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