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
1515 Damage by fire of clothing owned by
DOOR, W. T. SA, reported. Cause of
fire determined to
be stray sparks from acetylene cutting torches being used in berthing
space. Damaged articles, 1 raincoat, 1 seabag.
1815 Held fire drill
1832 Secured from fire drill
1945 Held evening reports
6-26-52 0800 Observed morning colors
0830 All small arms checked and accounted
for
0915 Fire in Compartment 13-103-E (Muffler
space). Origin of fire determined to be
from
sparks from
acetylene torch being used by yard workman falling on cardboard cartons
stored in B103-E
0918 Secured Fire parties, Fire
extinguished, no casualties, no apparent damage done to ship.
One and One half
bottles of CO2 used
1822 Held Fire drill
1828 Secured from fire drill
1955 Duty section and restricted men to
muster, all present and accounted for
2039 Sunset, executed evening colors
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
2250 Oil barge alongside, smoking lamp out
throughout ship
6-27-52 0000 Coast Guard Barge #50 moored to
starboard side
0615 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for first and second
section, all hands returned on time
0800 Executed morning colors, all hands to
muster, all present and accounted for
0900 Checked and accounted for all small
arms and ammunition.
CPCLK W.T. HATCH
USCG departed with guard for
Reserve Bank,
Curtis Bay, Maryland
0925 CPCLK W.T. HATCH (25163) USCG
returned aboard with guard from
Reserve Bank,
Curtis Bay, Maryland
1630 Granted liberty to the 2nd and 3rd
sections to expire on board for the 2nd
section prior 0900
28 June 1952; for the 3rd section at 0900 29 June 1952
1920 Held fire drill. CGB #50 departed after receiving 21,000 gals
of diesel oil
from this vessel
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered all
Department Heads and seamen of the watch.
No unauthorized
absentees
2039 Executed Evening Colors
2200 Lights out – taps
6-28-52 0605 Sunrise
0700 Reveille
0800 Executed morning Colors
1945 Held evening reports. All departments secure. No unauthorized absences
2040 Held evening Colors
2200 Lights out. All quiet about the deck
6-29-52 0910 All small arms checked and accounted
for
1847 Violent windstorm, with rain squalls,
winds force #6 (22 - 27 nautical mph
or 25-31
statute mph), with gusts to force #9 (41 - 47 nautical mph or 47-54
statute mph)
1849 Forward breast line parted. Piped all hands to take in slack on all line
and
replace parted
line
1900 Secured all hands, having taken in
slack, replaced parted line, and doubled up
as necessary. Wind
dropped to force #5 (17 - 21 nautical mph or 9-24 statute mph)
with light steady
rain
6-30-52 0600 Sunrise
0615 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for all
sections. All hands returned on time
0800 Morning colors. Muster.
All hands present or accounted for.
Turn to
0900 CGB-50 alongside to starboard
0820 Held fire drill
1832 Secured from fire drill
1940 Held evening reports
2051 Executed evening colors
7-1-52 0720 Received commissary supplies from
Wodeman’s Bakery
0800 Quarters for muster, observed morning
Colors
0948 CG Oil Barge #50 departed; smoking
lamp lit
1905 Fire drill for duty section
1920 Secured from fire drill
2005 Held evening reports, all department
heads and security watch to muster, all present and
accounted for
2036 Sunset, executed evening colors.,
turned on deck and anchor lights
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
7-2-52 0556 Sunrise
0615 Reveille
1935 Held fire drill
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered Dept
Heads and Seamen of the Watch,
no unauthorized
absentees
2036 Executed Evening Colors
2200 Taps, lights out – all secure
7-3-52 0615 Held reveille, Commenced carrying out
usual morning routine
0800 Executed morning Colors
0830 Checked and accounted for all small
arms and ammunition
1945 Held evening reports. All department heads and seamen of the watch
to
muster. All departments secure. Duty section all present and accounted for
2037 Executed evening colors
2200 Lights out. All quiet about the decks.
Inspected ship throughout. All
secure
7-4-52 0544 Sunrise
0700 Reveille
0800 Executed morning colors
1945 Held evening reports
2034 Executed evening colors
7-5-52 0800 Executed morning colors
2000 Held evening reports. All department heads and security watch
mustered
2039 Sunset. Executed evening colors, turned on deck truck and anchor lights
2200 Lights out silence about decks
7-6-52 0000 Moored port side to Berth #5, Coast
Guard Yard Curtis Bay, Maryland
0545 Sunrise, turned off deck, truck and
anchor lights
0700 Reveille
0800 Executed morning colors
0900 Liberty party returned on time
1000 Liberty granted to third section to
expire prior 0730 7 June, 1952
2000 All department heads and anchor
security watch to muster, all present and accounted for
2200 Lights out, silence about deck
7-7-52 0547 Sunrise, turned off deck truck and
anchor lights
0800 All hands to quarters, executed
morning colors
0900 Checked and accounted for all small
arms and ammunition
1836 Held fire drill
1945 Held Evening Reports, mustered all
department, restricted men, and seamen of the watch,
no unauthorized
absentees
2036 Executed Evening Colors
2200 Taps
7-8-52 0545 HATCH, W. T. reported aboard clean,
sober, and in proper uniform after
being absent over
leave for a period of twenty-two (22) hours and fifteen (15) minutes
1255 First call to quarters
1300 Quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for
1945 Held evening reports. Mustered all department heads and restricted
men.
All present or
accounted for. All departments secure
2036 Held evening colors
2200 Lights out. All quiet about the decks.
Inspected ship throughout. All
secure
7-9-52 0000 Moored port side to berth #5, Coast
Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Md.,
receiving fresh
water, electrical power and telephone services from dock facilities
0547 Sunrise
0755 Mustered all hands for colors
0800 Executed morning colors
0805 Commenced moving crew from CGC
LANSING to Barracks Building #33, Yard, Baltimore, Md
0930 Completed moving crew to Barracks #33
1315 Commanding Officer held mast
proceedings in case of the following:
HATCH, W. T.,
AWOL twenty-two
(22) hours and fifteen (15) minutes, two (2) week restriction
2036 Executed evening colors
7-10-52 0730 Quarters for muster
0800 Executed morning colors
0830 All small arms accounted for
1235 All hands to quarters, all present
and accounted for
1945 Held evening reports, mustered cold
iron and fire watches, all present and accounted for
2036 Sunset, executed evening colors
7-11-52 0530 William F ADAMS, LCDR USCG departed US Naval Fleet Sonar School,
Key West, Fla
For temporary
additional duty
0730 All hands to quarters for muster, all
present and accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors
2000 Held evening reports, mustered duty
section, restricted men and cold iron watch, all present
2035 Sunset, executed evening colors,
turned on mooring lights
7-12-52 0605 Sunrise, turned off mooring lights
0800 Made morning colors
0900 Checked and accounted for all small
arms and ammunition
2000 Held evening reports, mustered duty
section and watch standers and restricted men,
no unauthorized
absentees
2034 Executed evening colors
2200 Taps
7-13-52 0800 Executed morning colors
0900 Checked and accounted for all small arms and ammunition
0930 Liberty expired for the 2nd section,
all returned on time
1000 Liberty was granted to the 1st
section to expire on board prior 0730, 14 July, 1952
2000 Held evening reports, mustered duty
section and watch standers, no unauthorized absentees
2033 Executed evening reports (should
be colors)
7-14-52 0000 Moored portside to Berth #5, Coast
Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland,
receiving fresh
water, electricity and telephone services from shore facilities
0740 Mustered all hands, no unauthorized
absentees
0800 Executed morning colors
1205 Singled up mooring lines
1230 Tug CG 85009 alongside
1240 Disconnected telephone, water and
power connections preparatory to moving ship to drydock
1248 Unmoored and underway with no power
with CG85009 on starboard quarter proceeding
from Berth #5 to
drydock for repairs and other work in connection with conversion of ship
1305 Entered drydock
1315 Commenced pumping out drydock
1340 Receiving telephone, fresh water and
electrical power form drydock facilities
1400 Completed pumping out dry dock
1600 All civilian yard workmen secured
1600 Liberty granted to 1st and 2nd
sections to expire prior 0730, 15 July, 1952 at
Barracks Bldg #33,
CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md
1830 Mustered duty section and restricted
men. All present or accounted for
2031 Sunset. Executed evening colors
2200 Lights out. All quiet about the decks
2345 Made inspection of ship
throughout. All secure
7-15-52 0000 In Drydock, Coast Guard Yard, Curtis
Bay, Baltimore, Md, receiving fresh water,
telephone service
and electrical power from drydock facilities
0549 Sunrise
0740 Approximately thirty-five (35)
civilian yard workers aboard performing various jobs
in connection with
conversion of ship
0745 Quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for
0755 First call to colors
0800 Executed morning colors
1530 Civilian yard workers departed
2032 Executed evening colors
7-16-52 0730 Civilian yard workers aboard
0745 Quarters for muster. All hands present and accounted for
0800 Observed morning colors
0900 CPCLK HATCH departed with guard for
bank, Curtis Bay, Maryland
0945 CPCLK HATCH and guard returned from
bank
1245 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for
1545 All yard workers ashore
2000 Evening reports, mustered duty
section and restricted men, all present
2031 Sunset. Executed colors, turned on mooring lights
7-17-52 0745 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for. Approximately thirty
(30)
yard workmen
aboard
0800 Made colors
1245 Held quarters for muter, all present
or accounted for
1530 Yard workers departed
1610 Liberty granted to the first and
second sections to expire at 0730 19 July 1952
2000 Mustered duty sections and restricted
men. All present or accounted for
2032 Sunset. Executed evening colors
2200 Lights out. All quiet about the decks
7-18-52 0735 Approximately twenty (20) yard
workers aboard
0745 Muster for quarters, all present or
accounted for
0800 Observed morning colors
0900 Dry-docked as before
1300 All hands to quarters. USCGC RAMSDEN (WDE-482) moored portside to
Berth #8
1530 All yard workmen ashore
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered duty
section and watch standers; no unauthorized absentees
2030 Executed Evening Colors
7-19-52 0554 Sunrise
0800 Executed morning colors
2000 Evening Reports. Mustered duty section and restricted men,
all present
2029 Sunset, executed evening colors,
turned on mooring lights
7-20-52 0555 Sunrise, secured mooring lights
0800 Made colors
0930 Liberty party returned on time
1000 Liberty granted to the second section
to expire on board prior to 0730, 21 July 1952
2000 Evening reports, mustered all duty
section and restricted men, all present
2030 Sunset, executed colors, turned on
mooring lights
7-21-52 0556 Sunrise, turned off mooring lights
0730 Regular liberty party returned on
time
0745 Held quarters for muster. All present or accounted for. Approximately thirty (30) yard
workmen aboard
0800 Made colors
1245 Held quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for
1540 Yard civilian workmen secured
1635 Approximately nine (9) civilian yard
workmen in drydock performing various welding
operations on
ship’s bottom
1830 Evening reports. All duty section, watch standers and restricted
men present or accounted for
2029 Evening colors. Turned on anchor and aircraft warning lights
2200 Lights out, all quiet about the decks
2320 Civilian yard workers secured from
working on ship’s bottom
2340 Made inspection of ship throughout. All secure
7-22-52 0555 Sunrise
0740 Approximately thirty (30) yard
civilian workers aboard performing various jobs
in connection with
conversion of ship
0745 All hands to muster. All present or accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors
0930 All small arms checked and accounted
for
1245 All hands to quarters for muster, all
present and accounted for
1540 Yard workmen secured
1630 Yard workmen aboard
1830 Held evening reports, all present and
accounted for
2028 Executed evening colors, turned on
deck truck and anchor lights
2315 Yard workmen secured, made inspection
of ship throughout, all secured
7-23-52 0558 Sunrise
0745 All hands to quarters for muster,
Liberty expired for first & third sections.
All present and
accounted for
0745 Yard workmen aboard
0800 Executed morning Colors
1245 All hands to quarters for
muster. All present or accounted for
1945 Held evening reports. All present or accounted for
2027 Held evening colors. Turned on anchor and aircraft warning lights
2325 Yard workers secured. All secure about the ship
7-24-52 0559 Sunrise
0735 Approximately (35) thirty-five yard
workers aboard
0745 Muster for quarters, all present or
accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors
1245 Quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for
1525 Civilian yard workers secured
1630 Approximately nine (9) civilian yard
workers aboard and in drydock,
performing various
welding jobs in connection with conversion of ship
1830 Evening muster. All watch standers and duty section present
or accounted for
2026 Executed evening colors
2330 Civilian yard workers secured
2345 Made inspection of ship
throughout. All secure
7-25-52 0600 Sunrise. Turned off anchor and
aircraft warning lights
0740 Approximately thirty-five (35)
civilian yard workers aboard, performing
various jobs in
connection with conversion of ship
0745 Quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for
0800 Morning colors
1100 Various professional books and papers
and several items of clothing belong to the
C.O. were damaged
by water due to temporary stowage in the Captain’s shower
1245 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for
1600 All yard workmen ashore
1630 Six yard workmen aboard for night
shift
2000 Evening reports, mustered duty
section, all present or accounted for
2025 Sunset, executed colors, turned on
mooring lights
2345 All yard workmen ashore
7-26-52 0600 Sunrise, turned off mooring lights
0800 Made colors
1830 Held duty section (3) to muster. All present or accounted for
2024 Executed evening colors. Turned on anchor and aircraft warning lights
2350 Made inspection of ship. All secure
7-27-52 0602 Sunrise. Anchor and aircraft warning lights turned off
0800 Executed morning colors
1945 Held evening reports. All present or accounted for
2023 Held evening colors turned on anchor
and aircraft warning lights
2310 Made inspection of ship, all secure
7-28-52 0603 Sunrise, turned off anchor and
aircraft warning lights
0745 Quarters for muster, all present or
accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors. Approximately forty (40) yard workers aboard
1245 All hands to quarters for muster, all
present and accounted for
1600 Yard workmen ashore
1700 Yard workmen aboard
2025 Executed evening colors
2330 Yard workmen secured
7-29-52 0603 Sunrise, turned off deck, truck and
anchor lights
0740 All hands to muster, all present and
accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors, yard workmen
aboard
1245 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for
1250 Secured sanitary system
1545 All yard workmen ashore
2000 Evening reports, mustered duty
sections and restricted men, all present
2022 Sunset, executed colors, turned on
mooring lights
7-30-52 0604 Sunrise, turned off mooring lights
0730 Liberty party returned on time
0745 Held quarters for muster. All present or accounted for
0750 Making preparations to undock
0800 Made colors
0810 Telephone disconnected, flood gates
opened
0827 Flood gates closed due to leak around
fathometer packing, compartment A-408-A
0948 Flood gates reopened, fathometer
packing having been repaired
0958 Waterborne
1002 In tow of C.G. Mule
1013 Cleared Dry-Dock #1 in tow of CG mule
and CG Tug 85009
1023 Moored portside to Pier #2, Berth #6,
C.G. Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
1245 Held quarters, all present or
accounted for
1600 Yard workers departed
1610 Liberty granted to the second and
third sections to expire at 0730, 31 July 1952
at Barracks Bldg
#33, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md.
1630 Six (6) yard workers aboard to
perform welding jobs in connection with
ship’s
conversion. Telephone installed. Now receiving fresh water,
electrical power
and telephone service from shore facilities.
Duty
section (1) held
to muster. All present or accounted for
2021 Executed evening colors. Anchor and aircraft warning lights turned on
2330 Yard workers secured. Inspected ship throughout. All secure
7-31-52 0605 Sunrise. Turned off aircraft warning and mooring lights
0735 Approximately twenty-five (25) yard
workers aboard
0745 All hands to muster. All present or accounted for
0800 Executed morning colors
1120 Checked and accounted for all small
arms
1245 Held quarters for all hands, no
unauthorized absentees
1530 All yard workmen ashore except for
four (4) men
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered duty
section, seamen of the watch, and restricted men.
No unauthorized
absentees
2030 Executed Evening Colors
2315 All yard personnel ashore
8-1-52 0735 Approximately forty (40) yard workmen
reported aboard
0930 Checked and accounted for all small
arms
1550 Yard workers secured
1610 Small barge alongside, commenced
pumping bilges
8-2-52 2018 Sunset. Executed evening colors.
Turned on anchor and aircraft warning lights
8-3-52 0608 Sunrise. Turned off anchor and aircraft warning lights
8-4-52 0730 Mr WELLER, civilian engineer from
Westinghouse Corp, aboard working in B-4 engine room
0800 Executed morning colors. Full dressed ship in observance of Coast
Guard Day
1110 Mr WELLER of Westinghouse, secured
and ashore
8-5-52 1225 Held base fire drill; mustered fire
and rescue parties; all present or accounted for
1235 Secured from fire drill
8-6-52 0740 Approximately fifty (50) yard workers
aboard
1100 Received engineering supplies from
NSC, Norfolk, Va
8-7-52 0800 Executed morning Colors. Approximately forty (40) yard workmen aboard
8-8-52 1600 All yard workmen ashore
1610 Liberty granted to the second section
to expire on board prior to 0930, 9 August 1952
8-9-52 0000 Moored port side to Berth #6, Pier
#2, U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland,
receiving fresh
water, electricity and telephone service from shore facilities
8-10-52 1000 Liberty was granted to the 2nd
section to expire on board at 0730, 11 August, 1952
8-11-52 0800 Executed Morning Colors. Approximately forty (40) yard workmen aboard
8-12-52 0735 Approximately thirty (30) yard
workers aboard
1600 Yard workers secured
1610 Liberty granted to the first (1) and
third (3) sections to expire prior to 0730 13 August 1952
8-13-52 0735 Approximately thirty five (35) yard
workers aboard
1300 Held Captain’s Mat in the case of
BROACHING, T.O., awarded one week’s deprivation of liberty
1550 All civilian yard workers ashore
8-14-52 0730 Approximately forty (40) yard workmen
aboard performing various jobs in connection with
conversion of ship
1530 All yard workmen ashore except for
four (4) men
2339 All yard workmen ashore
8-15-52 0730 Liberty expired for the 2nd and 3rd
sections, all returned on time.
Approximately forty (40)
yard workmen
aboard
1300 Held Captain’s Mast in the case of
HATCH, W. T. for violation Article eighty-six (86)
Absent Without
Leave for a period of seven (7) hours and thirty (30) minutes. Subject man excused
1530 All yard workers ashore
1610 Three (3) yard workers aboard
1800 Five (5) burners and welders aboard
2200 Yard workers ashore
8-16-52 0930 Liberty party returned on time
1000 Liberty granted to the second section
to expire on board prior to 0730, 18 August 1952
8-17-52 1959 Sunset, executed colors
8-18-52 0740 Approximately 40 yard workmen aboard
0803 HATCH, W. T. reported aboard sober
and in clean uniform after having been absent without leave
for a period of 4
days, 20 hours, and 3 minutes
1630 Commenced pumping bilges
2325 Civilian yard workers secured
8-19-52 0745 Held quarters for muster. All present or accounted for. Approximately fifty (50) yard
workmen aboard
1300 Held Captain’s Mast on KNEE-KNOCKER, O.
W., awarded twenty-eight (28) hours extra duty
1545 All civilian yard workers ashore
1630 Approximately twenty (20) civilian
yard workmen aboard performing various welding and
burning operations
in connection with conversion of ship
1800 KNEE-KNOCKER, O. W., completed two
(2) hours extra duty. Twenty-six (26)
hours
extra duty remain
2340 Civilian yard workers secured
8-20-52 0740 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard performing various jobs in connection with
conversion of ship
1502 Fire broke out on berth #6, Pier #2,
caused by scrap iron severing acetylene and oxygen cord
1505 Secured, no damage done
1545 All civilian yard workers ashore
1615 Seven (7) civilian yard workers
aboard
2310 Yard workers secured
8-21-52 0735 Approximately seventy five (75) yard
workers aboard
1535 All yard workmen ashore
1620 Approximately six (6) yard workmen
aboard
2330 All yard workmen ashore
8-22-52 0625 Sunrise
0730 Liberty expired for all hands; no
unauthorized absentees
0740 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard
0745 Quarters for all hands; no
unauthorized absentees
1600 Duty section mustered and turned to
1610 Liberty granted to the first section
to expire on board prior to 0945, 23 August 1952 and to
the second section
to expire on board prior to 0945 24 August 1952
1630 Eight yard workmen aboard
2345 All yard workmen ashore
8-23-52 0745 Duty section mustered and turned
to. Approximately thirty (30) yard
workmen aboard
1530 Civilian yard workers secured
1600 Six (6) civilian yard workers aboard
2300 All civilian yardmen ashore
2330 Made inspection of ship throughout.
All secure
8-24-52 0930 Liberty party returned on time with
the exception of SCUTTLE, D. F.
1845 Liberty card of OVERHEAD, D. G.,
missing. Subject man piped at barracks
but not
report to OOD
2215 JOOD conducted search of barracks for
SCUTTLE, D. F., and OVERHEAD, D. G.
Subject men not
found
8-25-52 0740 Approximately sixty (60) civilian
yard workers aboard
0745 OVERHEAD, D. G., reported aboard for
duty having been Absent Without Leave for
a period of
twenty-two (22) hours and fifteen (15) minutes.
SCUTTLE, D. F.
reported aboard for duty having been Absent Without Leave for a period
of thirteen (13)
hours. Subject men placed on report for
violation of Article 86
(Absence
without leave), U.C.M.J.
1330 BOWPAINTER, S.B. not aboard. Search of ship made with negative
results.
BOWPAINTER logged
as being AWOL this time and date
1555 All civilian yard workers ashore
1605 Approximately fifteen (15) yard
civilian workmen aboard
2340 Civilian yard workers secured
8-26-52 0745 Approximately one hundred (100)
civilian yard workers aboard performing various jobs in
conversion of
vessel
0810 BOWPAINTER, S.B. reported aboard for
duty clean, sober and in proper uniform having
been absent
without leave a period of eighteen (18) hours and forty (40) minutes
1545 Yard workers secured
1620 Yard workers aboard, resume work
2330 Yard workers secured for night
8-27-52 1605 Approximately twenty five (25) yard
workmen aboard
2330 All yard workmen ashore
8-28-52 0735 Approximately sixty (60) civilian
workmen aboard
1525 Yard workers secured
1630 Ten yard workers aboard
1945 Held evening reports. All present or accounted for except
WAVEGUIDE, R.R.
who is AOL seven
(7) hours and forty-five (45) minutes
2230 Yard workers ashore
8-29-52 0130 WAVEGUIDE, R.R., returned from twenty
days leave late thirteen (13) hours
and thirty (30)
minutes
0735 Approximately one-hundred (100) yard
workers aboard
1600 Civilian yard workers ashore
8-30-52 0745 Duty section mustered and turned
to. All present or accounted for. Approximately
thirty (30)
civilian yard workers aboard
2000 Yard workers secured for night
8-31-52 0000 Moored portside to pier #2 berth #6
at Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
2000 Yard workers secured for night
8-31-52 0000 Moored portside to pier #2 berth #6
at Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
9-1-52 0635 Sunrise
0800 Executed morning colors
1940 Sunset. Held evening colors
2200 Inspected ship, all secure
9-2-52 1610 Liberty granted to the 1st & 3rd
sections to expire prior to 0730, 3 Sept., 1952
1630 Seven (7) civilian yard workers
aboard
2330 Civilian yard workers secured
9-3-52 0735 Approximately one hundred twenty five
(125) civilian yard workers aboard
1545 Civilian workers ashore
1610 Ten (10) civilian yard workers aboard
2330 Civilian yard workers ashore
9-4-52 0430 DRYSTORES, C.B., reported aboard in
uniform in clean and sober condition after being
AWOL for a period
of one (1) day and twenty one (21) hours
0735 Approximately one hundred twenty five
(125) civilian yard workers aboard
1630 Approximately fifteen (15) yard
workers aboard
2330 Yard workers secured. Made inspection about the decks, all secure
9-5-52 0735 Approximately one hundred twenty five
(125) yard workers aboard
1330 Commanding Officer’s mast held in
case of DRYSTORES, C.B., for being
AWOL 0730 9/2/52 to
0430 9/4/52, awarded fourteen (14) days restriction
1600 Yard workers secured
1615 Yard workers aboard
9-6-52 0000 Moored portside to pier #2 Berth #6
at Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay Md.
Receiving fresh
water, power, and phone service from shore
0945 Duty section to muster. All present or accounted for except for
SCUTTLE, D.F.
who is AWOL for a
period of thirteen hours (13) and forty-five (45) minutes
1630 Approximately eight (8) yard workers
aboard
2335 Yard workers ashore. Inspected ship, all secure
9-7-52 0640 Sunrise
0800 Executed morning colors
0900 LT HATCH USCGR departed for TAD in
CIC team at US Navy Training Center,
Navy Building 495, Boston, Mass. For a period of two (2) weeks
1525 ENS BROWN USCG departed for U.S. Naval Fleet Training Center, U.S. Naval
Base,
Norfolk, VA for assignment to temporary additional duty
1925 ENS DOOR U.S.C.G. reported aboard
from temporary additional duty
U.S. Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida
1928 Sunset, executed evening colors
2200 Inspected ship, all secure
9-8-52 0740 Approximately 115 yard workers aboard
0800 SCUTTLE, D. F., returned aboard
having been AWOL for a period of two (2) days and
twelve (12) hours
1540 Civilian yard workers ashore
1615 Approximately fifteen (15) civilian
yard workers aboard
2240 SCUTTLE, D. F., place on report for
violation of article (1 UCMJ,
Failure to obey a
petty officer; and violation of Article 92, UCMJ, Dereliction in the
performance
of his duty; and Article
121 UCMJ, Wrongful Appropriation by false statements
2340 Civilian yard workers secured
9-9-52 0730 Approximately one hundred and
twenty-five (125) civilian yard workers aboard
2335 Yard workers secured
9-10-52 0730 Approximately sixty (60) civilian
yard workers aboard
1418 Smoking lamp out in vicinity of
galley
2325 Yard workers secured for the day
9-11-52 0735 Approximately seventy five (75) yard
workers aboard
1530 Civilian yard workers secured
1605 LTJG HATCH USCG accepted appointment
as LTJG for temporary service effective 8 August 1952
9-12-52 0740 Approximately one hundred and fifty
(150) civilian yard workers aboard
0800 LT DOOR USCGR accepted appointment to
Lieutenant. LT PUMP USCG accepted
appointment as
Lieutenant for temporary service
2325 Yard workers ashore
9-13-52 0735 Twenty (20) yard workers aboard
0800 Morning colors. Duty section to muster, all present or
accounted for
1600 Yard workers secured
9-14-52 1500 Received aboard approximately 750
gals. fog generating oil
9-15-52 0745 Quarters for muster. All present and accounted for except
BULKHEAD, A.S. and
BUCKLER, B.F.
0830 BULKHEAD, A.S. returned aboard having been AWOL one (1) hour
0845 Mattress fire in C.P.O. Quarters from
sparks from welding torch – extinguished by fire watch
with use of CO2
0900 BUCKLER, B.F. reported aboard having been AWOL one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes
9-16-52 0000 Moored portside to pier #2, Berth #6,
Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay Maryland.
Receiving
fresh water, electrical
power, and phone service from shore
0730 Liberty expired for first and second
section
0745 All hands to muster. All present and accounted for
0800 Executed morning Colors
1600 All yard workmen ashore except for
ten (10)
1615 Liberty was granted to the second
(2nd) and third (3rd) sections to expire on board
prior 0730, 17
September 1952
1620 Received commissary stores for
general mess
1916 Executed evening Colors
1945 Held Evening Reports, mustered watch
standers and duty sections; no unauthorized absentees
2100 LADDER, S.T., reported aboard clean,
sober, and in proper uniform from ten (10) days
leave after being
Absent Without Leave for a period of nine (9) hours. Subject man placed
on report for
violation of Art. 86 UCMJ this date
2330 Yard workmen secured
9-17-52 0800 Executed Morning Colors. Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen aboard
0900 A Commanding Officer’s Mast was held
in the case of LADDER, S.T. Excused
1430 A Commanding Officer’s Mast was held
in the case of SCUTTLE, D. F. – Findings:
Guilty. Awarded:
Restricted to the limits of the CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., for a period
of two (2) weeks,
this restriction to terminate on 28 Sept. 1952
1550 All civilian yard workers ashore
1620 Approximately ten (10) civilian yard
workers aboard
2330 All civilian yard workers secured
9-18-52 0735 Approximately one hundred (100) yard
workers aboard
2330 Yard workers secured
9-19-52 0735 Approximately fifty (50) yard workers
aboard
1545 Civilian yard workers secured
1630 Approximately five (5) yard workmen
aboard
1908 Executed Evening Colors
2230 Civilian yard workmen secured
2300 Made inspection of ship. All secure
9-20-52 0745 Approximately fifteen (15) civilian
yard workers aboard
0800 Executed morning colors
1530 Yard workmen secured
1907 Executed Evening Colors
2200 Taps, all secure about the decks
9-21-52 0900 Liberty expired for all men departing
for school this date. No unauthorized
absentees.
Mustered all men
going to school
0930 Liberty expired for the 3rd section;
all returned on time
1000 Liberty was granted to the 2nd
section to expire on board prior 0730 22 September 1952
1030 ENS DOOR Jr USCG departed on
temporary additional duty to Commanding Officer,
Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Dam Neck, Va. for purposes of observing ship’s
personnel in
course of instruction #174A. Twelve (12) men departed for temporary additional
duty
at the Fleet Air
Defense Training Center for course of instruction #185A (40MM Quad).
Three (3) men departed
for temporary additional duty to Commanding Officer, Fleet Air Defense
Training Center,
Dam Neck, Va. for course of instruction #182A, (20MM Twin) 2 days duration
and thence report
to Commanding Officer, Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va. for assignment to
course of
instruction #134 (MK 14 Sight). One (1)
man departed for temporary additional duty
to Commanding
Officer, Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Dam neck, Va., for course
of instruction
#174A, 2 days duration; and thence report to Commanding Officer, Fleet Training
Center, Norfolk,
Va, for course of instruction #134 (MK 14 Sight). One (1) man departed for
temporary additional duty to report to Commanding Officer, Fleet Air Defense Training Center,
Dam Neck, Va for course
of instruction #174A (Mk 51). Nine (9)
men departed for temporary
additional duty to
Commanding Officer, Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va. for course of
instruction #401 (Damage Control). Five (5) men departed for temporary additional duty to
Commanding
Officer, Fleet Training center, Norfolk, Va in connection with the following
courses
of
instruction: #305 (CIC Basic), #326
(CIC Advanced), #520 (ASW Basic). Three
(3) men
departed for
temporary additional duty to report to Commanding Officer, Fleet Training
Center,
Norfolk, Va for
course of instruction #401 (Damage Control), 5 days duration; and thence
report to Commanding Officer, Fleet Air Defense Training center, Dam Neck, Va for course of
instruction #180A
(3”/50)
1500 LT HATCH, USCGR reported aboard from
temporary duty, C.I.C. team,
U.S. Naval
Training Center, Bldg 495, Boston, Mass
9-22-52 0735 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard
1115 Received aboard commissary supplies
fro Maryland Biscuit Co
1610 CGB 50 moored to starboard side
1623 Commenced fueling
1905 Executed evening Colors
2005 CGB #50 cast off. Received 56.630 gal. diesel fuel oil
2030 Yard workers secured
9-23-52 0730 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard
1550 Civilian yard workers secured
1600 Duty section to muster, All present
1902 Executed evening colors
1940 Muster. All duty section present
9-24-52 0440 Sixteen (16) men reported aboard from
two (2) days TAD at Fleet Air Defense Training Center,
Dam Neck, Va
0655 Sunrise
0730 Liberty expired for the 1st and 3rd
sections. All men returned on time
0740 Quarters for muster. All men present or accounted for
0740 Approximately seventy-five (75)
civilian yard workers aboard
0800 Executed morning Colors
1230 ENS DOOR Jr USCG returned aboard from temporary additional duty,
Fleet Air Defense
Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia
1240 Mustered all hands for quarters; no
unauthorized absentees
1600 All yard workmen ashore except four
(4)
1901 Executed evening Colors
1940 Mustered duty section and watch
standers. No unauthorized absentees
2200 All yard workmen ashore
9-25-52 0500 Two (2) men returned aboard from
temporary additional duty, Fleet Air defense Training center,
Dam Neck, Va
0730 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard
1630 Four (4) yard workers aboard
2340 Yard workers secured
9-26-52 0000 BITTEREND, C.R. AWOL this unit seventeen (17) hours and thirty (30) minutes
0740 Forty (40) yard workers aboard
1330 LCDR ADAMS USCG departed on TAD for
C.G. Training Station,
Groton, Conn
1540 Received two typewriters from N.S.C.
Norfolk, Va
1550 Yard workers secured
9-27-52 0300 Eight (8) men reported aboard from
five (5) days TAD at Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va
0800 Observed morning Colors
0945 Liberty expired for the 3rd
section. All men returned on time
1530 ENSIGN PUMP reported aboard from
temporary additional duty at Fleet Training Center,
San Diego, Calif
1856 Evening Colors
2330 Made inspection of ship
throughout. All secure
9-28-52 0200 Moved ship’s clocks back one (1) hour
to conform to Eastern Standard Time (Z+5)
0558 Sunrise
0945 Liberty expired for the 1st
section. All men returned on time
1000 Liberty granted to the 3rd section to
expire prior to 0730, 29 September, 1952
1030 LTJG Warren W WAGGETT (4487) departed
for TAD at Fleet Air Defense Trng. Center,
Dam Neck, Va
1030 LTJG HATCH departed for TAD under
instruction at Fleet Training Center, NOB, Norfolk, Va
1030 Thirty one (31) men departed for TAD
under instruction at Fleet Training Center, NOB, Norfolk, Va
1755 Evening Colors
9-29-52 0740 Approximately one hundred (100)
civilian yard workers aboard
1415 Number two (2) main engine started
for dock trial
1505 Secured number two (2) main engine
1540 Yard workers secured
1600 Three (3) yard workers aboard
1752 Sunset. Executed evening Colors
1940 Duty section to muster; all present
or accounted for
9-30-52 0740 Fifty yard workers aboard
1130 Tested chemical attack and general
alarm, results normal
1255 Commenced dock trials
1545 Secured from dock trials
1600 All yard workmen ashore
1751 Sunset, executed Colors, turned on
mooring lights
1940 Evening reports, mustered duty
section, all present
2200 Inspected ship, all secure
10-1-52 0000 Moored port side to Pier #2, Berth
#6, U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland,
receiving fresh
water, telephone service, and electrical power from shore facilities.
Liberty party
ashore.
0310 Fifteen (15) men reported aboard on
time from TAD under instruction at Fleet Air Defense
Training Center,
Dam Neck, Virginia
0602 Sunrise, secured mooring lights
0730 Liberty party returned on time
0735 Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen
aboard
0740 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for
0800 Made Colors
1145 LTJG DOOR reported aboard from TAD
under instruction at Fleet Air defense Training
Center, Dam Neck,
Va
1240 All hands to quarters for
muster. All present or accounted for
1301 Commenced dock trials of all engines
1545 Secured from dock trials
1600 Mustered duty section. All present
1750 Executed evening Colors
1610 Liberty granted to the 2nd & 3rd
sections to expire prior to 0730, 2 October, 1952
1800 CLEAT, C. I., declared unfit for duty
and placed on binnacle list until 6 October, 1952
1940 Held muster for duty section. All present
2330 Make inspection of ship
throughout. All secure
10-2-52 0735 Approximately seventy five (75)
civilian yard workers aboard
0740 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for except BITTEREND, C.R. and
BLINKER, Y.A.
1330 BLINKER, Y.A. reported aboard after being six (6) hours Absent Over Leave
1530 Yard workers secured
1630 Yard workers aboard
2330 Yard workers secured
10-3-52 0730 Yard workers aboard
1000 Crew moved aboard ship
1030 Commenced dock trials
1120 Secured dock trial
1330 Tested ship’s siren and whistle, test
satisfactory
1515 Commenced dock trial
1530 Secured dock trial
1550 All yard workmen ashore
1700 Approximately eight (8) yard workmen
aboard
2200 ENS BROWN reported aboard from
temporary additional duty,
US Naval Fleet
Training Center, Norfolk, Va
2315 All yard workmen ashore
10-4-52 0345 Eight (8) men reported aboard from
temporary additional duty Fleet Training Center,
U.S. Naval
Station, Norfolk, Va
0735 One man reported aboard from
temporary additional duty Fleet Training Center,
U.S. Naval
Station, Norfolk, Va
0930 One man reported aboard from
temporary additional duty Fleet Training Center,
U.S. Naval
Station, Norfolk, Va
1000 Liberty granted to the third section
to expire on board prior to 0730, 6 October 1952.
Mustered duty
section, all present or accounted for, duty section turned to
1015 ENS DOOR reported aboard from
temporary duty at Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Virginia
1130 Duty section secured
10-5-52 0612 Sunrise
0630 Reveille, carried out holiday routine
10-6-52 0615 Sunrise, secured mooring lights. One man reported aboard from temporary
additional duty
Fleet Training
Center, U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va
0720 One man reported aboard from
temporary additional duty Fleet Training Center,
U.S. Naval
Station, Norfolk, Va
0730 Liberty party returned on time. Approximately fifty (50) yard workmen aboard
0850 Commenced dock trials
1130 LCDR ADAMS USCG reported aboard
having completed TAD at U.S.C.G. Tra. Sta.,
Groton, Conn. And
at Fleet Training Group, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
1240 Secured from fire drill
1303 Started dock trials
1545 Secured dock trials
1555 Yard workers secured
1940 Held evening reports
10-7-52 0700 Commenced preparations for getting
underway
0730 Liberty party returned
0740 Quarters for muster
0835 Unmoored – proceeding on various
courses and speeds enroute to area south of
Chesapeake Bay
Bridge for engine trials
0920 Ft Carroll abeam to port, close
aboard
1035 Passed under Chesapeake Bay Bridge
1058 Thomas Point L/H abeam to starboard
700 yds
1100 On various courses and speeds
undergoing engine and electronic trials
1415 Secured from sea trials. Standing up Chesapeake Bay enroute U.S.
Coast Guard Yard
1427 Passed under Chesapeake Bay Bridge
1553 Fort Carroll abeam to starboard,
close aboard
1600 Maneuvering standing into Curtis
Creek, Curtis Bay, Maryland
1627 Moored Berth #3-B, C.G. Yard, Curtis
Bay, MD
1830 Approximately ten (10) yard workmen
aboard
2330 All yard workmen ashore
10-8-52 0000 Moored portside to Berth #3-B, C.G.
Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
10-9-52 0725 Received 50 lbs white bread from
General Baking Co., Baltimore Md
1330 Received milk, meat and eggs per
invoice from U.S. Army Supply Depot, Fort Meade, Maryland
1625 Approximately ten (10) yard workers
aboard
2200 Lights out, silence about the deck
2330 Yard workers secured. Inspected ship; all secure
10-10-52 0530 Received forty (40) cans of
pasteurized milk from the Annapolis Dairy Products Co
0745 Quarters for muster, all present or
accounted for except BITTEREND, C.R.
and BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.
1240 Officers call, all hands to muster,
all present
1805 HATCH, W.T. cut index finger of right
hand on milk can. Treated by
Hospitalman
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
10-11-52 0945 Quarters for Section Two; all
[present or accounted for
1000 Liberty granted Section One until
0730, 13 October 1952
1945 Evening Reports – Duty section to
muster; all present or accounted for
10-12-52 0000 Moored port side to Berth 3-B, U.S.
Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Md. Receiving
fresh water,
telephone and
electrical power from shore. Vessel in
status “DOG”
0700 Reveille for all hands; carried out
Sunday routine
0945 Liberty party returned. Mustered duty section
1000 Liberty granted to the Second Section
to expire at 0730, 13 October 1952
1940 Held evening reports
10-13-52 1245 Quarters for muster; all present or
accounted for. Published Ships Orders
One (1)
through Seven (7)
1530 Yard workers ashore
10-14-52 1255 Officers Call
1545 Yard workmen aboard
10-15-52 0630 Reveille
0730 Liberty party returned on time
0800 Made Colors, held quarters for
muster, all present or accounted for.
Approximately 40 yard
workers aboard
0905 Received the following ammunition
from the CGC DUANE (WAGC 33) (High Endurance Cutter):
Twenty four (24)
7.2” projector charges, Body Mk4A, Tail Assembly Case Mk 2 Mod 0
SPDN 3624 and
twenty-four (24) fuses MK 158
1000 Secured from loading ammunition
1140 Received commissary stores for general
mess from Delvale Dairies, Baltimore Md
1400 Held dock trials
1445 Secured from dock trials
1940 Mustered duty section and watch
standers for Evening Reports; no unauthorized absentees
2200 Taps
10-16-52 0540 Received commissary stores for general
mess from Annapolis Dairy Produce Co.,
Annapolis,
Maryland
0800 BITTEREND, C.R administratively
transferred to the C.G. Yard, Curtis Bay, Md.
Having been Absent Without Leave since 0800, 25 Sept., 1952
0830 Singled up all lines
0850 Set the Special Sea Detail
0945 All hands to mooring stations
0956 Underway standing out of Curtis Creek
enroute to Norfolk, Va
1011 Cleared Stahl Point R.R. bridge
1015 Cleared Curtis Creek Bascule Bridge
(a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end
is lowered the
other is raised)
1035 Entered Fort McHenry Channel
1042 Determined Gyro error to be 00
by azimuth of the sun
1043 Entered Brewerton Channel
1120 Undergoing backing tests on engines
1132 Entered Craighill Channel
1143 Lowered Pitlog reading 197.5
1150 Baltimore L/H abeam to starboard
approx 800 yds – commenced maneuvering in area north
of Chesapeake Bay
Bridge
1205 Secured special sea detail, set sea
watch
1300 Quarters for muster
1307 Commenced calibration of DAK-3, Radio
direction finder
1330 Magazines inspected, conditions dry
and normal except for port water tank leak into
C-304-M, all small
arms accounted for
1500 Completed calibration of DAK-3
1519 Sandy Point Lt. Abeam to stbd, close
aboard
1526 Passed under Chesapeake Bay Memorial
Bridge
1536 Set special sea detail. Commenced maneuvering into anchorage
1546 Anchored in Chesapeake Bay in six
fathoms of water with fifteen fathoms of chain to the
port anchor on the
following bearings: Sandy Point Light 0160t, South Radio Tower 256.50t,
Greenbury Point
Shoal Lt 247.50t
1555 Secured special sea detail. Engines on one (1) hr standby. #2 Boat waterborne,
exercised at boat
drill. Eight yard workmen ashore in #2
boat
1635 #2 boat returned and moored alongside
1923 Veered port chain to 30 fathoms on
deck
1940 Evening reports, all departments
secured for the night
2015 Motor life Boat #2 departed for shore
with five (5) yard workmen
2110 Motor lifeboat #2 alongside
2130 Motor life boat #2 aboard and secured
2200 Lights out silence about decks
10-17-52 0000 Anchored in Chesapeake Bay in six (6)
fathoms of water with thirty (30) fathoms of chain on decks
on the port anchor
on the following true bearings: Sandy
Point Light – 0170,
Bloody Point Light – 1770, Greenbury Point Shoal Light – 2480, and South Radio Tower – 2570.
Port and starboard
shafts on one (1) hour standby
0600 Commenced preparations for getting
underway
0618 Set special sea detail
0637 Anchor aweigh, underway standing out of
anchorage
0649 Secured special sea detail
0710 Thomas Point Shoal Light abeam to
starboard, dist. 0.8 Mi
0745 Popular Shoal Buoy 20A abeam to port,
close aboard
0855 Inspected magazines, conditions dry
and normal. Checked and accounted for
all small arms
0905 Cone Point Light abeam to starboard,
distance 2 miles
0945 Hooper Point Light abeam to port,
distance 2.4 miles
1011 Point No Point Light abeam to
starboard, distance 1.1 miles
1114 Smith Point Light abeam to starboard,
distance 1.0 mile
1220 Passed Windmill Point Light abeam to
starboard, distance three and one half miles
1308 Wolf Trap Light abeam to starboard
distance three miles
1332 Steering various courses and speeds
swinging ship to compensate compass
1540 Secured from swinging ship
1606 Commenced High Speed Turn test –
Diameter of turning circle ascertained to be
320 yds in 3.25
minutes
1626 Middleround Lighted Buoy #1 abeam to
stb, dist 300 yds
1653 Set Special Sea Detail
1655 Commenced maneuvering standing into
Thimble Shoal Channel for anchorage
1732 Anchored in Lynnhaven Roads in five
(5) fathoms of water, muddy bottom, with 30 fathoms
of chain on deck
on the following true bearings: Cape
Henry Light – 1110,
Little Creek
Lighted buoy #2 – 251.50, and Lighted Red Radio Tower – 2550
1741 Secured Special Sea Detail, placed
all engines on an indefinite standby
1940 Held Evening Reports, mustered Dept.
Heads. Executed Evening Colors
10-18-52 0000 Anchored in Naval Anchorage L-A #25,
Lynnhaven Roads in 6 fathoms with muddy bottom
to 30 fathoms of
chain on the port anchor on the following true bearings:
Cape Henry Light –
1110, Little Creek Harbor Jetty #1 – 251.50, Red Tower –
2550.
Port and starboard
shafts on indefinite standby
0614 Sunrise, turned off anchor and truck
lights
0630 Reveille
0825 Held Pay Call
0830 Made daily inspection of ships
magazines, condition dry and normal.
Checked and accounted
for all small arms
and ammunition
1030 Commenced Commanding Officer’s ship’s
inspection
1130 Secured from Commanding Officer’s
inspection
1140 All Departments report ready for
getting underway
1143 Set Special Sea Detail
1156 Commenced heaving around port anchor
to short stay
1159 Anchor at short stay
1200 Anchor aweigh. Commenced maneuvering on various courses and
speeds standing out of
Lynnhaven Roads,
Naval Anchorage
1207 Secured Special Sea Detail
1225 Entered Thimble Shoal Channel
1235 Set special sea detail
1248 Thimble Shoals Light abeam to
starboard, close aboard
1306 Old Point Comfort Light abeam to
stbd., close aboard
1323 Entered Norfolk Harbor
1423 Moored port side to Pier two, Berth
#4, Coast Guard Moorings, Berkeley, Virginia
1431 Secured engines and special sea
detail
1430 Liberty granted to the second section
to expire at 1000, 19 Oct and to the third section to
expire at 0700, 20
Oct, 1952
1940 Evening reports, all departments
secured for the night
10-19-52 1000 Liberty expired for Section Two. All present and accounted for except SCUTTLE,
D. F.,
now considered
AWOL
1040 Liberty granted Section One until
0700, 20 Oct. 1952
1318 Received dispatch from SCUTTLE, D.
F., requesting four (4) days emergency leave –
no leave granted
pending verification by Red Cross
1945 Evening Reports – Duty Section to
muster, all present or accounted for
10-20-52 0000 Moored port side to Pier 2, U.S.
Coast Guard Moorings, Berkeley, Virginia.
Receiving fresh
water from shore. Vessel in transit to 14th
C.G. District (Honolulu).
Under operational
control of COMEASTAREA
0720 Set special sea detail
0742 Underway on various courses and
speeds enroute Hampton Roads Anchorage Fox
0750 Town Point Light abeam
0810 Craney Island Light abeam
0830 Newport News Middle Ground L/H abeam
to starboard approx 200 yds
0845 Anchored in 4 fathoms of water in a
blue mud bottom with 30 fathoms chain of the
port anchor on
deck. Anchor bearings true: Middle Ground L/H 0710,
Newport News tank
3440, Pig Point eastern tank 2090
0945 U.S. Navy tug YTN 411 (USS
Ponkabia) alongside to starboard
1009 U.S. Navy Barge YFN 795 moored to
starboard side
1020 C.G. 40401 moored to starboard side
1048 Commenced loading of ammunition
1050 CG-40401 departed. Received pyrotechnics from NAD (80), St.
Julian Creek, Va.,
150 MK2 Very
signals, various colors; 33 Mark 1 Navy lights, 24 MK13 Distress Signals,
20 D/C Markers,
and 2 MK13 Mod 0 flare projectors, 50 MK 20, Mod 0 flares
1347 Completed loading of ammunition having
received aboard 366 rounds 3”/50, 8848 rounds 40mm,
5400 rounds 20mm,
1152 primers, 34,800 rounds small arms, and 54 impulse charges
1453 US Navy Barge YFN 795 departed
1505 Anchor aweigh, maneuvering enroute
York River
1559 Thimble Shoal Light abeam to port,
distance 250 yards
1648 Entered York River channel
1727 Sunset, turned on running lights
1802 Maneuvering on various courses and
speeds, coming to anchor in York River
1802 Let go port anchor in four fathoms of
water to muddy bottom. Anchored with
thirty fathoms
on deck, taking
bearings on the following: The Marshes
light 0870T,
Gloucester Point
light 2940T, Lower Yorktown light 1890T
1940 Loss of ships electrical power due to generator failure
1950 Ships power restored
2000 Liberty granted to the 1st and 2nd
sections to expire at dock landing prior
0700, 21 October,
1952. Lowered Boat #2, first liberty
party departed. Held Evening Reports,
mustered Dept.
Heads, all secure
2047 Boat #2 returned. Carried out scheduled boat trips throughout
the entire watch
10-21-52 0135 Boat #2 moored to starboard side
0650 #2 Boat away to pick up liberty party
0700 Liberty party returned on time with
the exception of BOATBOOM, B.S. and
BOATFALL, T.B.
0735 #2 boat returned and moored along
side to starboard
0745 #2 boat hoisted aboard
0853 Anchor aweigh, maneuvering various
courses and speed proceeding up York River
0912 Passed beneath York River Bridge
0928 First line ashore to U.S. Navy Mine
Depot, Yorktown VA
0931 Moored port side to Pier 2, Berth 4,
U.S. Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown VA
1132 Commenced loading ammunition
1215 Secured from loading ammunition.
Received the following ammunition from NMD, Yorktown, Va.
in accordance with
BuOrd S/O No. 413002 and BuOrd AMSO # 539686:
fifty six (56)
D/C cases MK 9-4,
forty-three (43) D/C Boosters MK 6-4, fifty-one (51) Detonators Mk 1-1,
thirteen (13) D/C
Boosters D/C Mk 6-2, Extenders, three (3) MK 6-0 and fifty-six (56)
D/C Extenders Mk
6-2, fifty-nine (59) D/C pistols MK 6-2; Mk 6-0;
One (1) D/C case
Mk 7-4 (Empty) two (20 D/C cases, Mk 6-0 (Empty); three (3) D/C Booster
Mk 6-4 (Empty;
three (3) Detonators Mk 1-1 (Dummy); thirty-two (32 D/C Arbors; Mk 7-3;
One (1) Box, red
Mk 2-0, Complete; One (1) (unreadable) blasting, 10 Cap;
One tester,
Circuit, Galvanometer; two-hundred (200) blocks, ½ lb TNT; and
ninety-six (96)
Cap, Blasting, electro, Army (unreadable) 49-20.
1354 Underway, maneuvering on various
courses and speeds standing down York River
1423 Cleared York River Gate Vessels
1425 Entered York River Channel
1455 York Spit Channel Light abeam to port
1547 (Unreadable) FL Bell Buoy
abeam to starboard
1610 Thimble Shoals Light abeam to
starboard, close aboard
1623 Set Special Sea detail
1636 Approaching Newport News Middle
Ground Anchorage Area
1653 Anchored in five fathoms of water
with a muddy bottom, with thirty fathoms of chain to the
port anchor on the
following true bearings: Sewall Point
Light 0880, Middle Ground Light 2590,
Grain elevator (unreadable),
Old Point Comfort 0320
1700 Secured special sea detail
1800 Liberty granted to the second and
third sections to expire on the dock at the small boat landing,
NOB, Norfolk, Va.
at 0730, 22 October 1952
1815 Boat #2 waterborne, to make hourly
runs to fleet landing
1940 Held evening reports
2240 BOATBOOM, B.S., and BOATFALL, T.B.,
reported aboard from CG 40404,
sober and in clean
uniform having been absent without leave since 0700, 21 October 1952
10-22-52 0025 Small Boat alongside
0058 Small boat departed for fleet landing
0123 Small boat alongside to starboard,
secured for night
0630 Reveille, carried out morning routine
0715 Boat #2 departed for Naval Landing
0745 Boat #2 returned alongside. Liberty expired for 2nd & 3rd sections,
all returned on time
0831 Set special sea detail
0854 Anchor aweigh, maneuvering on various
courses and speed to run degaussing range
0901 Started degaussing equipment
0905 Commenced maneuvering, running degaussing
range in Norfolk Harbor Channel
1034 Completed degaussing runs, secured
equipment. Proceeding enroute to Craney
Island, Va
1143 Moored North Pier Dog, Fuel Supply
Depot, Craney Island, VA
1230 Commenced fueling
1300 Quarters for muster, general
instruction drill aft
1328 Secured from general instructions
1500 Completed fueling of ship, received
938 barrels
(barrel
= 42 gallons. 938 barrels = 39,390 gallons)
of diesel fuel
1553 Underway standing up the Elizabeth
River enroute C.G. Mooring, Berkeley Virginia
1617 Town Point Light abeam to port, close
aboard
1630 Moored port side to Pier 2, Berth 4,
C.G. Moorings, Berkeley VA
1730 Received aboard commissary supplies
from N.O.B. Norfolk, Va and supplies for shipment to
CGC RAMSDEN (WDE-482),
RICHEY (WDE-485), VANCE (WDE-487) and
DURANT (WDE-489)
from C.G. Yard, Curtis Bay, Md
1940 Held evening reports
10-23-52 0530 Received commissary supplies from
Copper (unreadable) Pie Co, Norfolk, Va
0650 Received commissary supplies from Nolde
Bros Co, Norfolk, Va
0800 Liberty party returned with exception of BOATOARS, P.O.
0800 Quarters for muster. All present or accounted for except SCUTTLE, D. F.
1015 Received commissary supplies from
Pine Grove Dairy, Portsmouth, Va
1127 Received commissary supplies from
Southern Dairys Inc
1345 Received engineering supplies from
Navy Supply Center, Norfolk, Va
1600 Received supplies for laundry from the Morris & Eckels Co
1940 Held evening reports
10-24-52 0100 SCUTTLE, D. F., returned aboard after
being AWOL four (4) days, fifteen (15) hours and no minutes
0730 Liberty party returned on time.
0800 Quarters for muster. All present or accounted for except
BOATOARS, P.O.
0816 Delivered empty brass to NAD, St.
Juliens Creek, Va
0948 Conducted dock trials in preparation
for getting underway
0952 Secured from dock trials
1022 Received aboard engineering stores
from the Tide Water Supply Co., Philadelphia, Penn
1040 Set the special sea detail
1100 Singled up all lines
1105 Underway standing down Elizabeth
River enroute Canal Zone in accordance with
Commandant (OFU)
letter dated 7 October 1952
1200 Underway as before standing out of
Norfolk harbor channel
1210 Sewell Point Light abeam to
starboard, close aboard. Entered
Hampton Roads Channel
1227 Fort Wood Light abeam to starboard,
close aboard
1240 Secured Special sea detail, set the
sea watch
1245 Thimble Shoal Light abeam to port
close aboard. Entered Thimble Shoal
Channel
1337 Cape Henry Light abeam to stbd, distance
1.25 miles
1338 Held abandon ship drill
1353 Turning buoy abeam to port close
aboard
1357 Secured from, abandon ship
drill. Held Seamanship and
communications instructions
1435 Chesapeake Light Ship abeam to port
bearing 0140T distance (unreadable)
1522 Sea Buoy bearing 0590T
close aboard
1949 Changed course to avoid crossing
vessel
10-25-00 0000 Underway North Atlantic Ocean enroute
Norfolk, Va to Panama Canal
1030 Held Commanding Officers inspection
1120 Secured from Commanding Officers inspection
1306 Held General Quarters drill
1337 Set Condition Able
1414 Secured from General Quarters drill,
set Condition Modified Baker
1430 Held casualty steering drill
1500 Secured from casualty steering drill
1543 Secured #4 engine
1809 #4 engine back in operation
10-26-52 0715 Power failure, gyro and steering
casualty, steering by magnetic compass and
trick wheel in
after steering
0730 Power restored, steering by
wheelhouse control, gyro still out
0820 Gyro operative
1720 All personnel warned to stay clear of
all weather decks
2015 Sighted San Salvador Light
2045 San Salvador Light abeam to
starboard, dist – 9 miles
10-27-52 0000 Underway in Caribbean Sea enroute
Norfolk, Va. to Canal Zone
0025 Sighted Bird Rock Light, bearing 1680,
dist. 18.5 mi
0143 Bird Rock Light abeam to port, dist
5.9 Mi
0332 Sighted Castle Island Light bearing
1540T, dist 18.5 mi
0446 Castle Island light abeam 075
distance 4½ miles
1222 Cape Maysi Light abeam to starboard,
dist 4.5 mi
1300 Quarters for muster. Held seamanship, communications and radio
calibration instructions
1617 Holding man overboard drill,
maneuvering on various courses and speeds
1729 Secured from man overboard drill
2113 Navassa Island abeam to port,
distance 3 miles (in September 1996, the Coast Guard
ceased operations
and maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall lighthouse
located on the
southern side of the island)
10-28-52 0000 Underway in the Caribbean Sea enroute
to Colon, Panama
1000 Held Commanding Officer’s Mast in the
following cases: SCUTTLE, D. F.;
referred to
Summary Court Martial. BOATBOOM, B.S. and BOATBOOM, B.S. ,
both awarded two
(2) hours extra duty and two (2) days restriction to the limits of the ship
1035 Commenced swinging ship with
degaussing on
1115 Finished swinging ship, degaussing
left on
1309 Held general quarters drill
1315 Held fire drill
1320 Held casualty steering drill
1324 Exercised at flag hoist drill
1331 Held man overboard drill
1345 Held casualty power control drill
1356 Modified Condition Baker set
throughout ship
1400 Secured from all drills
1412 All hands to quarters, followed by
instruction: Deck Division; maintaining
a proper lookout;
Engineering Divisions,
Damage Control. Operation Division, instruction on plotting
10-29-52 0600 Reveille, up all hands
0828 Commenced maneuvering drills
1101 Secured from maneuvering drills
1310 Maneuvering on various courses and
speeds conducting the following drills:
General Quarters,
Fire, Tactical
Maneuvering, Steering casualty, Damage Control
1345 Master gyro compass out of order
1350 Secured from General Quarters
1425 Secured from all drills
1628 (unreadable) Radar back in
operation
1742 Commenced maneuvering on various
courses
1820 Gyro Compass operative
1945 Held Evening Reports
10-30-52 0500 Sighted Point Manzanillo Light
bearing 1600T, distance 27.6 miles
0550 Put all engines on the line
0816 First breakwater light, Colon,
Panama, abeam to starboard
0820 Quarantine and Customs officials
aboard
0829 Anchored in Limon Bay, Colon, Panama,
on the port anchor in five (5) fathoms of water,
muddy bottom, with
fifteen (15) fathoms on deck on the following true bearings;
Toro Point Light –
2670, Coco Solo Tower – 0930, West Breakwater Light –
015.50,
Signal Station
Pier 6, Cristobel 1510.
0840 U.S. Army 40 footer along side. The following passengers came aboard for
transportation
to Balboa, C.Z.:
MAJOR & MRS HAYTER, USAF; CAPTAIN & MRS HOOPES, USAF;
and MR.
REISSFELTER
0845 U.S. Army 40 footer departed
0932 Quarantine and Custom Officials
departed
1000 Made daily inspection of ship’s
magazines and smokeless powder samples,
condition dry and
normal. Checked and accounted for all
small arms and ammunition
1133 MR WHITE, Canal Pilot aboard
1138 Seven (7) Canal Seamen reported
aboard
1147 Anchor aweigh, commenced maneuvering
on various courses and speeds standing into
Gatun Approach
1227 Moored starboard side to Gatun Lock Dock
1303 Underway, entered Chamber #1, Gatun
Lock
1324 Entered Chamber #2, Gatun Lock
1342 Entered Chamber #3, Gatun Lock
1359 Departed Gatun Lock, entered Gatun
Reach, on various courses and speeds,
proceeding enroute
Balboa, Canal Zone
1452 Entered San Pablo Reach
1511 Entered Gamboa Reach
1540 Entered Las Cassles Reach
1645 Entered Pedro Miguel Lock
1705 Departed Pedro Miguel Locks
1730 Moored starboard side to Miraflores
Lock
1800 Entered Miraflores Locks
1837 Departed Miraflores Locks on various
courses and speeds enroute to Pier #2, north,
U.S. Naval Base,
Rodman, C.Z.
1905 Moored Pier #2, North, U.S. Naval
Base, Rodman, C.Z. Receiving fresh water and
telephone service
from shore facilities
1917 Pilot ashore
2000 Liberty granted to the second and
third sections to expire on board prior to 0030, 31 October 1952
10-31-52 0030 Liberty party returned on time
0630 Reveille, carried out regular routine
0830 W.T. DOOR and 32 men departed on
guided tour of city
1030 Commenced fueling from dock
facilities, smoking lamps out throughout ship
1245 Completed fueling. Received 588.81
barrels
(barrel
= 42 gallons. 588.81 barrels = 24,730
gallons), from U.S. Naval Station, Rodman, C.Z.
1300 Liberty granted to the first and third sections to expire at 0030, 1 Nov 1952
1940 Held evening reports
11-1-52 1035 Held Commanding Officer’s ship’s
inspection
1100 Secured from Commanding Officer’s
inspection, held pay call
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered Dept.
Heads; All secure
11-2-52 0000 Moored as before
11-3-52 0800 Quarters for muster, all present or
accounted for
0830 Panama Canal pilot MR HARRINGTON
aboard
0858 Let go all lines. Standing out of Balboa Harbor enroute
Acapulco, Mexico
0925 Panama Bay Buoy #1 abeam to port
close aboard
0927 Pilot boat alongside and away with
pilot
0933 Set the sea watch
0935 All engines on the line
1048 Bona Island Light abeam to starboard,
range 6 miles
1329 Executed man overboard drill followed by First Aid Inst
1512 Cape Mala L/H abeam to stbd, range ¼
(one quarter) mile
1726 Morro Puercos Light bearing 0000,
dist. 10.0 Mi
1915 Held fire drill. All hands to GQ stations
1933 Secured from fire drill
2000 Retarded ships clocks one hour to conform
with Zone plus six (+6) time. Held
evening reports
2100 Held man overboard drill
2110 Secured from man overboard drill
2115 Islia Juarita Light bearing 3530T
distant eight miles
11-4-52 0600 Reveille, Commenced carrying out
morning routine
1353 Held man overboard drills
1453 Secured from man overboard drills
11-5-52 0000 Underway in North Pacific Ocean
enroute Acapulco, Mexico
1055 HATCH, W.T., suffered mild shock and
lacerations on right elbow when he
came in contact
with 117 volts in IC Room
1305 Held General Quarters drill for
Surface and ASW attacks
1330 Secured from General Quarters
1410 Secured one engine on each shaft,
maneuvering on various courses and speeds
for man overboard
drill
1453 Secured from man overboard drill
1600 Put two engines on each shaft and
increased speed to standard on all engines
11-6-52 0723 Secured No. 3 main engine to repair
water leak
0844 #3 engine placed on the line
1302 Put one engine on each shaft
1310 Maneuvering at various speeds conducting
boat drill with #2 boat
1511 Secured from boat drill. All engines ahead 2/3
1535 Maneuvering on various courses and
speeds to pick up life ring
1559 Picked up unidentified life ring
1630 Placed all four (4) engines on the
line
1943 Held Evening Reports, mustered Dept.
Heads
11-7-52 0441 Sighted Roqueto (sp) Island
Light bearing 0040T, range 26 miles
0735 Maneuvering on various courses and
speeds. Maintaining station 6 miles off
Acapulco, Mexico
0800 Underway standing in to Acapulco
Harbor, Mexico
0835 Pilot SENÕR MUNOZ aboard
0840 Grifo Island L/H abeam to port at 1 ¼
miles
0855 Entered Santa Lucia Bay
0859 Anchored in Santa Lucia Bay,
Acapulco, Mexico, in eleven fathoms of water with a sand
over mud bottom
using 60 fathoms of chain of the port anchor at the waters edge.
Anchor Bearings
true: Grifo Island L/H 1920,
Las Dos Piedras 2720, S.E. Fiscal Wharf 3430
0907 Lowered boats #’s 1 and 2
0915 Pilot away
0926 CAPT KIRK, U.S. Naval Attache and
SENÕR PELLEGER aboard
1015 Commanding Officer and party ashore
to make official visit on the
senior Mexican
Army and Naval Officials of the area and the Mayor of Acapulco
1108 Commanding Officer and party aboard
returning from official visits
1153 Mexican Army and Naval Officials and
the Mayor of Acapulco’s representative aboard to
make an official
visit on the Commanding Officerrepresentative aboard to make an
official visit on
the Commanding Officer.
1223 Mexican authorities departed
1236 CAPT KIRK and SENÕR PELLEGER away
1300 Liberty granted Sections one and
three until 2400 this date. Commenced
running
scheduled liberty
boats
1600 Anchored as before, maintaining
scheduled liberty boat runs
11-8-52 0000 Anchored in Santa Lucia Bay,
Acapulco, Mexico. Vessel in status
Able,
modified Condition
BAKER. Under operational control of
COMWESTAREA,
administrative
control of CCGD14. Maintaining
scheduled liberty boat trips
0140 BOOTCAMP, S.E. and BOWPAINTER, S.B.
placed on report for violation of
Article 92, ECMJ, to wit: failing to obey a lawful order
0209 Last liberty boat alongside, all
hands present or accounted for
0210 KNEEKNOCKER, O. W., placed on report
for violation of Articles 112 (Drunk on Duty)
and 134 (General
Article), UCMJ, and BOWSPRIT, W.H., placed on report for
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave).
0630 Reveille for all hands
0744 Commenced liberty boat trips
1030 Carried out Commanding Officer’s
Inspection
1100 Commanding Officer’s Mast held in the
case of the following names men:
KNEEKNOCKER, O. W.
– Violation of Articles 112 and 134, UCMJ.
Awarded – Summary Court Martial; BOOTCAMP, S.E. and
BOWPAINTER, S.B. –
Violation of Article 92 (Failure to obey order) –
Awarded – Restriction to limits o ship during remainder of stay in Acapulco, Mexico
1300 Liberty granted to the 1st and 2nd
sections to expire on the docks at 2400 for all
non-rated men and
0100 for all petty officers. Carried
out scheduled boat trips throughout watch
2000 Held Evening Reports, mustered Dept.
Heads and restricted men. All
secure.
Carried out
scheduled boat trips throughout watch
11-9-52 0000 Anchored in Santa Lucia Bay,
Acapulco, Mexico in eleven (11) fathoms of water,
sand over mud
bottom, with sixty (60) fathoms of chain on the port anchor at the waters edge.
Vessel in status
Able, modified Condition BAKER, under operational control of
COMWESTAREA, administrative control of CCGD/14, maintaining scheduled liberty
boat trips. Anchor bearings: Roqueta (Grifo) Island Light 1920T,
Las Dos Piedras
White Rocks – 2720T, and S.E. Corner of Fiscal Wharf 3430T.
0000 Liberty expired for all non-rated men
of the 1st and 2nd sections, all returned
on time except
BOWLINE, F.L. and BRIGHTWORK, M.W.
0100 Liberty expired for all petty
officers of the 1st and 2nd sections, all returned on time
except for
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.
0145 BOWLINE, F.L. returned aboard sober
and in proper uniform after having been
Absent Without
Leave for a period of one (1) hour and forty-five (45) minutes
0700 Reveille
0800 Executed Morning Colors. Mustered all hands at quarters, no
unauthorized absentees
except BRIGHTWORK,
M.W. who has been Absent Without Leave for a
period of eight
(8) hours and
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.
who has been Absent Without Leave for a period of seven (7) hours
2041 BLOCKBUSTER, A.B. returned aboard
clean, sober and in uniform after being
AWOL for nineteen
hours and forty one minutes. BRIGHTWORK, M.W. returned aboard clean,
sober and in uniform
after being AWOL for a period of twenty (20 hours forty one (41) minutes
2200 Lights out silence about deck
11-10-52 0000 Liberty expired for all seamen, all
returned on time except BOATHOOK, W.S. and
CAISSON, D.D.AWOL
as of this time and date
0100 CAISSON, D.D. returned clean, sober
and in uniform after being AWOL a period of one (1) hour
0130 CAMEL, W.F. placed on report by
Ensign BROWN USCG, senior shore patrol officer
for Direct
Disobedience to orders: drinking while
on shore patrol duty
0200 BOATHOOK, W.S. returned aboard in
uniform having been AWOL a period of two (2) hours
0600 Reveille
0745 All hands to quarters for muster, all
present and accounted for
0817 Underway standing out of Acapulco
Harbor, Mexico
0833 Grifo Island L/H abeam to starboard
at 2500 yds
0925 All four main engines on the line at
265 rpm enroute San Diego, California
1000 Held Commanding Officer’s Mast in the
following cases: BOWSPRIT,
W.H., CAISSON, D.D.,
and BOWLINE, F.L.; Violation of art. 86 UCMJ – all excused;
BOATHOOK, W.S.,
Violation of Art 86 UCMJ, Awarded: two
(2) hours extra duty:
BRIGHTWORK, M.W.
and BLOCKBUSTER, A.B., Violation of Art. 86 UCMJ –
Awarded:
Restriction to the limits of this vessel for a period of 2 weeks, such
restriction to
commence upon
arrival in San Diego, California
1221 #1 engine taken off the line for
repairs
1305 Exercised at General Quarters
1345 Secured from General Quarters. Commenced training exercises
1430 Secured from training exercises
1806 All four (4) engines placed on the
line
1830 Held Darken Ship Drill, secured all
running lights
2000 Secured from Darken Ship Drill,
turned on running lights
2242 Point Telmo Light sighted bearing
3340T, dist 20.0 Mi.
2340 Point Telmo Light abeam to starboard,
dist. 14.0 Mi
11-11-52 0420 #4 main engine taken off the line for
repairs
0604 #4 main engine back on the line
1000 Held Commanding Officer’s Mast in the
case of CAMEL, W.F., Violation of arts 90
(Willfully
disobeying superior commissioned officer)and 134 (All disorders and neglects
to
the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of
a nature
to
bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital),
UCMJ,
Awarded: Restriction to the limits of
this vessel for a period of two (2) weeks;
such restriction
to commence upon arrival in San Diego, Calif.
1300 Held quarters for all hands, all
present or accounted for – Carried out Holiday Routine
2121 Took #1 main engine off the line
reduced speed to 265 RPM
2213 #1 Main engine on the line, increased
speed to 300 RPM Standard speed all engines
2400 Retarded clocks on hour to zone +7
time
11-12-52 1032 General Quarters; steering various
courses and speeds for battle problem
1142 Secured from General Quarters, set
War Cruising Watch #3 Section
1343 Changed to various courses and speeds,
maneuvering for War Cruising Watch battle problem
1524 Secured War Cruising Watch battle
problem
1945 Evening reports all department heads
to muster
11-13-52 1311 Exercised at Man Overboard Drill on various courses and speeds
1405 Secured from all drills
1700 Reduced speed to 2/3 (210 RPM’s),
placed one engine on each shaft on standby
2400 Retarded ships clocks one hour to
conform with Zone +8 time
11-14-52 0835 Various courses and speeds standing
into San Diego, California
0847 Point Loma L/H abeam to port
0849 Standing up San Diego Channel
0927 Moored port side to outer end of “B”
Street Pier #1, San Diego California
0937 Customs agent W SMITH aboard
1016 Commenced taking on fresh water from
shore
1023 Customs agent W SMITH departed
1045 Received commissary stores from
Golden State Dairy Co
1300 Received commissary stores from Haces
Dairy
1310 Received aboard 150 loaves bread from
Snowflake Baking Co
1630 Liberty granted the Third Section to
expire 0730, 15 Nov and the First Section
to expire 0800, 16
Nov 1952
2030 Held evening reports. All restricted men present
11-15-52 0000 Moored port side to outer end of “B”
Street Pier #1, San Diego California.
Receiving fresh water
from shore. Vessel under operational control of ComFltTraGru,
San Diego, Cal. and
administrative
control of CCGD 14
1202 USCGC VANCE (WDE-487) moored
alongside to starboard
1530 USCGC VANCE (WDE-487) cast off
1940 Held evening reports
11-16-52 0100 BOWPAINTER, S.B. complained of possible
broken left hand.
Reported aboard
prior to midnight with no complaints at that time
Treated by
Hospitalman from CGC DURANT
0130 CANBUOY, M.B. reported finding lock
to door on reefer vestibule had been forced open
0800 BOWPAINTER, S.B. placed on report for
violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice,
Article 92 (Failure
to obey order or regulation), Article 108 (Loss, damage, destruction
or disposition of
military property of the United States), Article 134 (All disorders and
neglects to the prejudice of good order and
discipline in the armed forces, all conduct
of
a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not
capital)
11-17-52 0001 BOWPAINTER, S.B. failed to return
aboard from Special Liberty which expired at 0000 this date
0540 Received supplies aboard for general
mess from the Royal Pie Bakery, San Diego, Calif
and Bowie (sp)
Pie Company, San Diego, Calif
0740 One (1) officer and fifteen (15) men
departed to NavScolFleGun and Torp for training.
Two (2) officers
and five (5) men departed to CICTeamTraCen for training.
Twenty-one (21)
men departed to FleTraCen for training.
Two (2) officers and five (5) men
departed to
FleSonarScol for training. One (1) man
departed for FlacTraCen for Training
0800 Mustered all hands at quarters; no unauthorized absentees except CASEMATE, A.E.
0810 Received stores for general mess from
Coast Citrus Distributing, San Diego, Calif
0830 Naval Inspector and party aboard
0830 Naval Supervisor and staff aboard
0900 Received stores for general mess from
Union Fish Co
1022 USN tug #6 alongside for garbage
disposal
1030 Received supplies for general mess
from Rideout Produce Co
1049 Navy Tug #6 departed
1307 Received supplies from Naval Supply
Depot, Norva
1605 UWATE officers ashore
1615 Personnel returned from various
schools
1705 Liberty granted to the 1st and 3rd
sections to expire 0630 Tuesday, 18 November 1952
1945 Held evening reports, mustered department
heads and restricted men; all present and accounted for
11-18-52 0745 Officers and men departed for various
schools
0750 Received commissary stores from
Golden State Co
0800 All hands to muster; all present or accounted
for except CASEMATE, A.E.,
now AWOL thirty two (32) hours
0815 BOWLINE, F.L. placed on report for violation of Article 92 (Failure to obey order), UCMJ
0830 U.S. Navy UWATE inspector aboard
1321 Machinists (2) from Marine
Construction Co aboard for engine repairs
1515 Commenced taking on commissary stores
from U.,S. Naval Supply Depot, San Diego
1620 All commissary stores aboard
1622 E Division exercised at General
Quarters
1630 Engine repairs completed, both
civilian machinists ashore
1700 E Division secured from General
Quarters Drills
2025 Fire discovered in #2 generator in B2
2027 Fire due to backfire in #2 generator
extinguished. Carried on with fire
drill
2035 Secured from fire drill
11-19-52 0745 Officers and men concerned departed
for training schools
0800 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for except CASEMATE, A.E.,
now absent without leave, for a period of 56 hours
1615 Officers and crew returned from Navy
Training schools; all present or accounted for
1950 Evening reports, department heads,
restricted men to muster. All
departments secure for the night
11-20-52 0735 Officers and men departed for various
schools in accordance with ComFltTraGru UWATE,
San Diego, Cal
dated 10 October 1952
0800 All hands to quarters, all present or
accounted for except CASEMATE, A.E., now
AWOL for a period
of 80 hours
0900 Received stores for general mess from
Union Fish Company, San Diego, Calif
0945 Made daily inspection of magazines
and smokeless powder samples.Conditions dry and normal.
Checked and
accounted for all small arms and ammunition
1035 Received stores for general mess from
Sunbeam Bread Company, San Diego, Calif
1225 Received supplies from USCGT Air Station,
San Diego, Calif. For USCGC VANCE (WDE-487)
1615 Officers and enlisted men attending
Navy Training schools returned aboard
1805 Held General Quarters Drill
1825 Secured from drills
1830 Liberty granted to the first and
third sections to expire at 0630, 21 November 1952
2000 Held evening reports
11-21-52 0630 Liberty party returned with exception of CAPSTAN, V.B. and CARGONET, H.S.
0800 Quarters for muster. All hands present or accounted for except
CASEMATE, A.E., AWOL four (4) days and eight (8) hours,
CAPSTAN, V.B., AWOL one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes and
CARGONET, H.S., AWOL one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes
0940 Received Exchange Store stores form
C&R Transfer Co
1000 Received commissary stores from
Admiral Sales Co
1028 Received commissary stores from
Golden State Dairy Co
1510 Received Exchange store supplies from
C&R Transfer Co
1525 Received Engineering Stores from U.S.
Naval Station, San Diego, California
1545 Received commissary stores from
Heffel’s Bakery and from Los Angeles Nut House
1600 In accordance with U.S. Naval School
Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Naval Station
Letter dated 20
November 1952, the following names men placed on report for
unauthorized
absence from U.S. Naval School Fleet Gunnery and Torpedo Naval School;
HEDGEHOG, D.P.,
from 1220 18 November 1952 to termination of course and
REDLEAD, P. B. from 1220 18 November 1952 to 0810 19 November 1952 and
0930 19 November 1952 to termination of course. All men returned
from TAD in accordance with ComFltTraGru UWATE Naval Speed
ltr dated 10 Oct
1952 at various schools except HEDGEHOG, D. P. and REDLEAD, P. B.
1645 Received stores for ships exchange
from Lester Hatcher
1912 REDLEAD, P. B. reported aboard clean,
sober, and in proper uniform.
Subject man placed
on report for violation of U.C.M.J. Article 86 (Absence without leave)
& 90
(Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer)
1940 Held evening reports. No unauthorized absentees
11-22-52 0000 The following named men are
AWOL:
CASEMATE, A.E.,
CAPSTAN, V.B., BOOTCAMP, S.E. and CARGONET, H.S.
0530 Received stores for general mess from
Royal Pie Bakery
0555 Received stores for general mess from
Bowies Pies
0600 Reveille
0700 Thirteen men placed on report for
failure to observe reveille
0700 SWITCHBOARD, E.P., placed on report
for violation of Executive Officer memorandum 12-52
0800 All hands to quarters, no
unauthorized absentees except CASEMATE, A.E.,
now AWOL for a
period of five (5) days and eight (8 ) hours, CAPSTAN, V.B.,
now AWOL for a
period of one (1) day one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes,
CARGONET, H.S.,
now AWOL for a period of one (1) day, one (1) hour and thirty (30) minutes,
and BOOTCAMP,
S.E., now AWOL for a period of three (3) days nineteen (19) hours
and thirty (30)
minutes
0815 Received stores for general mess from Snowflake Baking Co
0830 BOWPAINTER, S.B. and BLOCKBUSTER,
A.B., returned aboard, clean, sober,
and in civilian
clothes in custody of Naval Shore Patrol, San Diego, California,
after being AWOL
while in a restricted status, subject men placed on report for violation of
UCMJ
Articles 86 (Absence
without leave) and 134 (All disorders and
neglects to the prejudice of good
order
and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit
upon
the
armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital)
1504 Held inport fire drill
1515 Secured from inport fire drill
1930 Held evening reports, mustered duty
section and all restricted men, all present and accounted for
2200 Lights out silence about decks
11-23-52 0000 The following named men AWOL:
CASEMATE, A.E.,
AWOL six (6) days no (0) hours,
CAPSTAN, V.B. and
CARGONET, H.S., one (1) day and seventeen (17) hours, thirty (30) minutes;
BOOTCAMP, S.E. one (1) day eight (8) hours
0800 CATFALL, O.A., AWOL as of this time and date
2105 CAPSTAN, V.B. and CARGONET, H.S.,
returned aboard having been AWOL for
a period of two
(2) days fourteen hours and thirty-five (35) minutes.
Subject men place
on report for violation of UCMJ Article 86 (Absence without leave)
2300 CATFALL, O.A., returned aboard after
having been AWOL for period of fifteen (15) hours.
Subject man placed
on report for violation of UCMJ Article 86 (Absence without leave)
2310 CATAPULT, L.A., KNEEKNOCKER, O. W.
and CAULKOFF, S.S.
placed on report
for violation of UCMJ Articles 80 (Attempt to commit an offense punishable
under the code) and 134 (General
Article)
11-24-52 0630 Set Special Sea Detail in preparation
for unmooring ship
0640 Officers and enlisted men from
Underway Training Element, San Diego, Calif aboard
0650 Set Mooring Stations
0710 CHAINLOCKER, F.L, .returned aboard
having been AWOL one (1) hour and ten (10) minutes
0718 Underway standing out North San Diego
Bay
0740 Secured Special Sea Detail, set
Anchor Detail
0750 Ballast Point Light abeam to
starboard distance approximately 150 yards
0756 Point Loma Light abeam to starboard
distant approximately 1000 yards
0800 Underway on various courses and
speeds standing out of San Diego Channel
0850 Commenced maneuvering to carry out
radar calibration exercises with
U.S. Navy AO-54 (USS
CHICASKIA).
0946 Completed calibration exercises
1029 Commenced exercising on various
engineering casualty drills
1042 Engine Order Telegraph Casualty
1053 Engine Order Telegraph operative
1100 Commenced AA tracking exercises with
training plane
1200 Secured from all drills
1355 Exercised at General Quarters, held
Sample Battle Problem
1458 Secured from General Quarters
1645 Entering San Diego Channel
1655 Point Loma Light abeam to port
distance one half mile
1733 Underway Training Unit departed ship
in naval launch
1940 First line ashore to “B” Street pier
1945 Moored “B” Street Pier North side
1956 Held General Quarters drill
2000 Secured from General Quarters for
Instruction
2050 Leak discovered in Hull overboard discharge
pipe fitting for Boiler and evaporator cover,
port
side frame 82 in B-2 engine room. Leak
temporarily plugged with soft patch
2100 Secured from all Instructions
2200 Lights out silence about deck
11-25-52 0800 All hands to quarters for muster, all
present except CASEMATE, A.E., AWOL a period of
eight (8) days,
eight (8) hours and BOOTCAMP, S.E., AWOL a period of
three (3) days sixteen (16) hours
0922 Held inport Fire Drill
1000 Exercised at in-port Collision Drill
1150 Set material Condition Baker
1245 UWATE personnel aboard for Battle
Problem
1250 Received misc. stores for ship from
USCG YARD, Curtis Bay, Md
1301 All hands to General Quarters,
commenced Training Readiness Battle Problem
1400 Secured from General Quarters
1507 All UWATE personnel ashore
1509 Set special sea detail
1522 Underway, standing out of San Diego
Harbor, enroute U.S. Naval Fuel Annex
1608 Moored starboard side to U.S. Naval
Fuel Annex
1635 Commenced fueling from dock
1743 Secured from fueling operation. Received 37,128 gals of diesel oil
1805 Underway standing down San Diego
Harbor enroute rendezvous with
USS LOFBERG
(DD-759) and USS JOHN W THOMASON (DD-760) in OpArea YY1
1830 San Diego Sea Buoy abeam to
starboard, dist ½ mile
1851 CIC & Bridge Personnel exercised at
various drills
1855 Entered training area YY1
1900 Commenced maneuvering various courses
and speed to take station on
USS THOMASON
(DD-760) and USS LOFBERG (DD-759), USS THOMASON being OTC
1953 Held evening reports, mustered dept
heads and restricted men, no unauthorized absentees
2000 Underway on various courses and
speeds ships in column with USS THOMASON guide
and USS LOFBERG
OTC, keeping station 1800 relative three thousand (3000) yards from
guide
2200 Lights out silence about decks
11-26-52 0000 Underway on various courses and
speeds, in North Pacific Ocean in operating area YY1
off San Diego,
Cal., in station 1800 relative, dist 3000 yds. from USS THOMASON
(DD-760),
guide, in company
with USS LOFBERG (DD-759), OTC, with all engines on line
0530 Departed company of USS THOMASON
(DD-760) and USS LOFBERG (DD-759)
to carry out basic
orders
0555 Removed one engine from each shaft
0600 Reveille
0630 Made visual contact with USS
CHIKASKIA (AO-54)
0710 Commenced maneuvering to take fueling
station on USS CHIKASKIA (AO-54)
0816 First line aboard
0828 Conducting highline transfer drill
0828 Oil hose aboard
0830 Secured from high line transfer drill
0834 Secured from fueling
0844 Oil hose away
0850 All lines away
0854 Secured from fueling at sea drill
0900 Clear of USS CHIKASKIA (AO-54)
0955 Held General Quarters drill for
tracking aircraft
1134 Secured from General Quarters drill
1253 Held General Quarters Drill for A/A.
tracking and air control, maneuvering on
various courses
1420 Secured from General Quarters drill,
all engines ahead standard, 340 rpm
1533 Changed to various courses and
speeds, maneuvering to enter San Diego Bay
1541 Set anchor detail
1542 Secured one engine on each shaft
1610 U.S. Navy boat alongside, UWATE
observers departed
1627 Moored starboard side to “B” Street
Pier, North side, San Diego, California
1629 Secured special sea detail
1730 Liberty granted to the first section
to expire at 0900, 27 Nov. 1952 and to the second section
to expire at 0600,
28 Nov 1952
1940 Held evening reports
11-27-52 0900 Liberty party returned
1940 Held evening Reports. All restricted men present except:
KNEEKNOCKER, O.
W., and CENTERLINE, S.L.
2000 Boatswain Mate of the Watch conducted
a thorough search of the ship for the above men
without
success. Informed Naval Shore Patrol,
San Diego, and requested these men be apprehended
11-28-52 0750 Quarters for muster
0800 All present except: CASEMATE, A.E., AWOL eleven (11) days and
eight (8) hours;
BOOTCAMP, S.E.,
AWOL six (6) days and sixteen (16) hours;
KNEEKNOCKER, O. W.
and CENTERLINE, S.L., AWOL sixteen (16) hours,
CHAINSTOPPER, S.L., CHARLEYNOBLE, G.S. and CHOCKBLOCK, T.B. now AWOL
0803 Let go all lines, underway standing
out of San Diego Bay
0822 Small boat alongside, Underway
Training Unit (UWATE) aboard
0856 Sea Buoy abeam to starboard,
proceeding to Area (VV6)
1200 Underway on various courses and
speeds, in area VV6, running the measured mile
1250 Held GQ drill for A/A target
designation and acquisition and air control
1450 Secured from GQ drill
1530 Secured one engine on each shaft
1600 Underway on various courses and speed
in area MM19
1645 Set Condition BAKER – Darken Ship
1735 Made visual contact with USS WASHBURN
(AKA-108). Commenced screening
exercises
with USS WASHBURN
(AKA-108) OTC, USS BEXAR (APA-237),
USS JOHN W
THOMASON (DD-760) and USS LOFBERG (DD-759).
Took station 4000 yd, 2950
relative from USS WASHBURN (AKA-108)
1745 Held General Quarters Drill for CIC
personnel
1832 Held General Quarters Drill
1929 Secured from General Quarters, set
War Cruising Watches
1940 Held Evening Reports, mustered
Department Heads, all secure
2000 In formation course 1800, formation
speed 10 Knots, Area MM14 & 19 USS LOFBERG (DD-759)
& USS THOMASON
(DD-760) OTC. USS THOMASON bearing 0000
relative three
thousand (3000) yards
2118 Secured War Cruising watch, set
regular sea watch
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
11-29-52 0400 Underway on various courses and
speeds in operation area MM14 & MM19 in company with
the USS THOMASON
(DD-760) guide, & OTC, USS LOFBERG (DD-759)
0846 Held casualty steering drill
0925 Held man overboard drill
1004 Held collision drill
1030 Held casualty power failure drill and
emergency radio drill
1032 Secured from all drills
1200 Underway on various courses and
speeds, one engine on each shaft, enroute to operating area TT1
1245 Held GQ drill. Exercises at A/A coordination and A/C
control drills
1400 Secured from GQ drill
1425 Held engine over speed drill
1455 Set anchor detail
1504 Point Loma Light abeam to port, dist.
1.5 Mi. Commenced maneuvering on
various courses
and speeds,
entering San Diego Bay Channel
1510 Ballast Point Light abeam to port,
close aboard
1518 Navy boat FS54 alongside, UWATE
observes departed
1528 Set mooring detail
1552 Moored starboard side to “B” Street
Pier, North side, San Diego, California
1635 Commanding Officer’s Mast held in the
case of the following named men:
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave), UCMJ,
referred to
Summary Court Martial;
BOWPAINTER, S.B.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave), UCMJ,
referred to
Summary Court Martial;
CAPSTAN, V.B.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave) UCMJ,
awarded one (1)
weeks restriction, administration of restriction to count;
CARGONET, H.S.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave) UCMJ,
awarded one (1)
weeks restriction, administration of restriction to count;
CATAPULT, L.A.,
violation of Article 80 (Attempts), UCMJ, awarded loss of one (1)
liberty;
CAULKOFF, S.S.,
violation of Article 80 (Attempts), UCMJ, Excused;
CATFALL, O.A.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave) UCMJ,
awarded loss of
one (1) days liberty;
CLAMPDOWN, S.D.,
violation of Article 81 (Conspiracy) UCMJ, awarded – Warning;
CLOTHESSTOP, C.L.,
violation of Article 86 (Absence without leave) UCMJ,
awarded loss of
one (1) days liberty;
CHAINLOCKER, F.L.,
Article 86 (Absence without leave) UCMJ,
awarded two (2)
hours of extra duty
2000 BLOCKBUSTER, A.B., ascertained to be
absent from the ship, placed on report for breaking arrest
11-30-52 0900 Mustered duty section and restricted
men, all present and accounted for except:
CASEMATE, A.E.,
AWOL thirteen (13) days nine (9) hours;
BOOTCAMP, S.E.,
AWOL eight (8) days seventeen (17) hours;
CHAINSTOPPER,
S.L., AWOL two (2) days one (1) hour;
CHARLEYNOBLE,
G.S., AWOL two (2) days one (1) hour;
CENTERLINE, S.L.,
AWOL two (2) days seventeen (17) hours;
CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.,
two (2) days one (1) hour;
KNEEKNOCKER, O.
W., two (2) days seventeen (17) hours;
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.,
AWOL thirteen (13) hours
2200 Lights out silence about decks
2350 CHAINSTOPPER,
S.L., returned after being AWOL three (3) days three (3) hours fifty (50)
minutes;
CENTERLINE, S.L.,
returned after being AWOL three (3) days three (3) hours fifty (50) minutes;
KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.,
returned after being AWOL three (3) days three (3) hours fifty (50) minutes
12-1-52 0455 CHARLEYNOBLE, G.S. returned after
being AWOL for two (2) days nineteen hours
five (5) minutes
0800 Quarters, all hands to muster, all
present and accounted for except
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B., AWOL a period of one (1) day twelve
(12) hours;
BOOTCAMP, S.E.,
AWOL nine (9) days sixteen (16) hours;
CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.,
AWOL three (3) days;
CLAMPDOWN, S.D.,
AWOL as of this time and date;
CASEMATE, A.E.,
AWOL a period of fourteen (14) days eight (8) hours
0850 Made daily inspection of magazines
and smokeless powder samples, condition dry and normal.
All small arms
checked and accounted for
0945 Received deck supplies from Naval
Supply depot, San Diego, California
1400 Held Commanding Officers Mast in the
cases of the following named men:
KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.,
Violation of UCMJ Articles 80 (Attempts), 86 (Absence without leave),
and 134 (General Article);
CENTERLINE, S.L.,
Violation of UCMJ Articles 86 and 134, case referred to a
Summary Court
Martial;
CHAINSTOPPER,
S.L., Violation of UCMJ Article 86, awarded two (2) weeks
restriction to the
limits of the ship
1445 CHAINLOCKER, F.L., placed on report
for violation of UCMJ Article 91
disrespectful in
language to a petty officer
1525 Received from Naval Supply Depot, San
Diego, California, twenty-nine (29) barrels of lubricating oil
1940 Mustered duty section and restricted
men, all present or accounted for
2200 Lights out, silence about the deck
12-2-52 0530 Received commissary supplies from
Royal Pie Bakery
0600 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for the 2nd & 3rd
section
0800 Quarters, all hands to muster, all
present except:
BOOTCAMP, S.E.,
now AWOL ten (10) days, sixteen (16) hours;
CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.,
now AWOL twelve (12) hours;
CLAMPDOWN, S.D.,
now AWOL one (1) day;
CASEMATE,
A.E., now AWOL fifteen (15) days, eight
(8 hours);
CARGONET, H.S.,
and CLOSEHAULED, C.W. AWOL from this
date
0938 The following named men departed for
NSPHS Relief Station, San Diego, Cal.
for medical
examination prior to departing to U.S. Navy brig;
KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.,
CENTERLINE, S.L., BOWPAINTER, S.B.
0945 Received commissary supplies from
Growers Marketing Co, San Diego, Cal
1030 Received commissary supplies from Sam
Marinos Co, San Diego, Cal and from
Sunbeam Bread Co.
San Diego, Cal
1040 KNEEKNOCKER, O.W., CENTERLINE, S.L.,
and BOWPAINTER, S.B.,
reported aboard
from USPHS Relief Station, San Diego, Cal
1101 Held Commanding Officer’s Mast
proceedings in case of: COCKBILL, A.V., Violation of UCMJ,
Article 134, out
of uniform, awarded warning
1310 Received commissary supplies from
Rideout Produce Co, San Diego, Cal
1340 The following men departed for U.S.
Naval Receiving Station, Naval Station, San Diego, Cal,
under protective
custody to be confined for safe keeping, Authorization,
Commandant, 11th
Naval District letter; KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.,
BOWPAINTER, S.B.,
and CENTERLINE, S.L.
1430 Received engineer’s supplies from
U.S. Naval Station, San Diego, Cal
1630 Completed pumping aboard 1537 gals of
NSO #9250, lubricating oil
1940 Held evening reports
2350 CASEMATE, A.E., reported aboard
unassisted, clean, sober and in proper uniform,
having been absent
without leave fifteen (15) days, twenty-three (23) hours and fifty (50) minutes
12-3-52 0135 CLAMPDOWN, S.D., reported aboard
unassisted, clean, sober, and in proper uniform,
having been absent
without leave for one (1) day, seventeen (17) hours forty-five (45) minutes,
under orders from
C.O., Barstow Annex, Marine Corps Depot of Supplies,
San Francisco, Cal
dated 1 Dec 1952, ref. C.O. Marine Corps Supply Annex,
Barstow, Cal. dispatch
011900Z (Dec)
0600 Reveille
0600 Received commissary supplies from
Bohemian Bakery Co, San Diego, Cal.,
and Golden State
Col., San Diego, Cal
0745 Liberty expired for 1st & 3rd
sections. All returned with exception
of
COCKPIT, W.S.,
COFFERDAM, F.O. and COMPANION, Q.D.
0745 The following men AWOL the times
indicated: CLOSEHAULED, C.W., one (1)
day;
CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.,
five (5) days;
BOOTCAMP, S.E.,
eleven (11) days, sixteen (16) hours;
CARGONET, H.S.,
one (1) day;
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.,
three (3) days, twelve (12) hours
0830 Received commissary supplies from
Union Fish Co, San Diego, Cal
0920 Received commissary supplies from
Hoges LTD
0925 Received commissary supplies from Bay
City Produce Co
1000 Received commissary supplies from
Coast Citrus Distributors
1445 COCKPIT, W.S., returned aboard,
clean, sober and in the proper uniform AWOL seven (7) hours
1515 BELETTI SK1 reported aboard for
further transfer to the CGC DURANT (WDE-489)
upon arrival at
Honolulu, T.H.
1735 COFFERDAM, F.O., returned, clean,
sober and in the proper uniform AWOL
nine (9) hours and
fifty (50) minutes
1945 Held evening reports. All departments secured. All restricted men present
12-4-52 0200 BOOTCAMP, S.E., reported aboard
clean, sober and in the proper uniform after
being absent without leave for a period
of twelve (12) days, ten (10) hours
0330 COMPANION, Q.D., reported aboard
clean, sober and in proper uniform after being
absent without leave for a period of nineteen hours (19) and forty-five (45) minutes
0600 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for all hands; all present except the following:
CARGONET, H.S.,
CLOSEHAULED, C.W., both absent without leave for a period of one (1) day
and twenty-three
(23) hours and forty-five (45) minutes;
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.,
absent without leave for a period of four (4) days eleven (11) hours
and forty-five
(45) minutes and
CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.,
absent without leave for a period of five (5) days twenty-three(23) hours
and forty-five (45) minutes
0830 Set special sea detail in preparation
to getting underway
0905 The following named men returned
aboard from confinement for safe keeping at
U.S. Naval
Receiving Station, San Diego, California:
KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.,
CENTERLINE, S.L., and BOWPAINTER, S.B.
0915 All hands to mooring stations
0926 Underway on various courses and
speeds enroute to Naval Fuel Docks
1007 Moored port side to dock, Naval Fuel
Annex, San Diego Cal.
1010 WENGROCKI, SA, reported aboard from C.G.
Air Station, San Diego, Cal
for TAD and future
transfer to CGC DURANT (WDE-489) at Honolulu, T.H.
for disciplinary
action and resumption of regular duties
1028 Commenced taking on fuel
1100 The following men, being AWOL, were
transferred C.G. Air Station, San Diego, Cal
in accordance with
Personnel Circular 32-46:
CARGONET, H.S.,
CLOSEHAULED, C.W., BLOCKBUSTER, A.B., and CHOCKBLOCK, T.B.
1215 Secured from fueling, received
fourteen thousand, seven hundred seventy seven gals (14,777)
1240 Let go all lines
1244 Underway various courses and speeds
standing down San Diego Channel
1255 Ballast Point Light abeam to
starboard distance one hundred fifty yards
1303 Point Loma Light abeam to starboard
distant one half mile
1317 San Diego sea buoy 15D close aboard
to starboard
1320 Set course 253T all engines ahead two
thirds 210 RPM enroute to Honolulu T.H.
1325 All engines ahead Standard 265 RPM
1352 Increased speed to 300 RPM for
Standard
1400 All hands to General Quarters
1410 Set Condition ABLE
1436 Set modified condition “BAKER”
1440 Secured from General Quarters,
carried out drills and instruction in telephone talking,
knot tying, and
flag hoist
1555 Secured from all drills and
instructions
1940 Held evening reports
2115 Crossed one thousand (1000) fathom
curve
12-5-52 1000 Held Commanding Officer’s Mast in the
following cases:
CHAINLOCKER, F.L.,
Violation of Article 91, UCMJ – disrespect toward his superior
petty
officer. Awarded: eight (8) hours extra duty;
BOOTCAMP, S.E. –
Violation of Article 86, UCMJ – AWOL from on or about
1220 – 11-18-52 to
0200 – 12-9-52. Awarded: Reduction in rating from PO3 to SN;
COMPANION, Q.D.,
Violation of Article 86, UCMJ; AWOL from on or about
0745 – 12-3-52 to
0330 – 1204052. Awarded: One (1) weeks
restriction to commence upon
arrival in
Honolulu, T.H.;
COCKPIT, W.S. –
Violation of Article 86, UCMJ, AWOL from on or about
0745 – 1203052 to
1445 – 12-3-52, Awarded: Excused;
COFFERDAM, F.O. – Violation
of Article 86, UCMJ, AWOL from on or about
0745 – 12-3-52 to
1735 – 12-3-52. Awarded: One (1) week restriction upon
arrival in
Honolulu, T.H.;
CLAMPDOWN, S.D.,
Violation of Article 85, UCMJ, (1) failed to go at the prescribed time
to his appointed
place of duty, to wit: 0000 to 0400, boiler watch, and
(2) did on or
about 2400 – 11-30-52, absent himself from his unit without proper
authority.
Awarded: Referred
to Summary Court Martial;
CASEMATE, A.E. –
Violation of Article 86, UCMJ – AWOL from on or about
2400 – 11-16-52 to
2350 – 12-2-52. Awarded: Referred to
Summary Court Martial
1100 Held Instructions in Notices to
Mariners for all Quartermasters
12-6-52 1010 Commenced Commanding Officer’s
Personnel and Ship’s Inspection
1115 Secured from Inspections
1130 Inspected magazines and smokeless
powder samples; conditions dry and normal;
All small arms
accounted for. Tested Magazine
sprinklers – test satisfactory
1310 Decreased speed to all ahead 2/3 (210
RPM), lowered BT (Bathy-thermograph)
1330 Raised BT, increased speed to all
engines ahead standard (300 RPM)
1747 Reduced speed to ahead 2/3, 210 RPM,
lowered BT
1750 Raised BT, increased speed to
standard ahead, 300 RPM, on all main engines
2200 Lights out, silence about deck
12-7-52 0000 Underway in the North Pacific Ocean,
enroute Honolulu, T.H., on course 253T,
all engines ahead
standard, 300 rpm, material condition, modified BAKER, set throughout ship
0400 Retarded ship’s clocks one hour to
conform with Zone plus nine (+9) time
0800 Entered 14th Coast Guard District
1203 COMPANIONWAY, P.B., treated for
multiple, self-inflicted, superficial lacerations of
both wrists,
requiring simple antiseptic treatment and dry bandages
1404 Reduced speed to 2/3, 210 RPM,
lowered BT
1415 Raised BT, increased speed to
standard ahead, 300 RPM
1429 Changed course to 2810T,
2800 pgc, 2650 psc, rendering right of way to privileged vessel
1438 Resumed course 2510T, 2500
pgc, 2310 psc
12-8-52 0930 Held Sea Bag and Locker Inspection
1100 Held QM instructions
1300 All hands to quarters, maneuvering on
various courses and speeds to launch gunnery target
1310 Launched gunnery target, sounded
General Quarters
1315 Retrieved gunnery target, exercised at
General Quarters
1325 Condition ABLE set throughout ship
1356 Set modified condition BAKER
1404 Secured from General Quarters
1645 Launched surface gunnery target
1715 All hands to General Quarters
stations
1717 Commenced maneuvering on various courses
and speeds
1730 Commenced surface firing exercises
1900 Completed firing exercises SGD-3,
GGD-40, SGD –20 and SGD-3-40.
The following
ammunition expended: 3”50 A.A. SPDF 10138, ten (10) rounds,
3”50 illumination
SPDN 5847, five (5) rounds, 40mm BL&T, SPDN 7805,
sixty four (64)
rounds, 20mm BL&P, SPDN 7501, eighty (80) rounds. No casualties
1915 Retrieved target
1920 Retarded ship’s clocks one (1) hour
to conform with zone plus ten (10) time
2200 Lights out
12-9-52 0900 A Summary Court convened in the case
of KNEEKNOCKER, O.W.
0955 Court adjourned
1000 A Summary Court convened in the case
of CENTERLINE, S.L.
1040 Court adjourned
1300 Quarters, followed by Ditch and
Rescue Drill
1337 Secured from Ditch and Rescue Drill
1400 A Summary Court convened to try cases
of following named men:
BOWPAINTER, S.B.,
CASEMATE, A.E., and CLAMPDOWN, S.D.
1630 Summary Court adjourned
2000 Held evening reports, all departments
secure
12-10-52 0310 Molokai light bearing 2250T distance twenty (20) miles
0530 Reveille
0648 Makapuu Point Light bearing 0000T, distance 5.0 Mi
0720 All hands to quarters
0721 Changed to various courses and
speeds, maneuvering to enter Honolulu harbor
0729 Set special sea detail
0800 Underway on various courses and
speeds approaching Honolulu Harbor,
Honolulu harbor
entrance lighted buoy #1 abeam to port, close aboard
0829 Moored starboard side to moor
extension pier #2, Honolulu, T.H.
1006 Underway proceeding to Sand Island
Coast Guard Base
1020 Moored starboard side to Sand Island
Coast Guard Pier, Berth King
1250 BELETTI, SK1 departed this unit to
report to C.O. USCGC DURANT (WDE-489)
for resumption of
regular duties
1300 Quarters for muster. Liberty granted to the 2nd & 3rd
sections to expire on board prior to
0745 11 December
1952
1940 Held evening reports. Mustered department heads and restricted
men, all departments secure
and all restricted
men present
2200 Lights out, silence about the deck
12-11-52 0000 Moored starboard side to pier KING,
Coast Guard Base, Sand Island, Honolulu, T.H.
receiving fresh
water and telephone service from shore facilities
0600 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for the 2nd and 3rd
section, all hands returned on time
0800 Quarters for muster, all present
1300 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for. Liberty granted to
the first section to
expire on board
prior to 0745, 12 December 1952
1445 COAMING, R.F., placed on report for
violation of UCMJ Article 134
2200 Lights out
12-12-52 0550 Received aboard commissary stores
from Levy’s Bakery
0600 Reveille
0745 Liberty party returned on time
0800 Held quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for
0900 Made weekly inspection of Magazine
sprinkler systems and a small leak was
discovered in
C-310-M
1400 Commanding Officer held inspection of
ship
1515 Secured from inspection
12-13-52 0700 Reveille for all hands; carried out
holiday routine
1015 Received commissary supplies fro
Dairymen’s Association ltd, Honolulu, Hawaii
1822 Held fire drill
1940 Held evening reports all restricted
men present
2200 Lights out
12-14-52 0700 Reveille, carried out holiday routine
0930 Mustered new duty section, Section
two (2) all present or accounted for
1800 Held fire drill
2000 Held evening reports, all restricted
men present
12-15-52 1050 USCGC VANCE (WDE-487) SOPA departed
Pier K for dry docks; LANSING designated SOPA
1340 Commanding Officer’s Mast held in the
case of COAMING, R.F. – Violation of
article 134 UCMJ –
Wearing of improper uniform – Awarded four (4) hours extra duty
to be performed at
the rate of two (2) hours/day
1449 CGC RAMSDEN (WDE-482) moored Pier K
1455 CGC DURANT (WDE-489) moored along
port side of this vessel. DURANT assumed SOPA status
1500 Received stores for general mess from
Naval Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
1530 COCKBILL, A.V., placed on report for
violation of article 91, UCMJ – Insubordinate conduct
towards
noncommissioned officer – Direct disobedience of orders
2200 Lights out
12-16-52 0000 Moored starboard side to Berth K,
C.G. Base, Sand Island, Honolulu, T.H.,
receiving fresh
water and telephone services from shore facilities. USCGC DURANT (WDE-489)
moored to port
side of this vessel. Maintaining radio
guard in accordance with
SOPA instructions
(CGC DURANT)
0340 Received stores for general mess from
Levy’s Bakery
0600 Reveille, carried out morning routine
0800 Relieved of Radio Guard duties by CGC
DURANT (WDE-489)
1255 Officers Call, all hands to quarters
2200 Lights out, silence about decks
12-17-52 0745 Liberty expired for all hands. All hands returned on time except
CORDAGE, G.T.,
absent without leave as of this time and date
1030 WENGROCKI, SA, detached and departed
to report to Commanding Officer,
CGC DURANT (WDE-489) in accordance with HQ message
250232Z November 1952
1405 COCKBILL, A.V. placed on report for
violation of ECMJ Article 90(2) in that he
willfully
disobeyed a lawful order of a superior officer. COCKBILL, A.V. was found
to be physically
qualified to stand the duties of his rate by medical examination
by the proper
authority this date
2200 Lights out
12-18-52 0430 Received aboard commissary stores
from Dairymen’s Association
0800 Assumed Radio Guard. Held quarters for muster, all present or
accounted for except
CORDAGE, G.T. who
is now absent without leave for a period of one (1) day and
fifteen (15)
minutes
1005 Held Captain’ Mast in the case
of COCKBILL, A.V., charges with
violation of Articles 90
(Willfully
disobeying superior commissioner officer) and 91 (Insubordinate conduct
toward
warrant officer, noncommissioned officer, or
petty officer) UCMJ – Awarded: Seven (7) days
confinement in the
Brig
1513 COCKBILL, A.V. transferred to U.S. Marine
Corps Brig, U.S. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
to carry out award
of Commanding Officer’s Mast
12-19-52 0625 CONNINGTOWER, A.S., placed on report
for failing to turn to at reveille
0735 CGC DURANT (WDE-389) unmoored from
port side
0745 Liberty expires for the First and
Second Sections. All present and
accounted for except
CORDAGE, G.T., now
AWOL two (2) days
1940 Evening reports, department heads and
restricted men to muster; all present
12-20-52 0345 Received commissary supplies from Love’s
Biscuit and Bread Co., Ltd
0545 Received commissary supplies from
Levy’s Bakery
0930 Mustered duty section, all present or
accounted for except
CORDAGE, G.T., now
AWOL three (3) days, one (1) hour, forty five (45) minutes
2200 Lights out, silence about the decks
12-21-52 0700 Reveille, carried out holiday routine
0930 Mustered duty section.
CORDAGE, G.T., now
AWOL four (4) days, one (1) hour, forty five (45) min
2200 Lights out
12-22-52 0605 Received commissary supplies from
Dairymen’s Association Ltd., Honolulu, T.H
0800 Quarters for muster. All present or accounted for except
CORDAGE, G.T., now
AWOL five (5) days and fifteen (15) minutes
0915 Carried out telephone talker drill
and lookout instruction
1110 Received commissary stores from Naval
Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
1300 Quarters, no unauthorized
absentees. Held General Quarters and
Gun Drill
1645 Held Fire Drill
12-23-52 0800 Mustered all hands at quarters, no
unauthorized absentees except
CORDAGE, G.T., now
AWOL six (6) days, fifteen (15) min.
Relieved of Radio
Guard duty by USCGC. RAMSDEN (WDE-482)
1300 Quarters, all hands to muster. All
present and accounted for, carried out
phone talker
instruction and repair party drills
1400 Secured from drills and instructions
1455 Received from Naval Supply Center,
supplies as per invoice
1540 Received supplies as per invoice
1840 Held fire drill
1850 Secured from fire drill
2200 Lights out silence below decks
12-24-52 0800 All hands to Quarters for muster, all
present except
CORDAGE, G.T.,
AWOL a period of seven (7) days and fifteen (15) minutes
1050 Received commissary supplies from
Mokulaia Ranch. Received exchange
supplies
from Coca Cola
Bottling Co
1118 CGC FORSTER (WDE-434) moored alongside
to port
1545 BLOCKBUSTER, A.B., reported aboard
for assignment to duty and disciplinary action from
14th C.G. District
order #515440 dtd 12/24/52. Subject man placed on administrative restriction
1600 Moored as before. Assumed BAKER-2 status
1630 Received GS&K supplies from Pearl
Harbor Supply Depot, Honolulu’, T.H.
2020 Held fire drill
12-25-52 0630 Reveille, carried out holiday routine
2200 Lights out
12-26-52 0630 Reveille, carried out holiday routine
0815 Held Quarters for muster, all present
or accounted for except CORDAGE, G.T.,
who is now absent
without leave for a period of nine (9) days and thirty (30) minutes
1813 Held fire drill on the dock
1822 Secured from Drill
1940 Evening Reports, all restricted men
present
12-27-52 0450 Received commissary stores from
Levy’s Bakery
0600 Reveille for all hands
0745 Liberty expired for all hands, all
present except: CORDAGE, G.T., now AWOL
for ten (10) days
0815 Received commissary stores from The
Provision Co
0825 Received commissary sores from
Dairymen’s Assn, Ltd
1000 Held Commanding Officer’s personnel
inspection
1030 BLOCKBUSTER, A.B. placed on report
for violation of UCMJ, Article 86
(Absence
without leave), Article 87 (Missing Movement), and Article 134 (General
Article)
1125 CORDAGE, G.T., reported aboard clean,
sober and in proper uniform, having been
AWOL ten(10) days,
three (3) hours and forty (40) minutes
12-28-52 0819 Held fire drill
1620 Received phone call from CCGD/14(o)
alerting this vessel for possible rescue operations
rescue operations
1645 Notified by CCGD/14(o) via phone to
prepare to get underway for rescue operation
1650 Notified by CCGD/14(o) via phone of
cancellation of alert
2050 Transferred Seventy-five (75) ½ lb
Demolition Charges with Detonators and associated gear
to CGC BASSWOOD
(WAGL-388) in accordance with CCGD/14
Dispatch via phone
290459Z Dec., 1952
2102 HATCH, W. T. GMC, departed for
temporary additional duty on board the
USCGC BASSWOOD (WAGL0388)
for approximately two (2) day duration for the purpose
of demolition work in accordance with verbal authority from CCGD/14(p)
2200 Lights outs
12-29-52 0000 Moored starboard side to Pier K,
Coast Guard Base, Sand Island, T.H., receiving fresh water
and telephone
services from shore facilities, keeping Zone +10 time on operating status
BAKER – two hour
standby. USCGC FORSTER (WDE-434) moored
to port side of this
vessel. Vessel under operational and administrative
control of CCGD/14
0600 Reveille, Commenced carrying out plan
of the day
0655 USCGC FORSTER (WDE-434) departed for
NAD Pearl Harbor, T.H. Slight damage
sustained forward
by this vessel as a result of departure of CGC FORSTER
1000 Held Mast in case of CONNINGTOWER,
A.S., awarded two (2) hours extra duty;
CORDAGE, G.T.,
referred to Summary Court Martial;
BLOCKBUSTER, A.B.,
referred to a Summary Court Martial
1000 Held First Aid instruction
1030 Secured from First Aid instruction
1308 Held At Sea Fire Drill
1327 Secured from fire drill
1334 Held At Sea Fire Drill
1358 Held abandon ship drill
1405 Secured from all drills, carrying out
departmental instructions: Lookout Training for lookouts,
Engineering
casualty instructions for Engineers, 40mm Indoctrination for gun crew,
Flag Hoist drill
for Quartermasters, Towing gear indoctrination for Deck force,
Combat Information
and ASW instruction for CIC personnel
1600 Secured from all instructions
2200 Lights out, silence about deck
12-30-52 0800 All hands to quarters, all present
and accounted for
1040 Held first aid instruction on the
dock
1135 Received commissary stores from Tai
Hing Co
1300 Held collision drill
1340 Secured from general drill, carried
out the following departmental instructions: engineering,
damage control;
gunnery, ASW drill;, semaphore drill, seamanship
12-31-52 0225 C.G.C. FORSTER (WDE-434) moored to
portside
0410 Received commissary supplies from
Levy’s Bakery, Honolulu, T.H.
0600 Reveille
0745 Liberty expired for sections One (1)
and Two (2), all returned on time
0800 Quarters for muster, all present or
accounted for
0900 QM’s held flashing light drill
1020 Received aboard ½ lb demolition
charges and associated gear from
CGC BASSWOOD (WAGL-388)
1130 Received aboard commissary supplies
from Naval Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, T.H.
1300 Held GQ and GQ (ASW) drills
1404 Held man overboard drill
1431 Secured from all drills
1435 Liberty granted to the second section
to expire at 0900, 1 Jan 1953, and to
third section to
expire at 0745, 2 Jan 1953
1752 Held fire drill
2200 Lights out
2/1/2001