Working
party of sixteen (16) men departed for Manhattan Beach Training Station, New
York
10-26-44 0925 Working
party of seventeen (17) men reported aboard from Manhattan Beach Training
Station
1430 Working
party of seventeen (17) men departed for Manhattan Beach Training Station
10-27-44 1010 Received
from Supply Officer, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, fifteen (15) pies for
general mess
1030 Commenced
holding dock trials
1047 Secured
dock trials
1600 Fuel
barge YO-64 alongside to port.
Commenced taking on fuel
1715 Completed
taking on fuel. Received 38,388 gallons
diesel oil
10-28-44 0800 Yard
workmen aboard making various alterations and repairs
0910 Working
party of fifteen (15) men from Manhattan Beach Training Station, aboard
1200 Working
party of fifteen (15) men departed for Manhattan Beach, New York
1600 Mustered
crew at quarters
1610 Secured
from quarters
1630 Granted
liberty to those members of crew not having been on leave, liberty to expire
2400 this date
2400 All
liberty party returned on time
10-29-44 0800 Secured
dock services, water, electricity and steam
0811 Navy tugs YTB 151 (USS KONOKA) and
YTB 173 (USS MANISTEE) alongside
to assist in undocking
0830 Cast
off all lines, underway standing out of Navy Yard
0831 Tugs
departed, maneuvering standing down New York Harbor
0929 Passed
through anti-submarine defense booms
0935 Main channel lighted whistle buoy 17, abeam
to starboard, close aboard, commenced
standing down Chapel Hill Channel
1028 Moored
starboard side to east side of US Naval Ammunition Dock, Leonardo, New Jersey
1045 Commenced
taking on ammunition
1137 Completed loading ammunition, having
received from Naval Ammunition Depot,
Earle,
New Jersey; 180 rounds 3”/50 cal AA; 112 rounds 3”/50 cal. AP;
40
rounds 3”/50 cal. AP; 3060 rounds 20mm A.A., H.E.T.; 1980 rounds 20mm A.A.,
H.E.T.;
180 rounds 20mm B.L.P.; 320 rounds 40mm
H.E.I.T.S.D.; 688 rounds 40mm A.P.T.
1137 Transferred following to Naval Ammunition
Depot, Earle, New Jersey;
six (6) Mark VIII depth charges; 152
rounds 3”/50 cal. A.P.
1147 Underway,
standing away from ammunition dock, enroute to anchorage
1157 Moored Sandy Hook Bay in 30 feet of water to
45 fathoms of port chain, on following bearings:
Half Moon Hotel 0150 T;
Sandy Hook Light 087½0 T; Navesink Light 1520 T
1410 CG
57018 along starboard side
1415 CG
57018 departed starboard side
1805 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1814 Underway
standing out of Sandy Hook Bay
1820 Standing
out Gedney Channel
1847 Examination
vessel abeam to starboard
1850 Gedney
Channel lighted whistle buoy close abeam to port
1900 Set
course 1620 T, standing out of swept channel
10-30-44 0000 Underway North Atlantic Ocean with Escort
Division 45 less USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
and
USS MERRILL (DE-392) enroute to Portland, Maine. Steaming second ship
in column on course 0890 T
at 220 RPM, speed of advance 13 knots
0700 USS
CALCATERRA (DE-390) joined formation
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1325 Secured from quarters. All hands at battle stations. All gun crews held drills.
Damage Control parties receiving
instruction in fire-fighting
1351 Secured
from battle stations
10-31-44 0000 Underway North Atlantic Ocean with Escort
Division 45 less USS MERRILL (DE-392)
enroute
to Portland, Maine. Steaming second
ship in column on course 3300T at 245 RPM,
speed of advance 14 knots
0625 Portland Harbor Approach Lighted Buoy to
port. Standing up swept channel and into
Casco Bay, Maine
0742 Anchored in berth “O” in 40 (40) feet of
water to thirty fathoms of port chain,
on
the following bearings: Waites Landing Light, 2730 T; Brothers
Island beacon, 2360T,
Clapboard Island beacon 0390T
0900 DesLant
Damage Control inspection party, aboard for inspection and drills
0938 Damage
Control Parties set “Condition Baker”
1017 All
Hands to Battle Stations for battle problem
1110 Secured
from Battle Stations
1115 All
DesLant inspection parties departed having completed inspection and exercises
1445 Veered
port chain fifteen (15) fathoms to forty-five (45) fathoms
1944 YTL 719
along starboard side
2255 Received
from USS ALCOR (AR-10) twenty four (24) plaster-loaded A/S Projectiles, Mark 10
2307 Mr.
PERCELL, Western Electric Technician aboard
11-1-44 0045 Mr.
PERCELL, Western Electric Technician departed
0740 Lieut.
HATCH, USCG, departed in charge of a party of four (4) officers
and forty seven (47) men for General
School, Portland, Maine. Lieut. DOOR,
USCGR,
departed with a party of two (2)
officers and twenty (20) men for Fire Fighters School, Casco Bay, Maine
0902 CG
83426 alongside; Lieutenant BERG, USNR,
and five (5) men aboard
for purpose of calibrating Radio
Direction Finder
0940 YG 25
alongside for disposal of ships garbage and trash
1015 Received
from Director of training, Training Films:
Ships Nomenclature;
Radar Jamming, and Battle of Russia
1020 YG-25
departed from alongside
1045 Lieutenant
BERG, and five (5) men departed ship
1046 CG
83426 departed from alongside
1047 HATCH,
W. T. S2c(RdM) departed for USS ALCOR (AR-10)
for medical examination. Detained aboard USS ALCOR (AR-10) for observation; diagnosis, possible mumps
1420 Motorboat
from USS ALCOR (AR-10) alongside. Mr.
CHASE, Radio Corporation of American
Representative aboard for purpose of
checking S1a Radar
1430 Signalmen
strikers completed one (1) hour flag hoist drill with USS ALCOR (AR-10)
1535 Party
returned aboard from fire-fighting school
1600 Liberty
boat alongside. Granted liberty to
Starboard Section to expire at 0100, 2 November, 1944,
at Navy Pier, Portland, Maine. Ships liberty party departed
1635 Mr.
CHASE, Radio Corporation of America Representative departed for USS ALCOR
(AR-10)
in ships boat
1650 Party
attending General School, Navy Pier, Portland, Maine, returned aboard
1755 YF-1023
alongside
1803 YF-1023
departed from alongside
11-2-44 0220 CG
38677 alongside to deliver message
0245 CG
38677 departed alongside
1430 Signalmen
and signalmen strikers completed one (1) hour flag hoist drill with USS ALCOR
(AR-10)
1432 All gun
crews called to battle stations. Held
tracking drill
1450 All
gun crews secured from battle stations
1500 Quartermasters
commenced holding steering casualty drills
1530 Quartermasters
secured from Steering casualty drills
1526 YG 25
alongside to port for disposal of ship’s garbage and trash
1555 YG 25
departed from alongside
1840 YTB
272 (USS IWANA) along port side.
Received supplies from Supply Officer,
U.S. Navy Section Base, Portland Maine
1845 YTB
272 (USS IWANA) departed port side
11-3-44 1025 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1033 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
1101 Passed
anti-submarine defense nets, standing down swept channel
1139 Lighted
buoy “PETER BAKER” abeam to port close aboard
1217 In
operating area for Anti-submarine Warfare Exercises with submarine S-20 in
company
with USS VANCE (DE-387) and FNS
SENEGALSE (T22)
1227 Submarine
submerged commenced scheduled exercises
1530 Secured
from anti-submarine warfare exercises. Having expended 12 plaster
loaded Mark X hedge hog projectiles
1555 Fired
full depth charge pattern – one casualty – faulty primer in impulse charge,
expended
12 Mark IX depth charges, 7 arbors, 8
number 2 impulse charges
1620 Portland
Approach Lighted buoy abeam to port close aboard, standing up Portland Approach
Channel
1724 Entered
anti-submarine defense nets, steering various courses, various speeds to
mooring
1752 SOPA
Motor launch alongside and departed with ASW Staff Officers
1802 Moored
port side to USS CHAMBERS (DE-391) at berth Able-1 Casco Bay, Maine
2010 DesLant
Staff Communications Officer aboard to make communications inspection
2150 Navy
Water Barge YW-87 alongside to starboard to deliver fresh water
2215 YW-87
departed having transferred 27 tons fresh water
2235 DesLant
Staff Communications Officer departed
11-4-44 0705 DesLant
Engineering Staff Officer reported aboard
0705 DesLant
Radar Staff Officer aboard for inspection
1009 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
1028 Passed
through Anti-submarine Defense Boom, standing down Swept Channel
1040 Visibility
zero, due to fog
1201 Anchored
in ninety (90) feet of water to seventy-five (75) fathoms of port chain 2000
East
of Portland Harbor Approach Buoy “PB”
1447 Underway
standing down swept Channel for exercise area
1529 Called
all Gun Crews to Battle Stations
1530 In
company with USS VANCE (DE-387) and USS CHAMBERS (DE-391)
1550 Commenced
scheduled exercise TDD, Anti Aircraft Battle Practice
1551 Commenced
firing on port run
1552 Ceased
firing
1553 Commenced
firing on starboard run
1554 Ceased
firing
1556 Commenced
firing on port run
1557 Ceased
firing
1612 Completed
exercise, secured Gun Crews. Expended
fifteen (15) rounds 3”/50 A.A.;
120 rounds 20 mm A.A. and twenty-nine
(29) rounds of 40mm A.A. No casualties
1654 Maneuvering
standing up Swept Channel
1726 Entered
Anti-submarine Defense Booms
1750 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS DURANT (DE-389) at Berth “A-1” in Casco Bay,
Maine
1820 USS
VANCE (DE-387) moored to port side
2338 RCA
Radar Technician came aboard to check equipment
11-5-44 0145 RCA
Radar Technician departed
0730 USS
VANCE (DE-387) departed port side
0739 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
0738 Passed
through Anti-submarine Defense Boom, standing into Swept Channel
0821 Commenced
maneuvering vicinity “Peter Baker” due to decreased visibility
0900 Anchored
in Gulf of Maine in 16 fathoms of water to 60 fathoms port chain on following
bearings:
Portland Approach Buoy “PETER BAKER”
2710 T, West Cod Ledge Buoy 3150 T
1110 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1116 Underway
maneuvering vicinity buoy “PETER”.
1415 Maneuvering
to conduct breeches buoy drill with USS DURANT (DE-389)
1437 USS
DURANT (DE-389) alongside, first line secured
1440 Seaman
from USS DURANT (DE-389) passed over by breeches buoy and returned
1445 Let go
all lines, maneuvering to rejoin balance of Division, in vicinity of Portland
Channel Approach Buoy
1542 Maneuvering
standing up Portland Approach Channel
1632 Entered
anti-submarine defense booms
1656 Moored
starboard side to East side pier “Fox”, Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine
1738 Commenced
receiving fuel draft
1745 Commenced
taking on fresh water
1758 Completed
fueling having received 10,547 gallons of fuel
11-6-44 0739 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay
0757 Passed
through anti-submarine defense booms, standing down swept Channel
0820 Reversed
course returning to port in accordance with orders SOPA, Casco Bay, Maine
maneuvering various courses, various
speeds standing up swept channel
0852 Passed
anti-submarine defense booms
0910 Anchored
in Casco Bay, Maine, at Berth “9” in fifty eight (58) feet of water to sixty
(60) fathoms
of port chain on following
bearings: Little Chebeag Island Light
0400 T; Clapboard Island Light, 3220 T
1529 Underway
standing out of Casco Bay, Maine
1608 Passed
through anti-submarine defense booms, standing down swept Channel
1646 Portland
Harbor approach buoy abeam to port. In
company with USS VANCE (DE-387)
and USS CALCATERRA (DE-390), formation
column of ships, distance 800 yards
11-7-44 1517 Lighted
whistle buoy “C” abeam to port distance ½ mile, standing up New York Harbor
swept channel
1630 Gedney
Channel Lighted whistle buoy abeam to starboard. Maneuvering standing up Gedney Channel
1703 Maneuvering
into Sandy Hook Bay and Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, New Jersey
1754 Moored
starboard side to east side Pier 1, Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, New Jersey
1907 Underway
standing out of Naval Ammunition Depot and Sandy Hook Bay
1925 Standing
up Chapel Hill Channel
1947 Entered
Ambrose Channel, standing up Ambrose Channel and into The Narrows
2005 Fort
Lafayette Light abeam to starboard
2009 Maneuvering
in Upper Bay
2106 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS VANCE (DE-387) at South Side of Pier #9,
Naval Frontier Base, Staten Island, New
York
2225 USS
DURANT (DE-389) moored to port side
11-8-44 1016 FRIEDMAN,
Chief Radio Electrician, USN, reported aboard from U.S. Naval Frontier Base,
Tompkinsville, New York, to effect
repairs to Sonar equipment
1018 FAIL,
SF1c, USN, reported aboard from U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Tompkinsville,
New York, with working party to repair
port life raft cradle
1136 FRIEDMAN,
Chief Radio Electrician, USN departed
1900 FAIL,
SF1c, USN, departed with working party.
KLOTZ, SF2c, USN, reported aboard from
U.S. Naval Frontier Base,
Tompkinsville, New York, with working party
2045 SIDWELL,
EM1c, USN, reported aboard from U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Tompkinsville,
New York, to effect repairs to portable
transmitter of bull horn
2315 SIDWELL,
EM1c, USN, departed
11-9-44 0045 KLOTZ,
SF2c, USN, and working party departed
0740 ROSENBLATT,
SF3/c, reported aboard, with working party, from U.S. Naval Frontier Base,
Tompkinsville, New York
1000 Commenced
taking on fuel from YO-166
1100 Completed
taking on fuel; received 10622 gallons
1545 ROSENBLATT,
SF3/c, USN, and working party of eight (8) men departed ship
11-10-44 0315 USS
DURANT (DE-389) departed from alongside to port
0340 YTB-344
(USS SWATANE) alongside.
Underway standing out of Lower Bay
0404 Entering
The Narrows
0445 Ambrose
Channel Entrance lighted whistle buoy “1A” abeam to starboard; Standing down
Ambrose Channel and New York Harbor
approach swept channel
0715 Lighted
whistle buoy “A” abeam to port.
Commenced patrol of area west of, and adjacent to,
convoys base course 1960 T
1130 Assumed
station #3 on starboard bow of convoy UGS 60, New York section. Commenced
patrolling station independently. Speed of advance 8 knots
11-11-44 0000 Underway
with Escort Division 45, less USS MERRILL (DE-392) and
USS CHAMBERS (DE-391) escorting New
York Section of convoy UGS 60
0240 Departed
station to divert unidentified ship from path of convoy
0325 Returned
to assigned station
1015 Departed
patrol station to investigate apparent difficulty of ship #33 of convoy
1033 Patrolling
area about disabled merchant ship #33
1100 Ship
#33 effected repairs. Maneuvering to
rejoin convoy
1132 Convoy
reduced speed of advance to 6 knots
1134 Maneuvering
in search of lifeboat lost by convoy ship #13
1145 Sighted
lifeboat
1159 With
lifeboat in tow, maneuvering to rejoin convoy
1405 Maneuvering
approaching merchant ship #13
1415 Cast
lifeboat adrift. Standing by while
convoy merchant ship #13 picks up lifeboat
1527 USS
VANCE (DE-387) alongside to starboard
1532 Received
from USS VANCE (DE-387) confidential mail.
USS VANCE (DE-387) departed
1540 Maneuvering
to assume station #8 in accordance with Escort Plan
1640 Assumed
station #8, commenced patrolling
1900 Commenced
patrolling on plan #3
2246 Departed
patrol station to determine damage to disabled merchant ship
11-12-44 0000 Maneuvering
directing disabled merchant ship clear of convoy and returning stragglers to
convoy
0026 Maneuvering
to resume patrol station
0100 Resumed
patrol of station
11-13-44 1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1323 Secured
from quarters. Called all hands to
battle stations. Damage control parties
held
shoring instruction, gun crews held
loading drill, CIC held plotting drill, and depth charge parties
held loading drill
1337 Commenced
test firing
1352 Ceased
test firing. Expended eight (8) rounds
3”/50 caliber AA ammunition,
seven hundred eighty (780_ rounds 20mm
AA ammunition, and one hundred twelve (112)
rounds 40mm ammunition
1445 Secured
from all drills
11-14-44 0200 Advanced
ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to +3 zone time
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1317 Secured
from quarters all hands to abandon ship stations
1330 Secured
from abandon ship stations, held following drills: Gun crews holding casualty drill,
General quarters talkers and depth
charge crews receiving talker instructions; signalmen and
quartermasters receiving quartermaster instruction
1436 Ready
gun crews to action stations, commenced firing
1445 Secured
from gunnery exercises having expended 5 rounds 3”/50 cal. AA, 390 rounds 20mm
–
one casualty #10 20mm broken hammer -
repaired
11-15-44 1300 Mustered
all hands at quarters
1320 Secured
from quarters. Held the following
drills: 3”/50 caliber gun crews loading
drill;
depth charge parties, loading drill;
20mm and 40mm gun crews saw 20mm instruction film;
signalmen received quartermaster
instruction; damage control parties received instruction
1400 Departed
station to assume position for “Tare” 2 exercise as target ship
1600 Taking
station for tracking exercise
1600 Patrolling
on Plan 20 for tracking exercise
1705 Completed
tracking exercise, maneuvering to escort straggler
1726 Maneuvering
to assume patrol station
1829 Assumed
station 8, patrolling on plan 3
11-16-44 1035 Increased
speed to 300 RPM to assume station 6
1055 Commenced
patrolling station 6
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1315 Secured
from quarters. Held the following
drills: Signalmen and quartermasters
holding
range finder drill; 20mm gun crews and
depth charge parties – 20mm loading drill; 40mm gun crews
40mm
loading drill; 3”/50 caliber gun crews viewing training film; damage
control parties
receiving shoring instruction
11-17-44 1030 Ceased
patrolling on Plan 3
1030 Commanding
officer held ships inspection
1215 Secured
from inspection
11-20-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks ahead sixty (60) minutes to zone plus two (+2) time
0705 Departed
patrol station to escort USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) in accordance orders
Commander Task Force 60 of 19 November,
1944, (latitude 370 12’ N, longitude 320 19’ W),
maneuvering to close USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
0840 Assumed
patrol station on USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
11-21-44 0000 Underway
in North Atlantic Ocean escorting USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) enroute Bermuda Island
2037 Short
circuit occurred on electrical panel board in ‘B4’ engine room. Power failure on all pumps
and electrical equipment throughout ship,
all engines stopped. Emergency
generator cut in
2040 Shifted
to hand steering
2045 Power
restored
2046 Shifted
steering to wheelhouse
11-22-44 1330 Damage
control parties holding shoring drill, 40mm gun crews witnessing training film
1400 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to zone plus three (+3) time
1320 Secured
from all drills
11-24-44 0456 #3
ships service generator stopped due to failure of fuel pump. Loss of electric power
throughout ship resulted
0458 #2
ships service generator placed in operation.
#1 and #2 main propulsion engines in operation
0501 All
main propulsion engines in operation
11-25-44 0100 USS
KENNEBEC (AO-36) stopped to effect repairs to main steam line
0103 Maneuvering
on various courses screening USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
11-26-44 1250 Bermuda
Swept Channel Buoy abeam to starboard, standing up Swept Channel
1305 Standing
into Narrows
1315 Standing
into Murray’s anchorage
1340 Maneuvering
to go alongside USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
1409 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) in Murray’s Anchorage,
Bermuda Islands
1500 Commenced
receiving diesel fuel oil from USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
1526 Completed
receiving fuel oil. Received 34,035
gallons of diesel fuel oil
1555 Underway
for Port Royal Bay, Bermuda Islands
1704 Anchored
in Port Royal Bay, Bermuda B.W.I. in berth PR-6 in 7 fathoms of water to
45 fathoms of port chain on the
following bearings: Gibbs Hill Light
1090T, right tangent
Morgan Island 0200T, Tucker Island Water
Tower 3550T
11-27-44 0900 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to zone plus four (+4) time
1100 Delivered
one gun train indicator Mark 23 Mod. 3 to USS ALTAIR (AD-11)
11-28-44 0755 Barge
YG-22 moored to port side
0805 Barge
YG-22 departed port side
11-29-44 0810 Barge
YG-22 moored to starboard side
0834 Barge
YG-22 departed starboard side
0927 Lieut.
HATCH, USCGR departed in charge of a party of one (1) officer and
six (6) enlisted men for Attack
Teacher, N.O.B. Bermuda
1144 Received
from USS ALTAIR (AD-11) Fire Control Shop one gun train indicator Mark
23 Mod 3
1200 Lieut.
HATCH, USCGR returned with party of one (1) officer and six (6)
enlisted men from Attack Teach, N.O.B.
Bermuda
1630 Lieut.
DOOR, USCGR departed with a party of one (1) officer and
forty-seven (47) enlisted men for AATC,
Warwick Parish, Bermuda
2015 Lieut.
DOOR, USCGR reported aboard with party of one (1) officer and
forty-seven (47) enlisted men from
AATC, Warwick Parish, Bermuda
11-30-44 0925 Lieutenant
HATCH, departed with party of 2 officers and 8 enlisted men for
Attack Teacher, N.O.B., Bermuda
1047 Barge
YG-22 along port side
1142 Barge
YG-22 departed from port side
1157 Lieutenant
HATCH and party returned from Attack Teacher
1504 Lieutenant
DOOR, departed with 50 enlisted men for AATC, Warwick Parish, Bermuda
1632 Commenced
heaving around on anchor
1638 Underway
to shift anchorage
1648 Anchored
in berth PR-6, Port Royal Bay, Bermuda, in 7 fathoms of water to 45 fathoms
of port chain on the following
bearings: Gibbs Hill Light 1100 T; Pearle Island Light, 0200
T;
Water Tank Morgan’s Island, 3560T
1920 Lieut.
DOOR, and party of 50 enlisted men returned from AATC, Warwick Parish, Bermuda
12-1-44 0840 All
depth charge parties departed for instruction at N.O.B., Bermuda
0840 Barge
YG-22 along starboard side
0850 Barge
YG-22 departed from starboard side
1052 All
depth charge parties returned from Naval Operating Base, Bermuda
1326 Recreation
party departed for Riddells Bay, Bermuda
1720 Recreation
party returned from Riddells Bay, Bermuda
12-2-44 0940 Lieut.
HATCH and party of 3 officers and 5 enlisted men departed for
Attack Teacher at N.O.B., Bermuda
1215 Lieut.
HATCH and Attack Teacher party returned
1225 Barge YG-22
along starboard side
1246 Barge
YG-22 departed from starboard side
12-3-44 1234 Sea
Barge #16 along port side
1330 Sea
Barge #16 departed port side. Received
5940 gallons of water
1600 YG-22
along port side
1605 YG-22
departed port side
12-4-44 0741 Underway
standing out of Port Royal Bay, Bermuda
0802 Maneuvering
standing down DunDonald Channel
0825 DunDonald
Channel Buoy #34 abeam to starboard, entered Ship Channel
0900 Underway
standing out of Bermuda Swept Channel
0930 Bermuda
Swept Channel Buoy abeam to port close aboard, commenced escorting
USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1315 Secured
from quarters, held the following drills:
Battle Stations; Signalmen holding
flag hoist drill with USS KENNEBEC (AO-36);
Rescue of Survivors drill; 3”/50 cal.
gun crews holding loading drill; 20mm
and 40mm gun crews receiving instruction on 40mm guns;
C.I.C. plotting team holding plotting
drill
1410 Secured
from all drills and instruction
12-5-44 2105 USS
KENNEBEC (AO-36) reported steering casualty.
Increased speed to 280 RPM
steering various courses conducting
screening operations
2110 Steering
casualty reported repaired. Steering
various courses to resume station
2124 Assumed
regular patrol station
12-6-44 0738 Effected
rendezvous with UGS 62 in Latitude 350 49’ N, Longitude 540
16’ W
1159 Advanced
ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to Zone plus three (+3) time
1320 Maneuvering
to assume position astern tanker USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) during fueling exercises
1327 Assumed
station
1400 Mustered
crew at quarters
1420 Secured
from quarters. Held the following
drills and instruction: Man overboard
drill;
closure drill by damage control
parties; 3’/50 gun crews – loading drill; 20mm gun crews and
depth charge parties receiving
instruction on 20mm guns; 40mm gun crews receiving instructions
on 40mm guns; signalmen receiving
quartermaster instructions; quartermasters receiving
signaling instruction
1515 Secured
from all drills
1745 USS
KENNEBEC (AO-36) completed fueling exercises.
Maneuvering to assume station
ahead of USS KENNEBEC (AO-36)
1817 Assumed
station
12-7-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean escorting USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) operating with convoy
UGS 62 (Task Force 62)
0828 Maneuvering
to assume position astern of USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) during fueling exercises
0839 Assumed
station
1229 Maneuvering
to go alongside USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) to take on fuel
1237 Alongside
USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) for fueling
1239 Received
first line
1247 Received
fuel line forward
1250 Received
fuel line aft
1254 Fuel
line aft broke loose
1255 Commenced
receiving fuel forward
1313 Received
fuel line aft
1325 Commenced
receiving fuel aft
1330 Fuel
line aft broke loose. Completed
fueling, received 16,040 gallons of diesel fuel oil.
*HATCH, W. T. Cox was rendered
unconscious by blow on head from after fuel line
which broke loose. Injured man taken to sick-bay, revived and
cleansed of fuel oil.
Upon examination no permanent or
temporary injuries found
1340 Maneuvering
to assume assigned station in escort screen
1345 Assumed
assigned station, commenced patrolling on Plan #3. Commenced firing George 3 Exercise
1432 Completed
George 3 Exercise. Expended 31 rounds
3”/50 caliber AA and 26 rounds
40mm AA, no casualties
12-8-44 1300 Released
by USS KENNEBEC (AO-36) for escort duty with Task Force 62 escorting
convoy UGS 62 in Latitude 370
15’ N Longitude 460 30’ W
1323 Maneuvering
to assume escort station #3
1340 Assumed
station #3, patrolling on patrol plan 3
1707 All
hands to Battle Stations
1732 Secured
from Battle Stations
12-9-44 0900 Signalmen
and Quartermasters holding signal drill
1000 Advanced
ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to zone +2 time
1730 All
hands to Battle Stations
1802 Secured
from Battle Stations
12-11-44 0109 Relieved
of escort duties with Task Force 62 at Latitude 37008’ N, Longitude
36002’W.
Maneuvering out of convoy screen
0130 Set course to rejoin Task Force 60
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters
1315 Secured
from quarters. Held the following
drills: Depth charge drill for depth
charge parties;
Resusitation drill for “O” division;
first aid training film for “C” division; fire-fighting instruction
for damage control parties and “E”
division
1415 Secured
from all drills and instruction
12-12-44 0155 Rendezvoused
with Task Force 60 escorting convoy GUS 60 in latitude 33036’north,
longitude 40026’West
0235 Assumed
patrol station 9, commenced patrolling on Plan 3
0905 Maneuvering
astern of convoy to investigate straggler and escort her until returned to
station
0940 Commenced
patrolling ahead of straggler, number 64
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters. Held the following
drills and instructions: quartermasters
holding
signal drill, signalmen holding
quartermaster instruction, damage control parties holding fire fighting drill
1430 Secured
from instruction and drill
1645 Ceased
screening ship number 64 and commenced screening ship number 18
1900 Held
steering casualty drill
12-13-44 0000 Engaged
in screening ship #18 returning to convoy from straggler position
0100 Relieved
of screening duties. Maneuvering to
assume escort station #9
0115 Assumed
escort station #9, commenced patrolling on Plan 3
0200 Set back
ship’s clocks sixty (60) minutes to plus three (+3) zone time
1300 Mustered
crew at quarters, no absentees
1320 Secured
from quarters – held following drills and instruction: Depth charge parties
held loading drill – damage control
parties held casualty power drill – “C” and “S” divisions
received 20mm and 40mm gun
instruction. “E” division received
engineering instruction
12-16-44 0200 Set
ship’s clocks back sixty (60) minutes to plus four (+) zone time
1038 Commanding
officer holding weekly inspection topside
1115 Secured
from topside inspection
12-17-44 0858 Departed
station maneuvering to pass visual message to ship #88
1000 Assumed
station astern of convoy to assist Convoy Commodore in shifting ships for break
off
1200 Underway
at various courses and speeds passing instructions to merchant ships of the
convoy
12-18-44 1315 “E”
Division heard reading of Articles for Government of the Navy
1330 Divisions
“C” and “S” held Gas Mask Drill
1400 Secured
from drills
12-19-44 0935 Convoy
commenced breaking up into New York and Chesapeake sections
1000 Ceased
patrol astern convoy. Maneuvering to
join Chesapeake section
1035 Joined
Chesapeake section. Maneuvering
determining identity of ships in Chesapeake section.
1200 Maneuvering
to identify ships in Chesapeake section of convoy GUS 60
1350 Assumed
station astern of convoy escorting straggler
1905 Maneuvering
to close stragglers
12-20-44 0000 Underway
North Atlantic Ocean with Escort Division 45, less USS MERRILL (DE-392)
and USS CALCATERRA (DE-390), escorting
Chesapeake section of convoy GUS 60
0900 Maneuvering
to obtain information from stragglers
1000 Assumed
station
1225 Departed
station to assume station #4
1359 Assumed
station #4, commenced patrolling
1710 Assumed
new patrol station on port flank of convoy
12-21-44 0003 Maneuvering
guiding convoy into Chesapeake Bay approach swept channel
0230 Channel
buoy “XS” abeam to starboard, standing up swept channel
0800 Standing
up Chesapeake Bay Approach Channel
0900 Relieved
of escort duties this date at latitude 36053’ North, longitude 75029’
West.
Maneuvering forming in column as
follows: USS VANCE (DE-387), USS
LANSING (DE-388),
USS DURANT (DE-389) and USS CHAMBERS (DE-391)
0935 Standing
down Chesapeake Bay Approach Channel
1150 Channel
buoy “XS” abeam to port
12-22-44 0505 New
York swept channel lighted whistle buoy “A” abeam to port. Standing up swept channel
0730 Ambrose
Channel lighted whistle buoy “1A” abeam to port. Standing up Ambrose
Channel independently
0906 Moored
port side to USS LOWE (DE-325) at berth 9, Navy Yard, New York
0940 Commenced
receiving dock service
1320 USS
VANCE (DE-387) moored along starboard side
12-23-44 1030 Received
from “Service To Forces Afloat”, Navy Yard, New York, the following stores
for the general mess: 30 pies and 10 gallons ice cream
12-24-44 0725 Secured
all dock services, water, steam and electricity
0737 USS
LOWE (DE-325) departed from alongside to port
0745 Moored
port side to, Berth #7, Dry Dock #5.
USS VANCE (DE-387) moored to starboard side
0800 Commenced
receiving dock services, water, steam and electricity. Received from
“Services To Forces Afloat”, Navy Yard,
New York, supplies for the general mess as follows:
45 pounds baked goods
12-25-44 1045 Received
from “Services To Forces Afloat”; 10 gallons ice cream for the general mess
12-26-44 0500 Received
from Supply Officer, navy yard, New York, following supplies for general mess;
48 lbs, bread, 15 lbs. Cinnamon buns,
25 lbs. Jelly doughnuts, 15 lbs. Plain cake, 20 gallons milk
0705 Secured
all shore services
0828 Underway
in tow Navy Tugs YTB 19 (USS NYACK), YTB 112 (USS ACTIVE),
YTB 276 (USS TAVIBO), to shift
mooring
0835 Moored
starboard side to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) at berth 4, Navy Yard, New York
0905 Underway
proceeding in tow by YTB 19 (USS NYACK), YTB 112 (USS ACTIVE),
YTB 276 (USS TAVIBO), to dry
dock number 2
0915 Tugs
cast off, passed through drydock gate
0925 In entering
drydock ship struck dock at frames 112 to 119, port side below waterline
slightly bending already damaged frames
115 to 117 port side, near second platform overhead
0946 Commenced
pumping dry dock. Commenced receiving
dock service
1045 Drydock
pumped out
12-27-44 0930 Working
party of eight (8) men from U.S. Coast Guard Receiving Station,
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
reported aboard for temporary duty
1455 Working
party departed ship for return to C.G. Receiving Station, Manhattan Beach
12-28-44 0942 Working
party of ten men reported aboard for temporary duty from C.G. Training Station,
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York
1015 Commenced
flooding drydock
1056 Vessel
afloat
1158 Underway
out of drydock alongside USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) in tow of yard tugs
1210 Moored
starboard side to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) at berth 12, pier “George”
Navy Yard, New York
1445 Tugs
alongside to assist in shifting anchorage
1520 Underway
together with USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) in tow of yard tugs to berth 16
1535 Moored
starboard side to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) at berth 16 Pier “Jig”,
Navy Yard, New York
1630 Commenced
dock trials
1700 Secured
dock trials
12-29-44 0750 Lieutenant
(jg) HATCH departed with party of six men for night vision training
0800 Party
of six men departed for fire-fighting school
0920 Working
party of five (5) men from U.S. Coast Guard Receiving Station, Manhattan Beach,
Brooklyn, New York, reported aboard
1125 Lieutenant
(jg) HATCH and party of six (6) men returned from night lookout training,
Navy Yard, New York
1330 Fuel
barge L-26 alongside
1535 Began
taking on fuel oil
1655 Party
of six (6) men returned from U.S. Navy Fire Fighting School, Brooklyn, New York
1750 Completed
fueling received 45,528 gallons aboard
1900 Commenced
taking on lubricating oil
12-30-44 0030 Completed
taking on lubricating oil, received 3,327 gallons
0430 Received
from supply officer, navy Yard, New York, the following supplies for the
general mess,
ten (10) pounds cinnamon buns, ten (10)
pounds jelly doughnuts, ten (10) pounds raisin cake;
twenty (20) gallons milk and sixty (60)
pounds bread
0910 Working
party of eight (8) men from U.S. Coast Guard Receiving Station,
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York,
reported aboard
0945 Five
(5) men departed for U.S. Navy Fire Fighting School, Brooklyn, New York
1550 Five
(5) men returned from U.S. Navy Fire Fighting School, Brooklyn, New York
12-31-44 1007 YTM-112
(USS ACTIVE) along port side
1020 YTM-19
(USS NYACK) along port side
1022 Underway
standing out of Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1025 YTM-112
(USS ACTIVE) departed
1029 YTM-19
(USS NYACK) departed
1035 Maneuvering
down East River Channel
1055 Gowanus
Flats Lighted Buoy #30 abeam to starboard
1155 Narrows
Lighted Buoy #21A abeam to starboard
1158 Passed
out anti-submarine boom defense nets, standing down Ambrose Channel
1210 Ambrose
Channel Lighted Buoy 17B, abeam to starboard, standing into Chapel Hill Channel
1215 West
Bank Light abeam to starboard
1238 Sandy
Hook Bay Lighted Buoy “2” abeam to starboard
1302 Moored
starboard side to East side of Pier #1, Berth 10B, Leonardo, New Jersey
1410 Commenced
loading ammunition
1530 Completed
loading ammunition. Received from Naval
Ammunition Depot, Earle, New Jersey,
the following: 60 rounds 3”/50 cal. AA; 176 rounds 40mm AA;
87 depth charges,
Mark 8; 85 depth charge pistols, Mark
7; 58 gaskets for depth charges, Mark 8;
18 impulse charges, No. 2. Delivered the following to Naval Ammunition
Depot,
Earle, New Jersey: 66 depth charges, Mark 9-3; 2 depth charges,
Mark 8; 68
depth charge pistols, Mark 6-2; 68
depth charge booster extenders,
Mark 6-2; 68 depth charge boosters,
Mark 6-2; and 95 detonators, Mark 6-1
1558 Underway
standing away from Leonardo pier, Leonardo, New Jersey, into Sandy Hook Bay
1622 Sandy
Hook Bay Lighted Buoy #2, abeam to port, standing up Chapel Hill Channel
1707 Ambrose
Channel Lighted Buoy #17, abeam to port, standing into Ambrose Channel
1720 Passed
through anti-submarine boom defenses
1735 Main
channel lighted bell buoy #20A, abeam to starboard
1738 Fort
Lafayette Light abeam to starboard
1820 Maneuvering
approaching Pier #35, Brooklyn, New York
1830 Moored
starboard side to port side of USS VANCE (DE-387) at
North side of Pier #35, Brooklyn, New
York
1845 Oil
barge, Socony #6, moored to port side
2100
Oil
barge, Socony #6, departed port side
See
1945 deck logs for continuation