Military Records

Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog

Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60)

Please Note: Our U.S. Navy Deck Log series and U.S. Coast Guard Deck Log series are partially closed. The National Archives recently partnered with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to digitize the Vietnam-era log books in support of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019. While the VA completed scanning, the National Archives continues to process the images from the VA in batches. We are working expeditiously to make the millions of resulting digital images available in our National Archives Catalog. Learn more

Deck logs for naval vessels were created to form a chronological account of notable events occurring in and around a ship, to remind the officers of the deck of their duties, and to check on the activities of the officers. They also served as evidence in legal proceedings in naval, admiralty, or civil courts when necessary.

The National Archives has embarked on a multi-year project to digitize these deck logs which are some of our most requested records. Below you can follow links to the deck logs that we have completely digitized and are available to view in the National Archives Catalog.

If you are interested in deck logs that are not available on the list below, please contact the textual reference staff at Archives II in College Park, MD by emailing archives2reference@nara.gov. To learn more about these records, please see A History of Naval Deck Logs.

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L. Y. Spear (AS-36)

Commission: February 1970 Decommission: September 1996

Years:

La Moure County (LST-883)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: April 1946

Recommission: August 1950 Decommission: December 1959

Years:

La Moure County (LST-1194)

Commission: December 1971 Decommission: November 2000

Years:

1971: December

La Salle (LPD/AGF-3)

Commission: February 1964 Decommission: May 2005

Years:

Lafayette (SSBN-616)

Commission: April 1963 Decommission: August 1991

Years:

1966:

1978: April | July | August | October | November

Lafayette County (LST-859)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: August 1958

Years:

Laffey (DD-724)

Commission: February 1944 Decommission: June 1947

Recommission: January 1951 Decommission: March 1975

Years:

Lake Champlain (CV/CVA/CVS-39)

Commission: June 1945 Decommission: February 1947

Recommission: September 1952 Decommission: May 1966

Years:

1966: January | February | March | April | May

Lake County (LST-880)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: October 1946

Recommission: August 1951 Decommission: November 1958

Years:

Lakeland (LSM-373)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: October 1946

Recommission: February 1958 Decommission: November 1959

Years:

Lamar (PCE-899)

Commission: March 1945 Decommission: December 1949

Recommission: December 1960 Decommission: May 1964

Years:

1964: January | February | March | April | May

Lamprey (SS-372)

Commission: November 1944 Decommission: June 1946

Recommission: Month 1960 Decommission: August 1960

Years:

1960: May | June | July

Lang (FF/DE-1060)

Commission: March 1970 Decommission: December 1991

Years:

1971: January | February | March | May | June

Laning (APD-55)

Commission: August 1943 Decommission: June 1946

Recommission: April 1951 Decommission: September 1957

Years:

Lansdowne (DD-486)

Commission: April 1942 Decommission: May 1946

Years:

1943: November | December

1947: January | February

Lansing (DE-388)

Commission: November 1943 Decommission: April 1946

Commission: December 1956 Decommission: May 1965

Years:

1943: November | December

1956: December

1965: January | February | March | April | May

Lapon (SS-260)

Commission: January 1943 Decommission: July 1946

Recommission: April 1957 Decommission: August 1957

Years:

1957: April | May | June | July | August

Lapon (SSN-661)

Commission: December 1967 Decommission: August 1992

Years:

1967: December

1975: May

Lapwing (MSCO/AMS-48/YMS-268)

Commission: July 1943 Decommission: November 1946

Recommission: February 1951 Decommission: November 1957

Years:

Latimer (APA-152)

Commission: August 1944 Decommission: February 1947

Recommission: September 1950 Decommission: May 1956

Years:

1956: January | February | March | April | May

Launcher (YV-2/ELSM/LSM-446)

Commission: May 1945 Decommission: December 1951

Recommission: October 1954 Decommission: May 1960

Years:

1960: January | February | March | April | May

Lavaca (APA-180)

Commission: December 1944 Decommission: January 1947

Years:

1947: January

Lawrence (DD-250)

Commission: April 1921 Decommission: October 1945

Years:

Lawrence (DDG-4)

Commission: January 1962 Decommission: March 1990

Years:

Lawrence C. Taylor (DE-415)

Commission: May 1944 Decommission: April 1946

Years:

1945: January | February | March | April | May

Lawrence County (LST-887)

Commission: November 1944 Decommission: July 1946

Recommission: November 1950 Decommission: March 1960

Years:

1960: January | February | March

Laws (DD-558)

Commission: November 1943 Decommission: March 1964

Years:

1964: January | February | March

Leader (MSO-490)

Commission: November 1955 Decommission: December 1991

Years:

1955: November | December

League Island (AKS-30/AG-149/LST-1097)

Commission: February 1945 Decommission: December 1946

Recommission: January 1951 Decommission: December 1956

Years:

Leahy (CG/DLG-16)

Commission: August 1962 Decommission: February 1967

Recommission: May 1968 Decommission: October 1993

Years:

1962: August | September | October | November | December

Leary (DD/DDR-879)

Commission: May 1945 Decommission: October 1973

Years:

1972: January

Lenawee (APA-195)

Commission: October 1944 Decommission: June 1967

Years:

Leo (AKA-60)

Commission: August 1944 Decommission: February 1955

Years:

Leonard F. Mason (DD-852)

Commission: June 1946 Decommission: November 1976

Years:

LeRay Wilson (DE-414)

Commission: May 1944 Decommission: January 1947

Recommission: March 1951 Decommission: January 1959

Years:

1959: January

Lester (DE-1022)

Commission: June 1957 Decommission: December 1973

Years:

Lewis (DE-535)

Commission: September 1944 Decommission: May 1946

Recommission: March 1952 Decommission: May 1960

Years:

1960: January | February | March | April | May

Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644)

Commission: December 1965 Decommission: June 1992

Years:

1965: October | November | December

Lewis Hancock (DD-675)

Commission: September 1943 Decommission: December 1957

Years:

Lexington (CV-2)

Commission: December 1927 Decommission: (Scuttled) May 1942

Years:

1942: May

Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT/AVT-16)

Commission: February 1943 Decommission: April 1947

Recommission: August 1955 Decommission: November 1991

Years:

Leyte (CV/CVA/CVS-32/AVT-10)

Commission: April 1946 Decommission: May 1959

Years:

1959: January | February | March | April | May

Liberator (AMC-87)

Commission: February 1942 Decommission: May 1945

Years:

1942: February 22 to July 22 | July 23 to December 21

1943: March 18 to August 16 | December 22, 1942 to March 17

1944: January 16 to June 19 | June 20 to November 18

Liberty (AGTR-5)

Commission: December 1964 Decommission: June 1968

Years:

1964: December

Liddle (APD-60/DE-206)

Commission: December 1943 Decommission: June 1946

Recommission: October 1950 Decommission: February 1959

Recommission: November 1961 Decommission: March 1967

Years:

1959: January | February

1961: November | December

1967: January | February | March

Limpkin (MSC-195)

Commission: March 1955 Decommission: September 1968

Years:

Lincoln County (LST-898)

Commission: December 1944 Decommission: May 1946

Recommission: August 1950 Decommission: March 1961

Years:

1961: January | February | March

Lindenwald (LSD-6)

Commission: December 1943 Decommission: April 1947

Recommission: February 1949 Decommission: December 1956

Recommission: July 1960 Decommission: November 1967

Years:

Linnet (MSCO-24/YMS-395)

Commission: November 1943 Decommission: September 1957

Recommission: October 1959 Decommission: September 1968

Years:

1966: November

Lionfish (SS/AGSS-298)

Commission: November 1944 Decommission: January 1946

Recommission: January 1951 Decommission: December 1953

Recommission: March 1960 Decommission: December 1971

Years:

Lipan (AT/ATF-85)

Commission: April 1943 Decommission: July 1973

Years:

Litchfield County (LST-901)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: August 1946

Recommission: November 1951 Decommission: December 1955

Recommission: March 1966 Decommission: December 1969

Years:

Little Rock (CG/CLG-4/CL-92)

Commission: June 1945 Decommission: June 1949

Recommission: June 1960 Decommission: November 1976

Years:

Littlehales (AGSC-15/YF-854)

Commission: December 1952 Decommission: April 1968

Years:

1968: January | February | March | April

Lizardfish (SS-373)

Commission: December 1944 Decommission: June 1946

Recommission: September 1959 Decommission: January 1960

Years:

1959: September | October | November | December

1960: January

Lloyd (APD-63/DE-209)

Commission: February 1944 Decommission: July 1946

Recommission: January 1951 Decommission: February 1958

Years:

1958: January | February

Lloyd Thomas (DD/DDE-764)

Commission: March 1947 Decommission: October 1972

Years:

Locator (AGR/YAGR-6)

Commission: January 1956 Decommission: August 1965

Years:

Lockwood (DE/FF-1064)

Commission: December 1970 Decommission: September 1993

Years:

1970: December

1972: April

Loeser (DE-680)

Commission: October 1943 Decommission: March 1947

Recommission: March 1951 Decommission: September 1968

Years:

Lofberg (DD-759)

Commission: April 1945 Decommission: January 1971

Years:

Logic (AM-258)

Commission: November 1944 Decommission: August 1945

Years:

1944: August | September | October | November | December

Long (DD-209)

Commission: October 1919 Decommission: December 1922

Recommission: March 1930 Decommission: (Sunk) January 1945

Years:

Long Beach (CGN-9)

Commission: September 1961 Decommission: May 1995

Years:

Longspur (AMC-10)

Commission: April 1941 Decommission: August 1944

Years:

1941: May 10 to June 30 | July to September | October to December

1942: January to March | April to June | May 28 to October 4

1943: August to December

Lookout (AGR/YAGR-2)

Commission: March 1955 Decommission: July 1965

Years:

Lorain County (LST-1177)

Commission: October 1958 Decommission: September 1972

Years:

1958: October | November | December

Lorikeet (MSCO/AMS-49/YMS-271)

Commission: April 1943 Decommission: July 1946

Recommission: March 1950 Decommission: October 1968

Years:

Los Angeles (CA-135)

Commission: July 1945 Decommission: April 1948

Recommission: January 1951 Decommission: November 1963

Years:

Los Angeles (SSN-688)

Commission: November 1976 Decommission: February 2011

Years:

1978: January | February

Lough (DE-586)

Commission: May 1944 Decommission: June 1946

Years:

Louisville (CA/CL-28)

Commission: January 1931 Decommission: June 1946

Years:

Lowe (DE/DER-325)

Commission: November 1943 Decommission: September 1968

Years:

Lowry (DD-770)

Commission: July 1944 Decommission: October 1973?

Years:

Loyalty (AM/MSO-457)

Commission: June 1954 Decommission: July 1972?

Years:

Years:

1950: September | October | November | December

LSM-297

Commission: December 1944 Decommission: November 1957

Years:

LSM-373

See USS Lakeland (LSM-373)

LSM-397

Commission: July 1945 Decommission: February 1958

Years:

1958: January | February

LSM-412

See USS Des Plaines River (LFR/LSM/LSMR-412)

LSM-419

Commission: December 1944 Decommission: February 1955

Years:

LSM-448

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: January 1957

Years:

1955: November | December

1957: January

LSM-455

Commission: March 1945 Decommission: March 1949

Recommission: November 1951 Decommission: March 1959

Years:

1959: January | February | March

LSM-462

Commission: March 1945 Decommission: February 1955

Years:

1954: January | February | March

LSM-540

See USS Raritan (LSM-540)

LST-652

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: March 1946

Years:

1961: May

LST-914

See USS Mahoning County (LST-914)

Luce (DLG-7/DDG-338)

Commission: May 1961 Decommission: April 1991

Years:

1970: January | February

Lucid (MSO-458)

Commission: May 1955 Decommission: December 1970

Years:

Luiseno (ATF-156)

Commission: June 1945 Decommission: July 1975

Years:

Luzerne County (LST-902)

Commission: January 1945 Decommission: August 1946

Recommission: January 1952 Decommission: November 1955

Recommission: April 1963 Decommission: August 1970

Years:

Luzon (ARG-2)

Commission: October 1943 Decommission: March 1947

Recommission: September 1950 Decommission: June 1960

Years:

1955: November | December

Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)

Commission: May 1944 Decommission: February 1971

Years:

Lynde McCormick (DDG-8)

Commission: June 1961 Decommission: October 1991

Years:

1969:

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