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COISntlDENTIAL
63 A
UNITED STATES SHIP LsT 325
Friday
March
(Day)
(Data)
(Month)
.19.
44
Zone description.
-1
Position
0800
50-24N
1200
2000
50-24N
Lat.
03-30W
50-24.5N
03-30W
Long.
03-32V/
OPERATIONAL REMARKS
(WAR DIARY)
0000-0400
Moored at Brixham Hard "A", Brixham, Devon, starboard side to mooring pier,
using 5 wire cables and 3 manila lines. Ship's head: 103°t. 1 AUS officer with
driver aboard as liaison officer during maneuvers. 8 USN hard crew members on
board. USS LST's 392 and 388 moored in Berths "B" and "C". Other ships present:
US LCI's, British naval and merchant craft. 0130 Cheeks ,H.C. ,StL_Lc, returned
aboard absent over leave since 2300 Thursday 2 March 1944./
Ti P. Duning ~F
0400-0800
Moored as before. 0745- Moved ship ahead to hard. 0750 Opened bow doors and
lowered ramp. 0750 Set gun watch #1-2Oram.
___£i__
T. P. Duning
0800-1200
Moored as before. Mustered crew at quarters. No absentees. 0810 Commenced
loading AUS vehicles and personnel. Ship's draft:2'6" forward; 10' aft.. 0915
Started main engines, preparing to get underway. 0945 Pilot Scoble aboard.
0955 Secure and stand by main engines. 1000 Made daily inspections of magazines
and S.P.Samples. Condition normal. Made weekly steering mechanism test. Condition satisfactory. 1020 Completed loading AUS vehicles and personnel. Ship's
draft: 3' forward; 11' aft. 1021 Start main engines. Set special sea detail.
Close ramp and bow doors. Set degaussing system. 1034 Cast off all lines. Underway from Brixham Hard "A", Brixhan, Devon to Broad Sands, Tor Bay, pursuant
to'orders for maneuvers. Pilot on conn, on various courses and speeds conforming
with channel. 1043 Victoria Breakwater light abeam to starboard. 1052 Open
bow doors and ramp. 1054 Let go stern anchor. 1055 Secure and stand by main
engines. Secure special sea detail, set Condition 1M without manning guns.
Anchored off Broad Sands in Tor Bay using stern anchor with 200' cable. Bearings: Victoria Breakwater light lll°t; Ore Stone Rock 047°t. 1100 Clocks and
chronometer wound and set. 1100 AUS personnel disembarked into 2 LCVP's and
LCVP's awav. 1115 Rkino ferry #41 at bow. 112^ Lines out to ferry. 1128 Ramp
lowered onto ferry and shackled thereto. 1130 Commence unloading AUS vehicles
onto ferry. 1137 Completed unloading-J.2-2\ ton trucks, 1 _eep, 8-40ram. AA carriages, 2*trailers, and 2 weapons carriers. 1140 Ramp unshackled and raised
clear, lines cast off, Rhino ferry away.
.____.
T. P. Duning
1200-1600
Anchored aa before. 1246 Lines out forward to rhino ferry. 12 50 Lowered ramp
to ferry and shackled it in nlace. 1254 Commenced unloading vehicles onto ferry.
1259 Completed unloading onto ferry ll-2_ tton trucks, 2 trailers, 8-40mm. AA
guns, 2 weapons carriers, 2 jeeps and 1-50 cal. quadruple AA mount. 1325 Lines
cast off, ramp raised clear, Rhino ferry away. 1300 Bow doors and ramp closed.
1400 Set special sea detail. Take in stern anchor. 1402 Stern anchor aweigh,
underway from anchorage off Broad Sands _ Tor Bay to Brixham Hard "A", Brixham,
Devon. 1411 Victoria Breakwater light passed on port beam. 1417 Lines out to
mooring pier. 1422 Secured special 3ea detail, set port watch. Moored stabd. side
to mooring pier, Brixham Hard "A", Brixham, Devon, using 5 wire cables and 3
Manila lines. Ship's head: 103°t. 1425 Held Captain's mast- punishments assigned
as follows: Mosby,L.V.,MoMM2c, charged by Brixham police with breaking a window, returned to ship by Shore Patrol, warning; Young,C.V.,Sic, charged by
Brixham police for breaking a window, returned to ship by Shore .Patrol, deck
court; Cheeks, R. C. ,3tMlc, absent over leaved haurs, restricted 1 week and given
Approved:
Examined:
(Continued on-next page.)
Commanding Officer.
Navigator.
To be forwarded direct to the Commander in Chief. U. S. Fleet, either at end of an operation or at the end of the calendar month.
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Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Log Book of the U.S.S. L.S.T. 325 |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Provenance | Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library |
| Type | Text |
| Language | English |
| Relation-Is Part Of | USS LST 325 Memorial Museum Collection |
| Identifier | 203 Logbook of LST 325 |
| Date-Created | 1944 |
| Subject | Landing craft -- United States. |
| AudienceMediator | Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library |
| Description | The log book of the LST 325. |
| Contributors | Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library |
| Format | Full view: 400 ppi jpg 2000 ; Archived: 400 ppi tif; |
| Coverage | 1940-1949 |
Description
| Title | evpl-lst325bk-203-0428 |
| Transcript |
_W_»1__
part m
COISntlDENTIAL
63 A
UNITED STATES SHIP LsT 325
Friday
March
(Day)
(Data)
(Month)
.19.
44
Zone description.
-1
Position
0800
50-24N
1200
2000
50-24N
Lat.
03-30W
50-24.5N
03-30W
Long.
03-32V/
OPERATIONAL REMARKS
(WAR DIARY)
0000-0400
Moored at Brixham Hard "A", Brixham, Devon, starboard side to mooring pier,
using 5 wire cables and 3 manila lines. Ship's head: 103°t. 1 AUS officer with
driver aboard as liaison officer during maneuvers. 8 USN hard crew members on
board. USS LST's 392 and 388 moored in Berths "B" and "C". Other ships present:
US LCI's, British naval and merchant craft. 0130 Cheeks ,H.C. ,StL_Lc, returned
aboard absent over leave since 2300 Thursday 2 March 1944./
Ti P. Duning ~F
0400-0800
Moored as before. 0745- Moved ship ahead to hard. 0750 Opened bow doors and
lowered ramp. 0750 Set gun watch #1-2Oram.
___£i__
T. P. Duning
0800-1200
Moored as before. Mustered crew at quarters. No absentees. 0810 Commenced
loading AUS vehicles and personnel. Ship's draft:2'6" forward; 10' aft.. 0915
Started main engines, preparing to get underway. 0945 Pilot Scoble aboard.
0955 Secure and stand by main engines. 1000 Made daily inspections of magazines
and S.P.Samples. Condition normal. Made weekly steering mechanism test. Condition satisfactory. 1020 Completed loading AUS vehicles and personnel. Ship's
draft: 3' forward; 11' aft. 1021 Start main engines. Set special sea detail.
Close ramp and bow doors. Set degaussing system. 1034 Cast off all lines. Underway from Brixham Hard "A", Brixhan, Devon to Broad Sands, Tor Bay, pursuant
to'orders for maneuvers. Pilot on conn, on various courses and speeds conforming
with channel. 1043 Victoria Breakwater light abeam to starboard. 1052 Open
bow doors and ramp. 1054 Let go stern anchor. 1055 Secure and stand by main
engines. Secure special sea detail, set Condition 1M without manning guns.
Anchored off Broad Sands in Tor Bay using stern anchor with 200' cable. Bearings: Victoria Breakwater light lll°t; Ore Stone Rock 047°t. 1100 Clocks and
chronometer wound and set. 1100 AUS personnel disembarked into 2 LCVP's and
LCVP's awav. 1115 Rkino ferry #41 at bow. 112^ Lines out to ferry. 1128 Ramp
lowered onto ferry and shackled thereto. 1130 Commence unloading AUS vehicles
onto ferry. 1137 Completed unloading-J.2-2\ ton trucks, 1 _eep, 8-40ram. AA carriages, 2*trailers, and 2 weapons carriers. 1140 Ramp unshackled and raised
clear, lines cast off, Rhino ferry away.
.____.
T. P. Duning
1200-1600
Anchored aa before. 1246 Lines out forward to rhino ferry. 12 50 Lowered ramp
to ferry and shackled it in nlace. 1254 Commenced unloading vehicles onto ferry.
1259 Completed unloading onto ferry ll-2_ tton trucks, 2 trailers, 8-40mm. AA
guns, 2 weapons carriers, 2 jeeps and 1-50 cal. quadruple AA mount. 1325 Lines
cast off, ramp raised clear, Rhino ferry away. 1300 Bow doors and ramp closed.
1400 Set special sea detail. Take in stern anchor. 1402 Stern anchor aweigh,
underway from anchorage off Broad Sands _ Tor Bay to Brixham Hard "A", Brixham,
Devon. 1411 Victoria Breakwater light passed on port beam. 1417 Lines out to
mooring pier. 1422 Secured special 3ea detail, set port watch. Moored stabd. side
to mooring pier, Brixham Hard "A", Brixham, Devon, using 5 wire cables and 3
Manila lines. Ship's head: 103°t. 1425 Held Captain's mast- punishments assigned
as follows: Mosby,L.V.,MoMM2c, charged by Brixham police with breaking a window, returned to ship by Shore Patrol, warning; Young,C.V.,Sic, charged by
Brixham police for breaking a window, returned to ship by Shore .Patrol, deck
court; Cheeks, R. C. ,3tMlc, absent over leaved haurs, restricted 1 week and given
Approved:
Examined:
(Continued on-next page.)
Commanding Officer.
Navigator.
To be forwarded direct to the Commander in Chief. U. S. Fleet, either at end of an operation or at the end of the calendar month.
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