USCGC LANSING (WDE-488) ACTIVITY LOG
(Excerpted from actual deck logs obtained from National Archives, Washington DC)
6-11-52 0800 This vessel now in full commission as
USCGC LANSING (WDE-488) under the
command of LCDR
William F. Adams USCG, who accepted
command under
authorization
#511691. Moored port side to at Berth
#4-B-1, Pier #4, U.S. Naval Station,
Green Cove
Springs, Florida, receiving water and electrical power from shore facilities
0840 CPCLK HATCH and guard departed this
vessel for the Federal Reserve Bank,
Jacksonville,
Florida
1220 CPCLK HATCH and guard returned
1448 Commissioning party aboard. Quarters for muster
1500 Commenced commissioning
ceremonies. CAPT BROWN, USN;
CAPT LEGWEN, USN;
CDR APPLEGATE, USCG; commissioning
party.
Authority for
commissioning: Commander Florida Group,
Atlantic Reserve Fleet,
ltr dtd 4 June
1952, ser. 3046. CDR. APPLEGATE, USCG,
Commissioning Officer.
1515 Secured from commissioning ceremonies
1520 Commissioning party departed
1945 Held evening reports
6-12-52 1110 CDR APPLEGATE aboard
1135 CDR APPLEGATE departed
1300 All hands to quarters for muster
1323 All hands take stations for abandon
ship drill
1332 Secure from drills – Turn to
1650 Secure from ship’s work
1700 Set uniform of the day
1929 Held evening colors. On mooring lights
1945 Held evening reports
2200 Lights out. All secure about the deck
6-13-52 0000 Moored port side to Berth 4B1, U.S. Naval
Station, Green Cove Springs, Fla,
receiving fresh
water and electrical power from shore facilities. Anchor and aircraft
lights burning
brightly
0530 Reveille all hands
0740 St. John’s River Bar pilot, Mr. WADE
aboard
0800 Morning colors. Ship’s draft 10’6” forward, 12’9” aft
0845 U.S. Navy Tugs YTB 547 (USS YANABA)
secured forward and
YTB 544 (USS
YATANOCAS) secured aft on starboard side
0900 Loaded Coast Guard jeep license No.
T-9293 aboard
0910 Underway in tow of YTB 547 (USS
YANABA) and YTB 544 (USS YATANOCAS)
0921 Cast off YTB544 (USS YATANOCAS) and
YTB547 (USS YANABA), proceeding up
St. John’s River
enroute Mayport, Florida, in company with
CGC CHAMBERS
(WDE-491)
1310 Pilot away
1320 Departed St. John’s River
1812 Standing into St. John’s River
Jetties, commenced maneuvering on
various courses
and speeds
1835 Dropped the port anchor in 5 fathoms
of water with twenty (20) fathoms of chain at
the waters edge on
the following true bearings: St. Johns Light Ship – 0920T,
Ribault Channel
buoy #5 – 103.50T, Old Abandon Light House 2650T, and
Ribault Channel
buoy #7 – 2500T. Anchored in
Ribault Bay, Mayport, Florida
1840 CG 83463 along side
1920 CG 83463 departed
1928 Held evening reports, mustered department
heads, all secure
1955 CG 83643 along side
2035 CG 83463 departed with liberty party
2343 CG 83463 alongside with liberty
party. All men returned on time
2346 CG 83463 cast off
6-14-52 0525 Sunrise
0600 Reveille, commenced carrying out plan
of the day routine
0615 Set special sea detail
0625 Commenced heaving around on anchor
0628 Anchor at short stays
0634 Anchors aweigh, standing out of
Ribault Bay, Mayport, Fla
0658 No 3 Black can buoy abeam to starboard
0703 Red Bell Buoy #2 abeam to port
0714 St. Johns Light Ship abeam to port
0813 Commenced full power trial
0830 Commenced compensating steering
compass
1115 Secured from compensating steering
compass
1200 Underway as before, vicinity St. John’s
Lightship
1505 Man overboard drill
1520 Secured from man overboard drill
1524 Standing in St. John’s River
conforming to the channel, proceeding to
anchor in Ribault
Bay
1549 Entered Ribault Channel
1601 Let go starboard anchor
1602 Anchored in Ribault Bay on twenty
fathoms of chain to starboard anchor, in fifty feet
of water, on the
following true Bearings: Ribault channel Buoy #5 – 0920,
Ribault channel
Buoy #7 – 2510, Mayport tower 2660
1700 83463 along stb side with ships
lifeboat
1905 Held Swim call
1921 Commanding Officer ashore
1928 Executed evening colors, Sunset,
turned on deck truck and anchor lights
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered
department heads, seamen of the watch.
No unauthorized
absentees
2004 CG 83463 departed
2040 Commanding Officer aboard
2100 Liberty was granted. Commenced liberty boats according to
schedule
2200 Taps
6-15-52 0000 Reported for duty to Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard via Dispatch 150500Z
0458 Ship’s boat departed for dock
0509 Ship’s boat alongside
0528 Sunrise. Out all anchor and aircraft warning lights
0700 Reveille – Carrying out holiday
routine
0800 Held morning colors
0930 Commanding Officer ashore
1030 Commanding Officer aboard, All hands
to muster, all present & accounted for
1100 Chronometer wound
1230 Set special sea detail
1300 Commenced heaving around on anchor
1306 Anchor on short stay
1307 Anchors aweigh, underway, standing
out of Ribault Bay, Mayport, Florida, enroute
Norfolk, Va. In
company with USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491), maintaining a
position of 1000
yds astern of USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491)
1310 Ribault Channel Buoy #4 close aboard
to port
1318 St. Johns River lighted Bell Buoy #9
close aboard to stb
1323 Secured Special Sea Detail, set sea watch
1331 St Johns Lighted Whistle Buoy #2
abeam to port. Entered North Atlantic
Ocean
and International
Waters
1340 St Johns Light Ship close aboard to
port
2200 Lights out, all quiet about the deck
6-16-52 0000 Underway in North Atlantic Ocean enroute
from Mayport Florida to
Norfolk
Virginia. In company with CGC CHAMBERS
O.T.C. keeping
guide on CGC
CHAMBERS two thousand yards on his port beam
0455 Sunrise
0730 This vessel assumed guide
position. USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491) took
position 1000 yds
astern this vessel
1030 Held fire drill
1037 Secured from fire drill
1125 USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491) took
position 1000 yds on starboard beam
1152 USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491) assumed
guide. Took position 1000 yds on
port beam of guide
1347 “O” and “S” Divisions sea bag
inspection
1527 Maneuvering on various courses and
speed conducting various exercises
1528 Man overboard drill
1630 Secured from man overboard drill
1743 Diamond Shoal Lightship abeam to port
3100T distant 7½ miles
1745 Steering casualty drill
1828 Maneuvering to test emergency
steering
1930 Sunset turned on deck and running
lights
1946 Secured from steering casualty drill
2032 Hatteras Wreck Lighted bell Buoy
abeam to port, range 7 miles
2148 Radar target buoy # “TB” abeam to
starboard, range two miles
2215 USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491) assumed
guide position. This vessel 2000 yds
on port beam of
USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491)
6-17-52 0446 Sunrise
0625 Took position 1000 yards astern of
CGC CHAMBERS
0752 Chesapeake Lightship abeam to port
1000 yards
0815 Cape Henry approach lighted whistle
buoy “A2” abeam to port distant one half mile
0856 #2 Red Bell Buoy abeam to starboard
0902 Cape Henry lighthouse abeam to port
distant one (1) mile, steering various courses
and speeds enroute to Norfolk Virginia via Thimble Shoals
channel
1002 Red buoy #12 lighted buoy abeam to
port. Set the special sea detail
1009 Thimble Shoals light abeam to
starboard distance one half mile
1023 Old Point Comfort light abeam 3390
distance 1 mile
1035 Black buoy #1A abeam to port, entered
Hampton Roads proceeding to
C.G. Base Berkley
Virginia
1116 Approaching pier three (3) Berth 6
Coast Guard Base Berkeley Virginia
1125 Entered slip
1128 First line ashore
1141 Moored Pier 3, Berth 6, C.G. Base,
Berkeley, Virginia
1300 Ships clocks advanced one hour to
zone +4 time
2000 All department heads, Restricted men,
duty section to muster, all present
and accounted for
2017 Sunset, executed evening colors
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
6-18-52 0545 Sunrise, turned off deck and anchor
lights
0615 Reveille
0730 Liberty expired for first & third
sections, all hands returned on time
0745 All hands to muster
0800 Executed morning colors
0803 Set special sea detail
0825 Underway standing out of South Branch
of Elizabeth River enroute for
Anchorage, Hampton
Roads, Va
0834 Secured Special Sea Detail
0848 Black lighted buoy #23 abeam to
starboard
0902 Craney Island lighted Bell Buoy abeam
to port
0921 Red lighted buoy #6 abeam to port
0939 Newport News Middle Ground light
house abeam to starboard, range 700 yds
0941 Anchored in Fox Anchorage, Newport
News Middle Ground in five fathoms of water
with soft bottom,
twenty fathoms of chain at the waters edge on the port anchor
on the following
true bearings: 0380T –
Newport News Middle Ground light house,
3450T
Newport News point radio tower, and 2410T – Pig Point Lighted Beacon
0953 CG 83493 along side – commenced loading ammunition. Received the
following
ammunition from NAD, St Julien’s Creek, VA.: Sixteen (16) SDCP
Impulse Charges,
NO 1; twenty-four (24) 3”/50 A.A. 5825 C.R.-100-1-52,
CTG Case Mk 9-0,
primer Mk 14-0, projectile Mk 27-3, TNT Booster Charge,
nose fuze MK 51-4,
Aux. Det Mk 54-0; One-Hundred twenty-eight (128) 40mm
AP-T N9253,
110351; three-hundred sixty (360) 20mm HE-T N7682, 251611
1005 CG 83493 departed
1300 Quarters followed by general quarters
drill
1321 Secured form general quarters drill
1527 Held fire drill
1533 Secured from fire drill
1618 CG 83493 moored starboard side to our
port quarter
1620 CG 83493 departed this unit
1620 CGC CHAMBERS moored portside to our
starboard side
1640 Smoking lamp is out throughout the
ship
1700 Commenced transferring ammunition
from LANSING to CHAMBERS.
The following
ammunition transferred to CGC CHAMBERS for her structured firing
test: Eight (8) SDCP Impulse Charges, No 1; twelve
(12) rounds 3”50 AA (N5825),
sixty four (64)
rounds 40mm APT (N9253) and one hundred eighty (180) rounds
20mm HET (N7682)
1710 Secured from transferring ammunition
1744 Commenced transferring ammunition
from CHAMBERS to LANSING.
The following
ammunition components received from Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va
via CGC
CHAMBERS: Eighteen (18) Detonators,
percussion MK 1-1;
Thirteen (13)
Case, TNT, Depth Charge, MK 6-0; Thirteen (13) Booster,
TNT, Depth Charge,
MK 6-2; Thirteen (13) Extenders depth charge MK 6-0;
Thirteen (130 Pistol, depth charge, MK 6-2;
Eight (8) arbors, depth charge MK 7-3
1816 Secured from transferring ammunition
1833 CGC CHAMBERS departed this unit
1851 Smoking lamp on all deck except for
fantail
1852 Set the special sea detail
1854 Commenced heaving around to short
stay
1858 Anchor at short stay
1903 Anchors away (Ed. - spelling as
per log). Underway one engine on
both
shafts standing
out Fox Anchorage Hampton Roads, Va for designated firing area
1902 Newport News Middle Ground Light
House abeam to port distance 700 yards
1912 Secured special sea detail except for
anchor detail and after steering engine room detail
1935 Entered Norfolk Ship Channel. Buoy #3 close aboard on stbd beam
2000 Held evening reports mustered
department heads
2008 Thimble Shoals light abeam to port
distant 300 yards
2026 Sunset. Turned on running lights
2102 Cape Henry light abeam to starboard
distance one (1) mile
2107 Entered International waters
2205 Chesapeake lightship abeam to port
distance one (1) mile
6-19-52 0000 Underway, North Atlantic Ocean
enroute 500 fathom curve off Norfolk, Va.
Watch uneventful
0602 Held general quarters drill
0614 Secured from general quarters drill
0805 General quarters for structured
firing tests
0815 Maneuvering conducting structured
firing tests in accordance with Operations
Memorandum #49-51,
and CincLantFlt Instructions 09111-1 (confi).
Expended twelve (12)
rounds 3”/50 A.A. (N-5825); Sixty four (64) rounds 40mm
AP-T (N-9253); One
hundred eighty (180) rounds of 20mm HET (N7682);
and thirteen (13)
assembled depth charges case TNT MK-6-0; and
eight (8) arbors;
MK 7-3; and eight (8) SDCP impulse charges No. 1
0959 Completed structured firing
tests. All bores clear, no casualties,
no major
structural damage
1001 Set course for destination CG
Moorings Berkeley, Norfolk, VA
1015 Secured from general quarters
1034 All engines stopped
1255 All hands to quarters
1300 Held quarters all present and
accounted for
1428 Chesapeake lightship abeam to
starboard distant four miles
1443 Red lighted buoy abeam to starboard,
distant one half mile
1513 Passed red lighted buoy #2A abeam to
starboard close aboard
1527 Thimble Shoals channel red lighted
buoy #2 abeam to port, distance 150 Yards
1543 Thimble Shoals channel red buoy #6 to
port, proceeding up Thimble Shoals
channel to
Norfolk, Virginia
1609 Thimble Shoals Light abeam to
starboard, range 900 yds
1613 Entered Hampton Roads
1623 Old Point Comfort light abeam to
starboard, range 2000 yds
1656 Craney Island Light abeam to
starboard, close aboard
1730 All hands to mooring stations, set
special sea detail
1736 Moored Berth 6, Pier 3, C.G. Moorings,
Berkeley, Virginia
1745 Secured from mooring stations and
Special Sea Detail
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered
department heads
2027 Executed Evening Colors
2110 USCGC CHAMBERS (WDE-491) moored
starboard side to Berth #5, Pier 3,
C.G. Moorings,
Berkeley, Va
2200 Taps, all secure
6-20-52 0547 Sunrise
0630 Reveille, carried out morning routine
0800 Executed morning colors
1006 CGC CONIFER (WAGL-301) moored to
starboard side to remove vehicle #T-9293
1032 Vehicle #T9293 placed on dock
1035 CGC CONIFER (WAGL-301) un-moored
1305 Commenced preparations for getting
underway. Vehicle #T9293 invoiced to
U.S. Coast Guard
Garage, Berkley Moorings, Virginia
1334 Underway, standing up South branch of
Elizabeth River, enroute
C.G. Yard, Curtis
Bay, Baltimore, Maryland
1410 Craney Pt. Lt. Abeam to port, close
aboard
1454 Thimble Shoal Lt. Abeam to port,
close aboard
1455 Secured special sea detail, set sea
watch
1516 Thimble Shoals Channel Lighted Bell
Buoy #5 bearing 2700T, close aboard
1539 Tail of Horseshoe Shoal Lighted buoy
#1 abeam to starboard close aboard
1716 Passed Wolf Trap Light abeam to port
2500 yards
1955 Passed Smith Point Lighthouse 2000
yds abeam to port
1932 Fire Drill
1942 Secure from fire drill
1948 Solomon Island light abeam to
starboard distant five miles
2026 Proceeding to anchorage at
Point-No-Point
2029 Sunset, turned on running lights
2045 Let go port anchor
2048 Anchored in six fathoms of water to
20 fathoms of chain at waters edge on port anchor
at Point-No-Point,
Chesapeake Bay, on the following bearings.
Point Lookout
Light 1970T, St Jerome’s
Creek forward range light bearing 3120T,
Point-No-Point
light bearing 0150T
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
6-21-52 0600 Commenced preparation for getting
underway
0635 Underway standing out of anchorage
area, enroute Curtis Bay, MD
0743 Cedar Island Lt. Abeam to port dist.
2.0 mi.
0802 Cove Point Light abeam to port
distant 2 miles
0845 Passed Red lighted Buoy “18A” close
aboard to port
0936 Passed buoy “20A” one mile abeam to
port
0959 Bloody Point Light abeam to starboard
distant one mile
1009 Passed Thomas Point Shoal Light 3000
yds abeam to port
1040 Passed under new Matapeake Bridge
1047 Sandy Point Light abeam to port 1000
yards
1100 Held ship’s inspection
1125 Secured from ship’s inspection
1149 Entered Craighill Channel, Red buoy
“2C” abeam to starboard.
Black buoy “1C”
abeam to port
1155 Passed Baltimore Light House abeam to
port distant 1000 yards
1234 Seven Foot Light House abeam to
starboard 400 yards distance
1342 Entered Fort McHenry Channel
1325 Ft Carral Light abeam to starboard
distance 300 yards
1333 Entered Curtis Bay channel
1349 Set the special sea detail
1351 Entered Curtis Creek
1410 CG Tug 85009 alongside to starboard
1415 Moored Berth 5, C.G. Yard, Curtis
Bay, Baltimore, MD
1451 C.G. Tug 85009 cast off
1430 Secured special sea detail
1945 Held evening reports
2036 Held evening colors
6-22-52 0800 Held morning colors
1000 Liberty party returned
1000 Regular liberty granted to the first
section to expire at 0745, 23 June 1952
2000 Held evening reports
2037 Held evening colors
6-23-52 0815 CGB-50 (Coast Guard Barge, over
100 feet) alongside to starboard for
removal of diesel
fuel oil
0900 Shifted to shore power
2000 Held evening reports, mustered
department heads and seamen of the watch.
No unauthorized
absentees
2036 Executed evening colors
2330 CGB-50 (Coast Guard Barge, over
100 feet) secured from receiving diesel fuel oil.
A total of 48,174
gals transferred this date
6-24-52 0000 Receiving fresh water and electricity
and telephone services from shore facilities
0615 Reveille, commenced carrying usual
morning routine
0755 First call to colors, mustered all
hands
0800 Executed morning colors
0950 Commenced turning over main engines
for dock trials
1116 Secured from dock trials
1130 Chronometers wound
1450 Tested ships general and chemical
alarms
2000 Held evening reports
2037 Sunset, executed evening colors,
turned on deck, truck, and anchor lights
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
6-25-52 0800 Executed morning colors