USS Semmes DDG-18
Official Deck Log
(National Archives II Washington DC)
1963

DATE

TIME

ACTIVITY
Jan   Deck Log Book, Cover Page
Jan 1 0000-0330 The SEMMES was commissioned on the 10th of December
A day of occasion we will all long remember
A proud missile ship and a very proud crew
Have decided to give this New Years message to you
Tie 15 before midnight and all through the ship
The crew is bemoaning not having a nip
Assumed the watch the first of the year
The PO and messenger, and sentry are here
We are port side to at shipyard Pier D
Berth number 5 in Charleston, SC.
 
Jan 2 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 3 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 4 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 5 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 6 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 7 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 8 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 9 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 10 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 11 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 12 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 13 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 14 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 15 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 16 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 17 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 18 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 19 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 20 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 21 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 22 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 23 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 24 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 25 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 26 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 27 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 28 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Jan 29 0000-0700 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
0700-2400 Underway. Steaming as Before.
Jan 30 0000-2400 Underway. Steaming as Before.
Jan 31 0000-1440 Underway. Steaming as Before.
1440-2400 Moored. Charleston, SC.
Feb 0000-2400 Deck Log Book, Cover Page
Feb 1 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 2 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 3 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 4 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 5 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 6 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 7 0000-0700 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
0700-0720 Underway.
0720-0805 Anchored. Charleston Harbor, S.C.
0805-0805 Underway.
1600-2400 (Missing logs) Moored. Charleston, SC.
Feb 8 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 9 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 10 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 11 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
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Feb 16 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
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Feb 23 0000-2400 Moored as before. Charleston, SC.
Feb 24 0000-2400 Underway. Steaming as Before.
Feb 25 0000-0952 Underway. Steaming as Before.
0952-2400 Moored. Mayport, FL
Feb 26 0000-2400 Moored as before. Mayport, FL
Feb 27 0000-0535 Moored. Mayport, FL
0535-2400 Underway.
Feb 28 0000-2400 Underway. Steaming as Before.
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