LST (511) - Naval Cruise Book

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ci Brzigf Hz'sf07j' 4 e it i i prisoners-of-war. She has carried over 8,000 GIS, 2,600 vehicles, and 1,600 prisoners. 4 . Next to D-day and the ,invasion exercises before that, perhaps the high .spot in her overseas trip was the LST-511.'s trip through the mine- invested North Sea to Drammen, Norway. Together with the 4 other LSTs which steamed into Drammensfjord, the LST-511 was accorded the finest welcome the war-weary Norwegians could muster. In June, 1945, after having been in the European Theater of Operations for 15 months, the LST-511 prepared to return to the States.,' Her command was relinquished to Lieutenant John J. McAuley, Jr., USN, of , Malden, Massachusetts, and she received aboarduthe personnel and cargo which she was to bring home. ' On July 9th, 1945, the LST-511 sailed, in company with 13 other LSTS from Plymouth, England, for New York. After a week in New York, she sailed for her first call at her home port-Norfolk, Va., where she remained for several months. 1 x rLate in Gctober, after a two-day ammunition-dumping trip in the Atlantic, the LST-511 was ordered to the Cheatham Annex of the Naval Supply Depot on the York River, a few miles from historic Williamsburg, Virginia, to be opened for a Navy Day inspection by the public. About 1,000 visitors came aboard on that day for a first- hand glimpse of one of the Navy's big, much-publicised landing ships. Two days later, on October 29th, Captain McAuley was ordered to a new command, and the command of the LST-511 was passed on to her present . skipper, Lieut. Lyle W. Jackson, USNR, of Lamoni, Iowa. A In November, the LST-511 moored at the Convoy Escort Piers near the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, Virginia, to' be decom- missioned. Since her first trip began, she had sailed 34,000 miles and calledat overka score of ports in five countries. , A , .

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'N rf fs D Iris 'liazzfzfze g PLAN OF THE DAY 0400 Reveille. 0405 Physical drills on main deck. 0430 Turn to. Prepare for inspection. 0500 Get underway. Set condition Il. 0630 Breakfast. Powdered eggs and Vienna sausage 0635 Turn to. Unload supplies. ' 0700 Muster. Topside if raining. 0715 Turn to. Continue with ship's routine. 11800 Report to sick bay for S. A. 1 a 0830 Air bedding unless weather is clear. 0900 Captain's mast. 0905 Deck court. 0910 Summary court martial. 0930 Lower boat No., 5. - 0945 Hoist boat No. 5. 10010 Turn to. Unload supp1ies..' 1005 Load supplies. 1030 Personnel inspection on main deck. 1100 Inspection cancelled. Turn to. 1130 Chow down. Creamed chicken. 1200 Sack up. 1205 Turn to. Unload supplies. 1230 Lower boat No, 6. 1245 Hoist boat No. 6. 1300 Paint deck topside. 1400 Scrape deck topside. . 1430 Get underway to unload ammunition. 1600 Mail call. Mail will be given outyat 1830. 1630 Knock off. Liberty for Section 6. 1635 Turn to. Unload supplies. 1700 Supper. Chili Con Carne. 1730 Get underway. 1830 Mail call. No mail. 1900 Movies if the projector-works. ' 2000 General drills. ' 2100 Turn to.. Inspection tomorrow.