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                                                               Ship's Deck Logs Nov. 1944   New Dec 2018

November 18, 1944                                       Steaming with 5 Cruisers and 5 DD's in Leyte Gulf.
November 27, 1944                                       11 planes downed which were under Columbia fire.

                                                              
Ship's Deck Logs after 5 inch Gun accident

Thursday December 14, 1944 sheet 1                December 14, 1944   0000 - 1600 hours

Thursday December 14, 1944 sheet 2                December 14, 1944   1600 - 2000 hours List of  casualties and picture of  1st Burial At Sea

                                                                         Four men:  Chiaravalle, Hackett, Honea, Wells

                                                                Ship's Deck Logs For Jan.4,1945   New Dec 2018

                                           USS Ommaney Bay men taken aboard Columbia

January 4, 1945 sheet 1               1600 - 1800 hours, Observed distruction of USS Ommaney Bay
January 4, 1945 sheet 2               1800 -2400 hours, List of 6 officers and 39 enlisted men taken aboard Columbia
January 4, 1945 sheet 3               List of enlisted men #40 - 106 taken aboard Columbia

January 4, 1945 sheet 4               List of enlisted men #107 - 112 taken aboard Columbia
                                            and list of men received aboard with injuries


                                                              Ship's Deck Logs after 1st and 2nd Kamikaze hits

Saturday January 6 1945 sheet 1                   January 6, 1945  0000 - 1600 hours "On route Leyte Gulf, P. I."

Saturday January 6 1945 sheet 2                   January 6, 1945  1600 - 1800 hours, Casualty List

Saturday January 6 1945 sheet 3                   January 6, 1945  1600 - 2000 hours, Casualty List continued

Sunday January 7 1945 sheet 1                    January 7, 1945  List of men returned aboard, maneuvering to present maximum fire

Sunday January 7 1945 sheet 2                    January 7, 1945 List of men returned aboard continued

Sunday January 7 1945 sheet 3                    January 7, 1945 List of men who died on January 7, list of men buried at sea (location)

                                                                Ship's Deck Logs after 3rd Kamikaze hit

Monday January 8, 1945                           January 8, 1945 1800 - 2000 hours, 6 men listed died from wounds received January 6, 1945
                                                                                                                      and 7 men listed buried at sea

Tuesday January 9 1945 sheet 1                January 9, 1945  0000 - 0800 hours, Casualty List, off entrance to Lingayn Gulf, P.I.

Tuesday January 9 1945 sheet 2                January 9, 1945  0400 - 0800 hours, wounded in action continued

Tuesday January 9 1945 sheet 3                January 9, 1945  0400 -1600 hours, wounded in action continued

Tuesday January 9 1945 sheet 4                January 9, 1945  1200 -1600 hours, wounded in action continued

Tuesday January 9 1945 sheet 5                January 9, 1945  1600 - 2000 hours, Personel transfered to USS Harris