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This log was provided by Kenneth Davis RM2 and it documents his time on the USS Terror from 10/2/1943 to 12/14/1943 LOG OF THE U S S TERROR (CM-5) SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 1943 0800 - CONTINUED LOADING. 1300 - GOT UNDERWAY FOR FRISCO. SPEED: 15 KNOTS 1800 - 2000 WATCH 0800 – 1200 WATCH 1405 - SECURED SEA DETAIL. SET CONDITION 2 WATCH 1 1515 - PASSED THE FRENCH BATTLESHIP "RICHLIEU" AND ESCORTS. 1845 - DARKEN SHIP 1912 - G.Q. 1932 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: THERE ARE ONLY 3 SHIPS IN CONVOY. US & 2 DE’S CABANA (DE-261) & DIONNE (DE-260) WEATHER CLEAR & COOL. SEA SMOOTH. BUT, DID THE GUYS GET SICK!! "KANEVSKY" WAS THE FIRST TO TO GET SICK UP HERE. WE START "SUNRISE SUNSET SERINADE" TOMORROW SUNDAY OCTOBER 3, 1943 0510 - G Q 0645 - SECURED FROM G Q 1400 - MOVIES "BITTER SWEET" 1845 - DARKEN SHIP 1910 - G Q 1937 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS WEATHER GETTING ROUGHER AND FELLOWS SICKER!! NOTHING OUT OF THE REGULAR SEA ROUTINE HAPPENED TODAY. 1600 - 1800 WATCH 0000 – 0400 WATCH MONDAY OCTOBER 4, 1943 0610 - G Q 0647 - SECURED FROM G Q 1106 - G Q MADE A CONTACT 1115 - COURSE 177 1120 - CHANGED STD SPD TO 15 KNOTS 1124 - SET ZIG ZAG COURSE 1125 - COURSE 195 1126 - SECURED FROM G Q 1845 - WAS CHALLANGED BY ?? 280’ 1855 - G Q - COURSE 177 1900 - SET ZIG ZAG COURSE 350. BASE 177 1915 - COURSE 142 1920 - 177 1925 - 142 1930 - 177 1933 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: 1200 – 1600 WATCH 2000 – 2400 WATCH SPEED: 12 TO 15 KNOTS WATER MUCH SMOOTHER TODAY. BUT, IT WAS CLOUDY ALL DAY & WAS RAINING ON & OFF ALL AFTERNOON. AT 1106 THE CABANA DE-262 HAD A CONTACT & WE WENT GQ. DURING WHICH, WE CHANGED OUR STANDARD SPD TO 15 KTS & SET A 35 DEGREE ZIG ZAG COURSE. AT 1845 WE WERE CHALLANGED BY CONVOY BEARING 280 AND ANSWERED. EVERYTHING WENT OFF OK TODAY. THE FURTHER SOUTH WE GO, THE HOTTER IT GETS. TUESDAY OCTOBER 5, 1943 0500 - SPOTTED 13 SHIP CONVOY 210’ 0600 - SIGHTED SAN SALVADOR LIGHT 0612 - G Q BASE COURSE 198’ 0630 - PATROL PLANE FROM ?? 0633 - SET ZIG ZAG COURSE OF 35’ 0635 - COURSE 163’ 0637 - SECURED FROM G Q 0640 - BASE COURSE 198’ 1000 - FIRED #3 STBD 40 MM GUN 1020 - FIRED #4 PORT 40 MM GUN 1050 - SIGHTED SCHOOL OF LARGE SHARKS 1900 - G Q BASE COURSE 154’ 1915 - DE HAD SUB CONTACT 1920 - SIGHTED NE TIP OF CUBA. 54 MILES 1932 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: 0800 – 1200 WATCH 1800 - 2000 WATCH NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY, EXCEPT WE FIRED THE 40 MM GUNS AT BALLOONS, BUT, MISSED AS USUAL. WE SIGHTED THE SAN SALVADOR LIGHT THIS MORNING AND ALSO A 13 SHIP CONVOY, ABOUT THE SAME TIME. FROM THE POSITION AND COURSE WE WERE THIS MORNING, WE ARE HEADING FOR GUANTANOMO BAY. CROSSED TO TROPIC Of CANCER DURING THE NIGHT. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1943: 0610 - G Q BASE COURSE 215’ OFF ISLE OF HAITI (PORT SIDE) 0635 - SECURED FROM G Q 1130 - SLOWED DOWN , TO TAKE A MAN ABOARD FOR AN OPERATION 1155 - TOOK MAN ABOARD 1500 - SIGHTED ISLE OF "JAMAICA" 1910 - G Q COURSE 210’ 1937 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: 0400 – 0800 WATCH 1600 – 1800 WATCH 25’N 78’W WEATHER TODAY WAS, CLEAR & SMOOTH. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE MORE FLYING FISH EVERYDAY. I GOT ONE OF THOSE "SEMI TROPICAL" BURNS TODAY AND IS IT EVER SORE!! WE GET INTO PANAMA SOMETIME FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN UP THE COAST TO "FRISCO"!! I’LL THEN BE ABLE TO GET HOM,E ON AN OVER- NIGHT LIBERTY!!!. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE BOAT FROM THE DE-260 "CABANA" GOT A BAD CUTOVER HIS RIGHT EYE AS THEY LOWERED THE SLING TO PICK UP THE MAN FROM THE "DIONNE" THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 1943: 0200 - SIGHTED HOSPITAL SHIP OFF THE STBD SIDE. 21 MILES. BELONGING TO ?? 0611 - G Q COURSE 210’ 0633 - SECURED FROM G Q 0945 - "CALIFORNIA WEATHER" RAIN & SUNSHINE 1030 - FIRED NUMBERS 7 – 8 –9- & 10 20 MM & NUMBERS 1 & 2 40 MM GUNS 1915 - G Q COURSE 110’ 1933 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY EXCEPT WE FIRED OUR 20MM & 40 MM GUNS FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1943: 0630 - G Q COLON IN SIGHT 0935 - DROPPED HOOK & TOOK ON PILOT OFF COLON 1013 - UNDERWAY FOR FIRST SET OF LOCKS, 3 ATLANTIC LOCKS 1113 - ENTERED FIRST LOCK 1138 – ENTERED SECOND LOCK 1440 - PASSED EVER RUNNING SHOWER AT SIDE OF MALARIA STATION 1445 - GAYONCUT. PLAQUE ON STBD IN MEMORY OF LOST LIVES BUILDING CANAL 1515 - ENTERED PACIFIC LOCK "RADICIOD" 1629 - SECOND LOCK "MIRAFLURA" 1648 - LEFT PACIFIC LOCKS 1651 - SET CLOCKS BACK TO 1551 1625 - (CWT) TIED UP TO PIER 18 BALBOA STBD SIDE TO 1630 - GANGWAY LAYED. 735 BAGS OF MAIL UNLOADED 1830 - LIBERTY!! (PORT) EXPIRE 2300 REMARKS: WE WENT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TODAY FOR MY FIRST TIME!!!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 1943: 0900 - LIBERTY: STBD 1300 - LIBERTY UP: STBD 1330 - LIBERTY : PORT 1730 - LIBERTY UP: PORT 1800 - LIBERTY: STBD 2300 - LIBERTY UP: STBD REMARKS:: NOTHING HAPPENED EXCEPT FOR LIBERTY. AND WHAT LIBERTY!!!! THE FELLOWS CAME BACK SO .FOULED UP THAT COULD NOT STAND THEIR WATCHES!!! OUR LIBERTY WAS SPLIT UP TODAY. I WAS IN THE STBD SECTION & I HAD LIBERTY IN THE MORNING & AT NIGHT. THIS MORNING 4 OF US WENT TOGETHER FROM MY DIVISION. "FERGUSON" SM3C, "PARKER" QM3C, "ZANDE" RADAR STRIKER & ME. THEY WERE DRINKING "TOM COLLINS" & I WAS DRINKING "RUM & COKES". DID WE HAVE FUN!!!!! WE WENT TO "SL0PPY JOES" , "THE CHICAGO BAR" & MANY OTHERS. AT NIGHT, WE WENT TO THE RIALTO CLUB". A VERY MODERN NIGHT CLUB & SAW A VERY GOOD FLOOR SHOW. WE ALL GOT BACK ON TIME!! "ERROR" THE SHIP’S MASCOT, WAS RESTRICTED TODAY BY THE CUSTOMS OFFICER. MANY OF OUR GUYS WERE HOISTED ABOARD IN CARGO NETS. SUNDAY OCTOBER 10, 1943: 1245 - LEFT PIER 18 BALBOA 1353 - G Q 190’ 1413 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: AS WE WERE LEAVING, A DIVISION OF PT BOATS WERE MAKING PRACTICE ATTACKS ON US. THEY CAME RUSHING ON US & THEY LATER LAYED A SMOKE SCREEN ACROSS OUR BOW. OUTSIDE OF THAT, NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED ALL DAY. WE DIDN’T HAVE G Q AT NIGHT AS THE SKIPPER SAID THE ONE AT NOON WAS ENOUGH. BUT, TOMORROW WE START OUR REGULAR ROUTINE. WE HAVE THE SAME 2 DE’S AS WE HAD THE FIRST TIME. MONDAY OCTOBER 11, 1943: 0553 - G Q COURSE 285’ 0606 - SECURED FROM G Q 1748 - G Q COURSE 297’ 1815 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED 16 8’ N 84.5’’ W TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1943 0610 - G Q COURSE 297’ 0629 - SECURED FROM G Q 1900 - SET CLOCKS BACK ONE HOIUR TO 1800 1808 - G Q COURSE 297’ 1821 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED: 16 KNOTS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1943 0540 - G Q COURSE 297’ 0608 - SECURED FROM G Q 1215 – SIGHTED SCHOOL OF PORPOSE 1912 - G Q COURSE 297’ 1930 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED: 16 KNOTS THURSDAY OCTOBER 14, 1943: 0612 - G Q COURSE 297’ 0620 - SECURED FROM G Q 1853 - G Q COURSE 297 1905 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED: 16 KNOTS FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 1943: 0620 - G Q COURSE 297’ 0636 - SECURED FROM G Q 1905 - SET CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR TO 1805 (PWT) 1814 - G Q COURSE 315 1828 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED: 17 TODAY, WE FINALLY ENTERED CALIFORNIA TIME! WE ARE 3 HOURS BEHIND NORFOLK’S TIME AND IN GCT WE ARE IN +7 ZONE. WHICH MEANS WE ADD 7 HOURS TO THE SHIP’S TIME TO MAKE IT RADIO TIME (GCT) AT NOON, WE CHANGED OUR BASE COURSE TO 315’ SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 1943: 0553 - G Q COURSE 315’ 0608 - SECURED FROM G Q 1858 - G Q COURSE 320’ 1914 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: DURING THE NIGHT, ONE OF THE DE’S HAD RUDDER TROUBLE AND THEY WERE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH US. TODAY, AT NOON, STARTED OUR SECOND WEEK UNDERWAY. WE SHOULD GET INTO "FRISCO" EITHER MONDAY AFTERNOON OR TUESDAY MORNING. THEN, I’LL BE ONLY 97 MILES FROM HOME! I’VE MADE A ROUND TRIP AROUND THE STATES NOW! I’M BACK TO WHERE I WAS SWORN INTO THE NAVY BACK ON FEB 10, 1942. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PAID YESTERDAY. BUT, LTJG WOOD, OUR PAY MASTER, SAID NO AS HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOME MONEY TO GO ASHORE ON. BUT, THAT WONT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME. I OWE ALL MY PAY OUT NOW!!! SUNDAY OCTOBER 17, 1943: 0615 - G Q COURSE 320’ 0633 - SECURED FROM G Q 1100 - ANNOUNCED ABOUT STOLEN GUNS & KNIVES 1837 - G Q COURSE 320 1854 - SECURED FROM G Q
REMARKS: TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT SEVERAL BOXES OF CARGO WERE BROKEN INTO AND A CARBINE, PISTOLS , SHEATH KNIVES, BOLLOS AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WERE TAKEN SINCE WE LEFT PANAMA AND NO LIBERTY WOULD BE GRANTED IN SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY OCTOBER 18, 1943: NO ENTRY RECORDED TUESDAY OCTOBER 19, 1943: 0615 - G Q HEADING INTO FRISCO! ! ! 0710 - SECURED FROM G Q 0908 - DROPPED HOOK IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY!! REMARKS: AT LAST!! I’M BACK IN FRISCO & COULD GET HOME ON AN OVERNIGHT LIBERTY. BUT, THERE IS NO LIBERTY AS WE ARE PULLING OUT AGAIN TOMORROW ABOUT 1600 FOR PEARL HARBOR!! THE "SCUTTLEBUT" IS THAT WE ARE DUE BACK IN "FRISCO" IN 3 WEEKS. I HOPE SO! ALL STOLEN CARGO WAS TURNED IN EXCEPT, 1 KNIFE, A .45 & THE CARBINE. GOT MAIL TODAY. THERE WERE 25 BAGS BROUGHT ABOARD & I ONLY GOT 1 LETTER & 7 NEWSPAPERS! BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME! MAIL CLOSES AT 10:00 TOMORROW. THERE WAS NO G Q TONIGHT OR EVEN DARKEN SHIP. I WAS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE WATCH WHEN WE PULLED IN & TOMORROW, I HAVE THE 1600 – 1800 WATCH & WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PULL OUT AT 1600. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 1943: 1630 - UNDERWAY FOR PEARL HARBOR WITH 80 PASSENGERS 1710 - PASSED UNDER BAY BRIDGE 1729 - PASSED THRU THE GATE 1740 - PASSED UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE 1745 - PASSED POINT DIABLE ABEAM TO STBD ½ MILE 1750 - PASSED POINT BONETA 1 MILE SIGHTED I MILE ROCK REMARKS: TODAY, WE LEFT "FRISCO " FOR PEARL HARBOR. WE DIDN’T GET LIBERTY SOO, I DIDN’T GET HOME AS I HAD PLANNED. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS. SO, STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET HOME! SO CLOSE & YET SO FAR. THURSDAY OCTOBER 21, 1943: 0615 - G Q COURSE 250 0645 - SECURED FROM G Q 1833 - G Q COURSE 245 1845 - SECURED FROM G Q REMARKS: SPEED: 18 KNOTS NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY ALL DAY, A FLOCK OF ABOUT 25 ALBATROSS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWINGUS ABOUT 50 YARDS OFF THE STERN OCTOBER 22 – 24 NO ENTRIES MONDAY OCTOBER 25, 1943: ENTERED PEARL HARBOR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1943: UNDERWAY FOR "FUNA FUTI" IN THE "ELLIS ISLANDS" SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1943: JAPS RAIDED "FUNA FUTI" THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1943: JAPS RAIDED "FUNA FUTI" AGAIN WE RETURNED FIRE! NO HITS!! SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1943: LEFT "FUNA FUTI" FOR PEARL HARBOR SATURDAY DECEMBER 4, 1943: 0830 - ENTERED PEARL HARBOR TO AWAIT TRANSFER BACK TO "FRISCO" 1300 - LEFT SHIP FOR RECEIVING STATION 1900 - MOVED FROM RECEIVING STATION TO "CAMP AEIA" WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1943: 0930 - WENT ABOARD USS POCOMOKE 1100 - LEFT PIER FOR THE STATES 1600 - LEFT THE BAY TUESDAY DECEMBER 14, 1943: 1200 - ENTERED SAN FRANCISCO BAY!!! 1700 - LEFT USS POCOMOKE ON A NAVY TUG BOAT 2000 - LEFT TREASURE ISLAND ON A SHORT "48" & TOOK GENE TAYLOR WITH ME. END OF LOG: log kept by Kenneth E Davis RM2 original plank owner.
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