SOURCE OF OFFICIAL
INFORMATION FOR YOUR LST
The National Archives ,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 can supply almost
anything you might wish to know about your LST. Following is a sample
of the type of information that is available:
1. Deck Logs: 1941 -
1961: Brief record of the daily administrative activities of the
ship....includes journal style entries of the ship's administrative
activities, location and course of travel, etc. (You need to provide
the name of the ship, date(s) of interest, & the ship's hull
number. The cost is $0.25 per page, LST's typically list 45 pages per
month.
2. Muster
Rolls/Personnel Diaries: WW2 through 1966...consists of quarterly
reports of a ship/unit's enlisted personnel with monthly updates of
personnel changes. Contains the names, rank/ratings, and service
numbers of the individual servicemen. It comes in the form of
microfilm (16mm) paper copies are not available. costs $25.00 per
roll. Each LST would have its own microfilm roll.
3. Casualty report:
Includes casualty lists, reports of incidents resulting in
casualties, statements of witnesses or survivors, and other
documents..You must supply the name of the ship, hull number, name of
operation/battle/campaign, and dates.
4. Action report:
Materials represent the basic source of reports for naval
actions/operations during WW2. Need same information as listed
above.
5. War Diaries: Daily
journals of events submitted by all but the most minor of naval
commands during WW2. Operational information they contain is
complementary to information provided by action reports...Analogous
to the form in the deck logs of navy ships. Supply same information
as listed above to get information.
6. Dictionary of
American Naval Fighting Ships...Contains 1 - 3 page description of
ship, hull number, dates of construction and launch, dates of
commissioning/ decommissioning, narrative of major activities, and
information on the purchase/sale, scrapping. Need to submit hull
number and general dates of ships service.
Several other types of
information can also be obtained. Space does not permit listing all
here.
LST ship plans and
photos can also be obtained from the archives.
The number to call for
plans is: 301-713-7030
to call for photo
information: 301-713-6625
To obtain information
from historical muster rolls or deck logs, write to the appropriate
repository given below:
For muster rolls from
1801 to 1938 or for deck logs from 1801 to 1940, write to:
National
Archives
Archives I
Washington, D.C.
20408
For muster rolls from
1939 to 1966 or for deck logs from 1941 to 1961, write to:
National
Archives
Archives II
8601 Adelphi
Road
College Park, Md.
20740-6001
For muster rolls for
the period 1967 through 1975, write to:
Department of the
Navy
Bureau of Naval
Personnel (PERS-093)
Washington DC.,
20370-0920
For muster rolls for
the period 1976 through the present, write to:
Commanding
Officer
Enlisted Personnel
Management Center (Code 311)
New Orleans, La.
70159-7900
ATTN: Personnel
Accounting
For deck logs from July
1962 through the present, write to:
Naval Historical Center
(DL)
Washington Navy
Yard
901 M Street
S.E.
Washington DC.,
20374-5060
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