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Seeking records of LST-610

Elliot Schneider Jul 16, 2019 9:04 AM

I'm looking for information on LST-610 Following the war, LST-610 performed occupation duty in the Par East and saw service in China until mid-June 1946. She was decommissioned on 28 June 1946 and transferred to the Military Government of Okinawa on 18 September that same year. The ship was struck from the Navy list on 23 December 1947.

So my question is my grandfather served in the military Police within the Military Government on Okinawa. He has a commendation letter stating that he and 5 other men provided security and guarded money aboard LST-610 which transferred a large amount of yen to Naze, Amami O' Shima on August 9th 1946.

According to Naval History website LST-610 was transferred to the Military Government. Would those records of this LST-610 be with the Military Government records and if any transfer of yen would this be done through the Military Government or Comptroller? Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Seeking records of LST-610

Becca Simons Jul 19, 2019 2:09 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)

Dear Mr. Schneider,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Program Formulation Files Relating to the Balances, Expenditures, and Revenues of the General Fund, 1950-1968 (A1 2243) in the Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (Record Group 260), U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR), Comptroller Department, in which we located a file unit titled 1946-51 Truck Rental Ledger - 1951 Yen Budget. It may contain the information you seek. For access and/or copies of these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

As far as the LST-610 is concerned, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all manifests, logs of vessels, troop movement files, and most of the passenger lists of U.S. Army transports for World War II and post-WWII.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
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