Looking for Navy log books for USS INCH DE146

Some War Diaries from the USS Inch (DE 146) in the series World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories, ca. 1/1/1942 - ca. 6/1/1946 (RG 38) have been digitized and are available in the National Archives Catalog:

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22USS%20inch%22&f.ancestorNaIds=4697018&rows=50

Also of interest may be this Report on the sinking of U-490:

USS INCH - Report of Action and Sinking of the German Submarine U-490 North of the Azores Islands, on 6/11-12/44

We hope this is helpful - good luck with your research!

Dear Mr. Meeker,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941 - 1983 in the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Record Group 24) that include the deck logs of the USS INCH (DE-146) for September 8, 1943 - May 17, 1946. These deck logs have NOT been digitized.  For access to these logs, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

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