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Where can I find deck logs and war diaries for the USS Knapp DD 653 for the period of 1943-1945?

Ritchie

My grandfather served as TM2 during the pacific campaign of 1944.  I have his service records; I am looking for information about his tour on the Knapp

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    Ritchie,

    Deck log link: USS KNAPP (DD-653) Crew Roster (hullnumber.com)   This is the only place I could find the log. National Archives you have to order them or go to the Archives in person.

    Images and names link: USS Knapp DD653 - USS Knapp Photos (google.com)

    Images link:USS Knapp (DD-653) (navy.mil)

    Hope this helps.

    Patti

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    Patti,

    Thank you for the guidance and the links.  I did find some records in the digital archives (on the Knapp - mostly war diaries), and I have received his service records.  I remember my grandfather telling me about being blown overboard in a typhoon - and I can confirm the Knapp was caught in a typhoon on 12/18-20/1944 while he was aboard (and later in the South China Sea in Jan 45).  I found record of the Knapp recovering survivors from the USS Hull during "Halsey's Typhoon," but no record of crewmembers gone overboard and recovered.  He did receive a medical honorable discharge several months later in the late spring of 45 when the Knapp returned stateside, but no mention there either (in fact I only received two medical documents in the records package referencing Tachycardia as the medical cause).  Perhaps it is an exaggerated story or maybe hyperbole. I was wondering, knowing how ship logs work from my time in the USCG, if they might have recorded such an event in the log?  They probably are more comprehensive than the selective war diaries, although they look official.  I'm guessing I would need to visit the archive to view them?  And I am guessing that would be the archive in College Park?  

    I am a writer and working on a series of short fiction using the service examples of my family's previous generations as inspiration and setting.  I would like to use the Knapp in one of the stories.  There is plenty to write about even if I cannot find a record of "man overboard" but I'd like to try and find it.  I am an English Lecturer at App State U as well, so I am not new to research, but I am new to navigating the national archives.  Do you know of, or could you recommend a course of study or a location/person/document that might offer some guidance on how to successfully find what I'm looking for.  I will eventually be looking back to WW1, the Civil War and WW1 and WW2 (including the in-between prohibition actions- station logs, ship logs etc.) for the USCG.  It seems I might need to look in different archive locations?

    Any advice or direction you can offer would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks for taking the time to send what you already have, it was helpful.  I was able to add my grandfather's name to the Knapp roster.

    Regards,

    Bob Ritchie

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    Patti,

    Thank you for the guidance and the links.  I did find some records in the digital archives (on the Knapp - mostly war diaries), and I have received his service records.  I remember my grandfather telling me about being blown overboard in a typhoon - and I can confirm the Knapp was caught in a typhoon on 12/18-20/1944 while he was aboard (and later in the South China Sea in Jan 45).  I found record of the Knapp recovering survivors from the USS Hull during "Halsey's Typhoon," but no record of crewmembers gone overboard and recovered.  He did receive a medical honorable discharge several months later in the late spring of 45 when the Knapp returned stateside, but no mention there either (in fact I only received two medical documents in the records package referencing Tachycardia as the medical cause).  Perhaps it is an exaggerated story or maybe hyperbole. I was wondering, knowing how ship logs work from my time in the USCG, if they might have recorded such an event in the log?  They probably are more comprehensive than the selective war diaries, although they look official.  I'm guessing I would need to visit the archive to view them?  And I am guessing that would be the archive in College Park?  

    I am a writer and working on a series of short fiction using the service examples of my family's previous generations as inspiration and setting.  I would like to use the Knapp in one of the stories.  There is plenty to write about even if I cannot find a record of "man overboard" but I'd like to try and find it.  I am an English Lecturer at App State U as well, so I am not new to research, but I am new to navigating the national archives.  Do you know of, or could you recommend a course of study or a location/person/document that might offer some guidance on how to successfully find what I'm looking for.  I will eventually be looking back to WW1, the Civil War and WW1 and WW2 (including the in-between prohibition actions- station logs, ship logs etc.) for the USCG.  It seems I might need to look in different archive locations?

    Any advice or direction you can offer would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks for taking the time to send what you already have, it was helpful.  I was able to add my grandfather's name to the Knapp roster.

    Regards,

    Bob Ritchie

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