USS LANSING (DE-388) ACTIVITY LOG
(Excerpted from actual deck logs obtained from National Archives, Washington DC)
(Italicized entries are added by editor)
1-1-46 0000 Moored
with Escort Division 45 in berth FIR 2 St Johns River,
Green Cove Springs, Florida
1-14-46 1305 Transferred
supplies to Supply Officer, U.S. Naval Station,
Green Cove Springs, Florida
1-15-46 1450 Received
from Supply Officer, Naval Base, Green Cove Springs, Florida,
twenty-two hundred (2200) pounds of
potatoes
1-17-46 1630 Received
following supplies from Naval Air Station, Green Cove Springs, Florida.
100 gallons paint, 2 fenders, 448
pounds rags
1-18-46 1415 Received
from Supply Officer, Naval Station, Green Cove Springs, Florida.,
forty (40) gallons of Milk and two
hundred (200) loaves of bread
1-19-46 1600 Supplies
were issued to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) as per invoice
1-23-46 1645 Received
following commissary supplies, five (5) cases of eggs,
two hundred and twenty (220) pounds of
apples, one hundred and sixty five (165) pounds
of cabbage, two hundred and fourteen
(214) pounds of chicken, eighty seven (87) pounds
of turkey, one hundred and two (102)
pounds corned beef and sixty (60) pounds
of frankfurters
1-29-46 1110 Received
from Supply Officer, U.S. Naval Station, Green Cove Springs, Florida
(10) ten bags of potatoes
2-4-46 1400 Received
from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) 6,020 gallons of fuel oil
2-5-46 2300 Fire
broke out in compartment A-206-AL, cause: movie projector failure causing
ignition of film
2304 Fire
extinguished. No injuries to personnel
2-7-46 1130 Transferred
seventy-seven men to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390).
These men will be berthed
and messed on board the USS CALCATERRA
(DE-390). Pay accounts will be forwarded with
them, but personnel records will be
retained on board this unit
2-8-46 1300 Working
party reported aboard
1630 Working
party departed
2-9-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard
1200 Working
party departed
2-11-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-12-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard
1630 Working
party departed
2-13-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-14-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
0900 Transferred
to USS CALCATERRA (DE-390), three (3) Hamilton mounted
chronometer watches #4939, 4725, 4614
and one (1) Hamilton Chronometer watch #2354
1630 Working
party departed
2-15-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-16-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
2-18-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-19-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-20-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-21-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-23-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
2-25-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1000 Two
cartons of miscellaneous library books invoiced to Naval Station Librarian,
Green Cove Springs, Florida
1630 Working
party departed
2-26-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-27-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
2-28-46 0750 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working party departed 3-7-46 0945 Commenced
taking fuel aboard from YO 205
1150 Secured from taking fuel aboard. Received from YO 205, 44,929 gallons diesel
fuel oil
3-1-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-2-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
3-4-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-5-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-6-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-7-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
0945 Commenced
taking fuel aboard from YO 205
1150 Secured
from taking fuel aboard. Received from
YO 205, 44,929 gallons diesel fuel oil
1630 Working
party departed
3-8-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-9-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-11-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-12-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-13-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-14-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-15-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-16-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
3-18-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-19-46 Page Missing
3-20-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-21-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-22-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-23-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
3-25-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-26-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-27-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
3-28-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
3-29-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
3-30-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
3-31-46 0000 Moored
as before
4-1-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-2-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-3-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-4-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-5-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-6-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-8-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-9-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working party departed
4-10-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-11-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-12-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-13-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Working
party departed
4-15-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-16-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-17-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-18-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Nineteen
men transferred to USS MERRILL (DE-392)
1630 Working
party departed
4-19-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-20-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-22-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-23-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-24-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1630 Working
party departed
4-25-46 0800 Working
party reported aboard from USS CALCATERRA (DE-390)
1200 Secured all ship’s work, standing by for de-commissioning ceremonies
1400 De-commissioning
ceremonies commenced
1430 De-commissioned,
placed “out of commission, in reserve,”
USS CALCATERRA (DE-390) responsible for
maintenance