USS Lowndes Deck Log Notable Events Index

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Crewman Name Misc. Deck Log entires for this Crewman
Commissioning Ceromony 44-9-14
Initial Crew listings 44-9-14
Boat crew loads (listing) 44-9-15
Beach Party loads (listing) 44-9-16
Near Collisions 44-10-24 , 44-10-29
Gun Practice 44-10-23 , 44-10-24 , 44-10-26 , 44-11-27 , 44-12-11 , 44-12-14 , 44-12-21 , 45-1-9 , 45-1-27 , 45-1-29 , 45-1-31 , 45-2-4 , 45-9-18
Gun Practice with towed sleeve target 45-1-6 , 45-2-7 , 45-3-27
First Loading/Unloading Troops 44-11-2 , 44-10-3 , 44-10-4 , 44-10-7
First Debarking/Embarking Troops in Practice Landings 44-11-11 , 44-11-12
Debarking/Embarking Troops in Practice Landings at Maui 44-11-18 , 44-11-19
Training Attack at Maalaea Bay 44-11-22 , 44-11-23 , 44-11-24 , 44-11-26 , 44-11-27 , 44-11-28
Marine Injured 44-11-17
Ship SC-1370 delivers injured for treatment 44-11-17
PC-569 delivers injured for treatment 44-11-26
LST-928 brings man aboard for examination 44-11-28
Observed USS Tolland aground 44-11-30
Catholic Mass at Hatch #2 44-11-17
Depth Charges dropped "Embarrassing" 44-12-12
LST/LSM Towing exercises 44-12-13 , 44-12-14
Paravane Exercises 44-12-15 , 45-1-12
Lowering/Raising Boats exercises 44-12-14 , 44-12-16 , 44-12-17 , 44-12-18 , 44-12-19
Anti-Sub Screen 44-12-17
Fueled PC-463 44-12-17 , 44-12-19
Ship Damaged 44-12-18
Captain visits another ship via the Gig 44-12-19
Fueled Destroyer 656 44-12-19
Paravane Accedent 44-12-20
Streamed Paravanes 45-1-1 , 45-2-4 , 45-9-24 , 45-9-29
Recovered fouled Paravanes 45-1-29
Pyrotechnic Drill 45-1-1
Lost Steering Control 45-1-1
Loaded ammunition, fuel, and money 44-12-29
Simulated a Generator failure 44-12-29
Loaded Combat Team 23rd 4th Marine Division 44-12-29
Embarked Troops of 2nd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment 4th Marine Division 44-11-20 , 44-11-21
Embarked Troops of 3rd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment 44-11-20 , 44-11-25
Debarking/Embarking Troops Practice with smoke screen 45-1-2
Simulate transfer of wounded via breeches bouy 45-1-2
Degaussing and anti-sub Nets 45-1-3
All Boats + Troops away 45-1-7
All Boats away 45-1-13 , 45-1-14
All Boats away, embark troops at Maui 45-1-16
Debarking/Embarking Practice with Beach Party 45-1-8
Fire: Broken fuel/oil line in engine room 45-1-8
LCVP smoke boat drill 45-1-13
Ships in Columns 45-1-7
Marines in trouble 45-1-12
Boat #13 fails to return from beach landing pratice 45-1-15
Simulate taking aboard casualties 45-1-15 , 45-1-16
Maalaea to Pearl Harbor 45-1-17
Fire in #2 Hold 45-1-17
Moored in Berth at Pearl Harbor between APA-119 and APA-156 45-1-18
Transferred several sick Marines to Hospital 45-1-19
Received ammo from LCM 45-1-26
Left Pearl Harbor for Eniwetok Atoll 45-1-27
Emergency Turns 45-1-28
Completed WIMS Exercises 45-2-2
Arrived at Eniwetok Atoll 45-2-5
Water Main Burst flooding "J" compartment 45-2-5
Left Eniwetok for Saipan 45-2-7
Simulated Air Attack 45-2-7
Men (3) wounded by Gun shrapnel 45-2-7
Fire: False call in Cargo area 45-2-7
Motion Picture Projectionist arrives on Lowndes 45-1-25
Tactical Maneuvers for Photographic purposes 45-2-10
Arrived at Saipan. Men transferred for LST training 45-2-11
Gun Practice for Ship's Officers (.45 cal) 45-2-12
Smoke Boats in Water and working 45-2-15
To Iwo Jima 45-2-16
Emergency Turn to avoid Enemy Sub 45-2-16
Arrived at Iwo Jima 0645 45-2-19
IWO JIMA:Started Debarking Troops 45-2-19
IWO JIMA:Received first casualties at 1157 45-2-19
IWO JIMA:Left transport area of Iwo Jima for night retirement 1836 45-2-19
IWO JIMA:More casualties recieved 45-2-19 , 45-2-20 , 45-2-21 , 45-2-22 , 45-2-26 , 45-2-27 , 45-3-3
IWO JIMA:Away Boats again (with Lowndes medical group) 45-2-20
IWO JIMA:Enemy Aircraft in Area 1832 45-2-21 , 45-2-23 , 45-2-24
IWO JIMA:Debarked 24th Marine Replacement Draft to Iwo Jima 45-2-24
IWO JIMA:Embarked 101 men of 24th Marine Replacement from APA-158 45-2-24
IWO JIMA:Re-Embarked Lowndes Beach Party from Iwo Jima 45-2-24
IWO JIMA:Ships position given relative to Flag on Surabachi 45-2-27
IWO JIMA:Marine dies on Ship 45-2-27
IWO JIMA:Received 4 LCVPs from USS Bayfield (APA-30) at Iwo Jima 45-2-27
IWO JIMA:Lowndes Iwo Jima KIAs reported 45-3-3
Passenger/Patient List of USMC+USNR attached 45-3-3
Passenger/Patient dies on Ship 45-3-4
Passengers/Patients unloaded to Guam Hospital 45-3-5
Left Guam for Saipan with other (named) ships 45-3-5
Arrived at Saipan and loaded Marines and Cargo (10th Regiment 2nd Marines) 45-3-8
More Marines loaded at Saipan 45-3-9 , 45-3-13 , 45-3-15 , 45-3-16
Mechanical Problems (Leak) 45-3-17
Landing Rehearsals at Saipan 45-3-17
Collision avoided with APA-196 45-3-22
Headed to Okinawa from Saipan 45-3-27
Mail delivery from DD-802 45-3-28
Sub detected 45-3-30
OKINAWA:Arrived at Okinawa and debarked demo troops 45-4-1
OKINAWA:Fired at Jap Bomber 45-4-2
OKINAWA:Embarked all troops 45-4-2
OKINAWA:Marine stabbed on ship in fight 45-4-9
OKINAWA:Enemy Aircraft in area 45-4-12 , 45-4-13 , 45-4-14
OKINAWA:Smoke boats away. LCVP catches on fire (Okinawa) 45-4-12
OKINAWA:Debarked Construction Battalion, 2nd Dukw Company 45-4-13
OKINAWA:Debarked 18th Field Depot Company 45-4-13
OKINAWA:Opened fire on Enemy plane 45-4-13
OKINAWA:Cruising Formation ship list 45-4-14
Left Okinawa for Saipan 45-4-14
Half Masted to honor Commander-Chief Franklin D. Roosevelt 45-4-15
Arrived at Saipan and lowered Captain's gig 45-4-18
Debarked troops at Saipan 45-4-19
Lowndes collides with a tanker (minor damage) 45-4-20
Found drifting LCVP from APA-206 45-4-23
General Drills Exercises 45-4-26
Battle Problem 45-4-27
Away all Boats at Saipan (Practice) 45-4-30
Full Landing Exercises at Saipan 45-4-1 , 45-5-1 , 45-5-3 , 45-5-4
Left Saipan for Tulagi 45-6-5
Davy Jones comes aboard 45-6-9
Neptunus Rex & Royal Court 45-6-10
Arrived at Port Purvis, Florida Island, Solomons Group 45-6-12
Loaded Ammo and Pyrotechnics 45-6-13
Left Gavatu Harbor, Florida Island for Espiritu 45-6-15
Traveling with USS BAYFIELD, USS HENDRY, USS BARRON, USS KERSHAW, USS NEWBERRY, USS MIFFLIN 45-6-16
Arrived at Espiritu Santo Island 45-6-17
Commendation Ceremony 45-6-21
Left Espiritu Santo Island for Guam 45-6-26
Arrived at Apra Harbor Guam 45-7-4
Delivered LCS and 2 LCVP boats that were in cargo 45-7-4
2nd Naval Construction Battalion is aboard to work in hatch #4 and #5 45-7-8
3300 gallons of water given to LCT 358 45-7-10
$50,000 comes on Lowndes for Crew pay 45-7-10
YO 124 loads Lowndes with 41,454 gallons of fuel oil 45-7-11
Passengers board Lowndes (name list attached) 45-7-11
Left Guam for San Francisco 45-7-12
Observed sunset 45-7-18 , 45-7-19 , 45-8-26 , 45-11-12 , 45-11-14 , 45-12-9
Tested all diesel fire pumps and flushed fire mains 45-7-26 , 45-8-24
Passed under San Francisco Bay Bridge 45-7-27
Arrived at Berth #9 San Francisco Harbor 45-7-27
Moved to Moore's Dry-docks, Oakland 45-8-3
Moved from Moore's Dry-docks back to San Francisco Harbor 45-8-3
Moved North San Francisco Harbor 45-8-8
Lowndes Officer Dies 45-8-8
Left San Francisco for Eniwetok Atoll 45-8-21
Abandon Ship drill 45-8-22 , 45-11-15
Fire: Galley (pan of grease) 45-8-24
Arrived at Eniwetok Atoll 45-9-1
Loaded 391 bags of mail cargo 45-9-2
Left Eniwetok for Ulithi 45-9-3
Traveling with BERRIEN (APA-62), HASKELL (APA-117), PRESIDENT HAYES (APA-20), MOUNTRAIL (APA-213), DUTCHESS (APA-98), OLMSTEAD (APA-188) 45-9-4
Tactical Exercises 45-9-6
Arrived at Ulithi 45-9-7
Left Ulithi for Leyte Philippine Islands 45-9-7
Observed sunrise 45-9-9 , 45-9-21
Passed San Miguel Point 45-9-10
Arrived at Batangas Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands 45-9-11
Unloaded troops and supplies of the 86th Division, U.S. Army 45-9-12
Left Batangas for Leyte 45-9-13
USS Lowndes is Fleet Guide 45-9-14
Arrived at Leyte. Moored next to YO-164 45-9-15
Loaded troops at Leyte 45-9-15 , 45-9-16
Loaded troops of 1st and 3rd Battalions, 321st Infantry Division, U.S. Army 45-9-17
Left Letye for Aomori, Japan joined by USS Crockett (APA-48) and USS Olmstead (APA-188) 45-9-18
Possible mine contact 45-9-19
USS Appalachian in fleet 45-9-19
USS Crockett breaks-down 45-9-24
Arrived at Aomori (Aomori Wan, Honshu), Japan 45-9-25
Commenced scheduled landing operations in Japan 45-9-26
Pumped water and fuel to LCS-112 and LCS-110 45-9-26
Debarked remaining troops to Japan 45-9-28
Left Aomori for Saipan 45-9-29
New ships in group: FILLMORE (APA-83), FEROUS (APA-82), OLMSTEAD (APA-188), EDGECOMBE (APA-164), CATRON (APA-71), ULVENT M. MOORE (DE-442) 45-9-29
FILMORE breaks-down 45-9-29
Arrived at Saipan and started loading troops (Navy, Army and Marines) 45-10-4 , 45-10-5
Left Saipan for San Francisco 45-10-6
Strong Storms 45-10-11 , 45-11-14 , 45-11-24 , 46-2-24
Destination changed to Seattle 45-10-13
Exchanged calls with APA-28 via flashing light 45-10-17
Arrived at Seattle (Kirkland Shipyard) 45-10-18
Lowndes Navigator is detached 45-10-20
Paymaster brings $85,950.00 in cash aboard for crew pay 45-10-30
Jacked over main engine 45-11-1
Left Lake Washington (Kirkland Shipyard) 45-11-1
Passed under George Washington Memorial Bridge 45-11-1
Arrived at Pier #90, Berth #4, Seattle 45-11-1
Left Seattle for Samar, Philippine Islands 45-11-3
Destination changed to Manila 45-11-15
Steam pressure lost. All engines stopped 45-11-18
Arrived at Manila Harbor, moored next to USS WINCOSKI (AO-38) 45-11-21
Completed loading passengers 45-11-22
Left Manila for San Francisco 45-11-23
Ran into big storm and went back to Manila 45-11-24
Left Manila for San Francisco 45-11-26
Sighted Saipan Island 45-11-30
Leak in economizer. Stopped all engines 45-12-3
Arrived at Pier 15, San Francisco 45-12-13
Left San Francisco for Manila 45-12-27
New Years Day Poem by Lowndes Officers 46-1-1
Destination changed to Pearl Harbor 46-1-2
Captain Perdue leaves Lowndes with Medical Problems 46-1-3
New Skipper arrives 46-1-11
Fire: 10 mattresses damaged 46-1-14
Loaded 1500 bags of mail 46-1-14
Loaded troops 46-1-15
Left Pearl Harbor for San Francisco 46-1-16
Sighted Life Raft 46-1-20
Exchanged calls with USS New Orleans 46-1-21
Arrived at San Francisco and unloaded passengers 46-1-21
New Captain cracks down 46-1-25
Lowndes leaves San Francisco for Balboa, Canal Zone (Panama Canal) 46-2-7
Completed steering casualty drill 46-2-10 , 46-2-11
Man over board drill 46-2-12
Exchanged calls with USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-184) 46-2-12
Abandon Ship Drill 46-2-13 , 46-2-14
Passed Panama Canal (locks) 46-2-16
Anchored in berth 23 in Limon Bay, Canal Zone 46-2-17
Left Limon Bay for Norfolk, Virginia 46-2-22
Lowndes cuts the Atlantic for the first time 46-2-22
Passed San Salvador to port 46-2-23
Bad weather 46-2-24
Passed S.S. MOBILOIL 46-2-26
Arrived at Pier #9 Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia 46-2-27
Left Hampton Roads and arrived at Pier #4, berth 41, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia 46-3-25
Moved to new birth #35 46-3-27
Unloaded all ammo. Damage to ship 46-3-29
Moved back to Hampton Roads 46-4-2
Underway to Craney Island fuel dock to commenced defueling 46-4-6
Moved back to Hampton Roads "G" 46-4-6
All Boats transferred 46-4-9
Moved to Pier #5 berth #35, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VIrginia 46-4-9
USS Drake (APA-159) on port side, USS MONTOUR (APA-101) 46-4-10
Debarked crew and officers to Navy barracks. Only security watch remains 46-4-15
Fire: On Montour 46-4-16
USS Lowndes Last Deck Log entry noting decommissioning ceromony 46-4-17


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