United
States Ship LST282
Thursday 6 June 1944
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Underway as before pursuant to operations order Onwent, Uncle 3.Commander
Guillot in this ship O.T.C. of convoy consisting of LST’s
282, 230, 47, 48, and 281. Escorts - Destroyers Fitch and
Corry and 2 ATR’s, approaching transport area, course making good 201,
speed 2/3. |
0034 |
Buoy #15 abeam to port. |
0047 |
Maneuvering on various courses to stay in swept channel. |
0108 |
Buoy #18 abeam to port. |
0130 |
Using engines to stay in channel, very little headway on, waiting for
transports. |
0202 |
Sounded condition Tare. |
0211 |
Power on six davits, bow and stern anchor. Maneuvering on various courses
and speeds to anchorage in transport area. |
0242 |
Let go port bow anchor. Turned on blue stern light; sounded one blast;
lowered away all small boats. |
0246 |
Boats 1,5 and 4 shoved off. #2 wouldn’t start; secured blue stern light.Anchored
approximately 22,000 yards N.E. of Mageliene Sands, English
Channel, France with 60 fathoms of chain at the capstan to port bow anchor. |
0254 |
Boats 3 and 6 shoved off. |
0326 |
Secured from I Tare, set condition II, port section |
0330 |
Secured main engines but advised keeping them warmed up for ready use. |
0345 |
Hoisted LCVP #2. Relieved of deck. |
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P.
T. Hughes
Ensign, USNR.
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0400 |
Anchored as before. |
0418 |
ATR’s brought RHT 21 up to bow and cut it loos to drift to this vessel. |
0630 |
H Hour. |
0648 |
P.C. maneuvering around with RHT 21 it picked up. |
0701 |
RHF 21 pulled along to starboard . |
0722 |
Hoisted 2 LCVP’s off RHF 21 on davits 3 and 5. |
0725 |
Lowered 2 LCVP’s from davits. |
0740 |
Hoisted bow anchor, let go stern anchor |
0746 |
Power on bow doors, ramp and elevator. |
0750 |
Rhino pulled us toward bow. Relieved of deck. |
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H.
E. Bergner,
Ensign, USNR
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0800 |
Anchored as before. |
0809 |
Hoisted boat davit #2 |
0814 |
Hoisted boat davit #4 |
0822 |
LCT 2135 alongside port to refuel. Small craft off starboard hand with
information that our small boat #5 had been swamped but troops
had been put on the beach and crew including Lt. (jg) KUCEY rescued. |
0855 |
Started pumping fuel to LCT 2135 (British). |
0900 |
Red web. |
0910 |
Small boat returned and is standing to assist Rhino in marrying LST
282.Completed refueling LCT 2135
- 3,775 gallons. LCT 2135 shoved off. |
0955 |
LCVP #1 alongside to starboard. |
0959 |
Started hoisting boat on #5 davit. Rhino barge married to our bow and
Army equipment is being disembarked. |
1026 |
LCVP #3 returned to #1 boat davit. |
1028 |
Hoisted LCVP on #1 boat davit. |
1038 |
Rhino tug cast off from our bow with Army equipment - 20 vehicles. |
1045 |
Turned on blowers to aft end of tank deck. |
1100 |
LCT 456 alongside our port - casualty brought aboard. |
1107 |
LCT 456 cast off. Two LCM’s alongside for hot chow. |
1111 |
Started lowering vehicles into tank deck by elevator. |
1114 |
LCVP 47-3 alongside to part. |
1126 |
LCVP alongside boat davit #6 with casualties - 18 survisors of LCT
458 which struck mine. |
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P.
T. Hughes,
Ensigh, USNR
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1200 |
Anchored as before. USCG-10 alongside with casualties. No record of
number taken. |
1220 |
Lowered LCVP #1 from #5 davit - JORDAN, DEGUZMAN, FOY and LARKIN shoved
off in it. |
1232 |
LCVP #2 with Lt. (jg) WAGNER, HAZLINGER, COX, LEAK, Sm3c, JACOBI and
DELAP, returned to davit #5 with 7 casualties. |
1243 |
LCVP from PA 33 came along to starboard to find out what percent we
had unloaded. |
1252 |
LCI 219 came by port for orders. |
1255 |
LCT 517 came by starboard for orders. |
1257 |
LCT 809 on port side for orders. |
1259 |
LCVP 47-1 cast off after discharging casualties. |
1300 |
Coast Guard boad cast off after discharging casualties. Started unloading
into LCT 811 married to bow. |
1307 |
LCT 517 along to starboard and discharged. Lt. (jg) KUCEY and boat
crew picked up when their boat swamped. |
1308 |
LCT 809 came along to port and moored. |
1311 |
LCT 811 shoved off from bow with 18 vehicles. |
1320 |
LCT 764 came along to starboard then cast off. |
1324 |
LCT 765 came along to port and moored. |
1333 |
One officer and 4 enlisted men came aboard for further transfer to
reference vessel from LCT 764. |
1345 |
LCM along to port taking on medical supplies. |
1347 |
LCVP #20 from PA33 along to starboard and moored outboard of our LCVP
at davit #5. |
1356 |
LCT 809 married to bow to disembark Army vehicles and personnel. |
1358 |
LCVP #20 from PA33 cast off. LCT 809 broke loose. |
1402 |
LCVP #2 cast off to make way for LCM 61 with casualties. LCVP #3 cast
off #1 davit. |
1410 |
LCM 61 moored by davit #5 with 24 casualties. |
1425 |
LCT 809 alongside to port outboard of LCT 765. |
1429 |
LCT 809 cast off. |
1437 |
LCT 765 cast off. APA 5 got underway. |
1517 |
LCT 809 moored to port. |
1521 |
Group of LCM’s laying off port side. |
1544 |
LCM 81 moored to port to discharge two casualties. |
1545 |
Gyros checked every twenty minutes. Relieved of deck. |
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P.
T. Hughes,
Ensign, USNR
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1600 |
Anchored as before. LCM 101 came alongside port side. |
1606 |
Concluded taking on casualties from LCM 61. |
1614 |
Cast off LCT 809, with 15 vehicles aboard. |
1617 |
LCM 61 shoved off. |
1642 |
LCM 101 discharged two casualties. |
1657 |
LCT 2421 alongside - discharged 5 army casualties to this vessel. |
1715 |
LCI (L) 219 tied up along port side. |
1756 |
Commander GUILLOT, Commander Task Unit 125.5.2 and Commander LST Flotilla
TEN disembarked from this vessel with staff including Lt.
Commander PERRY, Lt. (jg) MORGAN, Lt. (jg) SPENCER, Lt.(jg) FOX, Ens. SCHLEIFER,
Ens. STELLINGER, Ens. GALLAGHER and staff of 16 enlisted men. |
1805 |
USCG 9 came alongside to take on gasoline - took on 100 gallons and
shoved off. |
1849 |
LCT 765 married to bow, took on 10 vehicles and 32 men and shoved off. |
1917 |
Hoisted LCVP #3 on davit #5. |
1943 |
LCT 594 married to bow to discharge vehicles. |
1945 |
Relieved of deck. |
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Jerome
Dobbin,
Ensign, USNR |
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2000 |
Anchored as before. |
2022 |
LCT 594 completed loading with two vehicles remaining aboard this ship. |
2034 |
LCT 594 shoved off. |
2125 |
Set special sea detail. Made preparations to get underway. |
2130 |
Gyros checked - satisfactory. |
2137 |
Underway using various speeds and courses proceeding to new anchorage
area three miles closer Magdeliene Sands. |
2221 |
Let go stern anchor to 700 feet. |
2247 |
Secured main engines. |
2300 |
LCT 809 being married to us to remove remaining Army vehicles. Maintained
darkened ship. |
2350 |
Set condition II. Relieved of deck. |
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H.
E. Bergner,
Ensign, USNR
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