DECK LOGS
The Deck Log is a record of the day to day status of the USS Des Moines. It shows a list of officers and their duties, the location of the ship, who went to Captain's Mast, who was AWOL, etc. It also has a weather sheet for each day, which I will delete. The National Archives is in the process of digitizing these records, but the only ones available now is the 1955 July through December records. From these records I will be able to record the Ports of Call during this time frame. I will add the months as I have time and will start with August 1955 when Captain Carlton Adams relieved Captain Edward Burke as the Commanding Officer of the USS Des Moines on August 15, 1955. Jerry Manriquez, Web Master
