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PageCaptain Charles Alfred Leach Jr., Ensign
Division 119. Group 60, Flotilla
20 Atlantic Fleet. X I 996 No.
3/27/44 LST 996 was laid down in Boston Navy
Yard, MA
5/02/44 USS LST 996 was launched
5/23/44 Commissioned by Lt. Cmdr. E. F. Hosmer USN, acting as Commanding
Officer. She
was moored port side to Pier #/8 Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, MA
5/26/44 Took on a Load of Ammunition, Pier #/9
5/27/44 Took on 46,976 Gallons of Fuel Oil
5/28/44 Went off dock service and started up her generators
5/29/44 Underway for Little Creek, VA
5/31/44 Anchored in Chesapeake Bay just off Little Creek, VA
Assigned to 8th Amphibious Fleet
6/01/44 Underway to Cornfield Point, MD
6/03/44 Anchored at Junction of' Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River
6/05/44 Underway again for more Shake-down, Beaching, G.Q., drills gun
practice, etc.
6/10/44 Proceeded to Little Creek, VA, and anchored off Ocean View, VA.
Then underway
in Convoy up the Ambrose Channel to New York Harbor
6/17/44 Moored to Pier #88 in N. River, NY
6/I 8/44 LCT 1043 was loaded on main deck and tied down
6/I 9/44 Ensign and crew of LCT 1043 came
aboard. Then LST underway for Norfolk, VA
6/21/44 Underway; being towed by tugs for Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth,
VA
6/22/44 130 men reported as passengers, then underway for Carny Island
for fuel at fuel
annex Norfolk, VA
6/23/44 Proceeded to Little Creek, VA
6/24/44 Steaming in Convoy UGS-46 from Norfolk, VA to the Straits of
Gibraltar
7/10/44 Passed through Straits of' Gibraltar,
then to Bizerte, Tunisia in Convoy UGS-46
7/14/44 Anchored in Outer Harbor, Tunisia
7/15/44 Entered Lake of' Bizerte
7/16/44 Underway for Ferryville, Tunisia and entered harbor
7/17/44 Launched LCT-1043
7/26/44 Towing LCT-1043 and underway for Naples, Italy in Task Group or
Unit "YOKE".
7/28/44 Anchored off Naples Bay, Italy
7/29/44 Unloaded top deck of Army trucks
7/30/44 Underway for Nisida Bay, Italy. Then into fuel docks, Pozzuoli,
Italy. Anchored in
Nisida Bay again
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