Aircraft carriers escort carriers battleships cruisers destroyers destroyer escorts and frigates. A commissioned ship is a navy command in her own right, having a distinctive administrative. We registered as researchers and spent most of the day scanning copies of log pages. He was also involved in the rescue effort for the uss indianapolis. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. The following is a verbatim transcription of a handwritten journal that my grandfather kept during his service on the uss liddle. Aircraft spruce supplies components for a wide variety of homebuilt aircraft and discount pilot supplies. Get navy deck logsresearch a ship golden arrow research.
Our autofill function removes the tedious task of typing out repetitive entries. The court held the alteration of the logbook not only casts suspicion on the whole case of the vessel but creates a strong presumption the erased matter was adverse to her contention. The greatest source for logs is found in our records of the bureau of naval personnel formerly navy bureau of navigation, record group 24, entry 118 national archives identifier 581208. The multiple predictive text fields and dropdown boxes make maintaining your logbook as pain free as possible. Uss monrovia ap64 was a crescent city class attack transport of the united states navy, built from a c3 delta commercial freighter design, and was named for the birthplace of president james monroe, located in westmoreland county, va. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Logbook is like spyware for flight sim but with out the spy stuff as it only sits on your pc and is not shared with anyone, it keeps track of all your flights, vfr and ifr, all the time you spend in any aircraft all take offs and landings so if you dont complete a flight it would show in your logbook. Short for logbook, a document required to be kept by merchant and naval vessels. The top professional log book for recording inspections, tests, repairs, alterations, ads, service bulletins, equipment additions, removals or exchanges. Main menu ancestry home home trees search dna health help extras subscribe sign in search military. The sullivan brothers and the assignment of family members. Preparation of logs is governed by the current edition of office of the chief of naval operations instruction 3100. I made advance arrangements to have the uss newport news deck logs for 1967 and 1968 available for us. Submit a summary of the reunion to the chikaskia log uss chikaskia.
Log in page for employers to access their employer account. I recently acquired this very interesting log book to ens. In the log must be recorded specific information relating to the navigation of the ship, the organization of her crew, and other activities on board. Vessel log books free quotes detailing not normally associated with book publishing, such as waterproof paper, acrylic casings, embossed covers or tabulated sections. That log entry was later erased and the words all engines were ordered stopped were inserted. A log entry was made reflecting the speed reduction. Uss monrovia ap64 was a crescent city class attack transport of the united states navy, built from a c3 delta commercial freighter design, and was named for the birthplace of president james monroe, located in westmoreland county, va monrovia ap 64 was laid down as mc hull 152 by bethlehem sparrows point shipyard, sparrows point, maryland, 19420326.
The same log book was in the format of a torpedo boat log book. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely accessible us navy cruise books 1708 cruise books and 27 decommissioning programs available us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Uss monmouth county lst1032 uss monrovia apa31 uss montague aka98. A major difference compared to todays cruise books is that the early log books, as they were called, covered a period.
Logbooks of the us navy at the national archives national. From the solomons, she proceeded to ulithi to join other ships assigned to tf 53, the northern attack force, and headed for the hagushi. On naval and merchant ships, navigators must keep a logbook log logbook 1. A navy ships deck log is a daily chronology of certain events for administrative and legal purposes. Attack transport apa31 monrovia navsource naval history. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. Aboard the uss columbus cg12, april 1967 to october 1968. The uss essex iii, was sloopofwar serving the us navy from 18761931. Patti and i traveled to the us national archives site in college park, maryland, outside washington, d. Retired members currently drawing pension benefits, cannot register to use my uss at this time. National archives and can access the navy deck logs that you need for your research.
Found 31 collections related to ships logs archives. Bookfactory captains log bookboat log bookships log booknautical log book 100 pages, full color cover with translux protection, 11 x 8 12, wireo binding log 100cpt011. An electronic logbook is a computerbased software program for recording logging states, events or simply conditions used for complex machines like aircraft, nuclear plants, particle accelerators, various areas on board ships replacing paperbased logbooks, etc. Logbooks of the us navy at the national archives national archives. Department of veterans affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where. They also have longterm administrative value as basic sources of information on the service of officers and men in the navy. It is essential to traditional navigation, and must be filled in at least daily. Archivists here at archives ii frequently consult these records to answer researcher requests. They also have longterm administrative value as basic sources of information on the service of. The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the uss monrovia apa 31. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009.
Monrovia then returned to the solomons, took on units of the 6th marine division, and, as flagship, transdiv 36, conducted amphibious exercises in preparation for operation iceberg, the invasion of okinawa. Looking for jeffery ells,and barnowski, both were assign to log room. November india delta whiskey nidw janap tactical voice radio call sign. If you havent already registered for my uss, you can do so here. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely. Uss monrovia ap64 was a crescent city class attack transport of the united states navy. Gmdss radio log, medical log and the masters official logbook are just some of those found on board. The entries in the ships log can be followed in reverse over the course run, rather in the way that theseus found his way out of the labyrinth. Mar 04, 2016 ailing vietnam vets hunt through ships logs to prove they should get benefits.
The burning of the uss essex military history of the upper great. The veterans association of sailors of the vietnam war. Sumner dd 692 are presented here on a selected basis. Uss belle grove homepage offical website for the uss belle grove. The first several pages of this logbook list various acts of congress governing logbooks and the entries required in them. We will locate the navy deck logs that you need and scan the original records page by page.
Registration and communicating with shipmates at is free forever. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Congress contains entries made from september 16, 1845 through january 29, 1849. Click on the year of interest to begin viewing these documents of sumners storied history. A wellkept ships logbook should serve as an accurate narrative, permitting anyone to subsequently plot the cruise again from the information supplied. Locations of these logbooks are divided by time period.
Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. C21 goes cold after possibly escaping under a liberian tanker aragon destination. May 26, 2006 howard william west uss arizona log book 19241925 posted on may 26, 2006 by lorelle vanfossen the uss arizona was officially launched from virginian on april 3, 1917, where she cleared the yard on that date for norfolk, arriving there on the following day to join battleship division 8. A logbook a ships logs or simply log is a record of important events in the management, operation, and navigation of a ship. Uss belle grove lsd 2 was an ashlandclass dock landing ship of the united states navy, named in honor of belle grove plantation, the birthplace of president james madison 17511836 in port conway, virginia. By logging into the portal, i certify that i have read the use and protection of company computer systems and intellectual property policy, i understand that it applies to me, and i am in full compliance with it. The logbook is one of the basic historical records of the operation of naval vessels and shore units. Navy deck logs and muster rolls are among the most popular u.
The law of logbooks bullivant houser bailey pc attorneys. You would be purchasing the uss monrovia apa 31 cruise book during this time period. We can have most navy deck log requests ready within about 23 weeks. Howard william west uss arizona log book 19241925 family. Please fill out the form below, with a description of any special considerations. Use our mobile app to record your work experience as you sign the technical log. Navy cruise books, 19182009 this data collection contains u. Ailing vietnam vets hunt through ships logs to prove they should get benefits.
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