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3 lut 2022 · Locating Digitized Deck Logs. Some Deck Logs are already digitally available on the National Archives’ online Catalog. To determine if a Deck Log is digitally available, conduct a search for the ship on our Catalog. Search for the name of the ship without using “USS” as a prefix.
3 lut 2022 · 1965-1978 Deck Logs. Deck log remarks pages changed format again in 1965, with spaces for filling out the ship's longitude and latitude at three different times during the day appearing at the top of each day's remarks page, often these were completed in part or not completed at all.
21 sie 2023 · Logbooks, also referred to as Captain's Logs or Deck Logs, consist of chronological entries documenting the daily activities of a Navy ship or unit. Individual logbooks are arranged chronologically by date, with entries in each day's log arranged chronologically by the time of day.
28 wrz 2020 · NARA has added over 5.4 million Navy deck log images to the National Archives Catalog. More will be uploaded in the coming weeks and months. We are unable to provide specific details, estimations, or time tables on when any particular ship's logs will be made available on our online Catalog.
Navy ships keep running records of their activities on board, and many of these logs are sent to the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) to be archived as permanent records....
Below are the instructions on how to access these new Deck Log scans, FREE OF CHARGE and available to anyone with access to the NARA Digital Archives via the Internet.
Images credited to the National Archives (NA, NARA); Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC), formerly Naval Historical Center (NHC); and U.S. Navy (USN) are believed to be in the public domain. Some images credited to the United States Naval Institute (USNI) are from © copyrighted collections, the rest are believed to be in the public domain.
