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Newinger · 01-17-16, 04:53 PM

Sorry for bringing up this old thread. I found it while searching for how a "war diary" or log was written and formatted in U.S. submarines. The term "deck log" was very helpful. Using Google, I found this nice site:

https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...deck-logs.html

esp.

https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...1941-1959.html

which describes the format,

and

https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...deck-logs.html

for submarines. So it seems while the standard deck log format was used, the deck logs of submarines didn't include any details on warfare itself. This kind of information was put in war reports instead. Since the 1960s, it seems, the deck logs of submarines barely contain any useful information at all other than "yep, we're on patrol". Instead classified secret deck logs are used.

01-17-16, 04:53 PM	#4
Newinger Loader Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Magdeburg, Germany Posts: 81 Downloads: 288 Uploads: 0	Sorry for bringing up this old thread. I found it while searching for how a "war diary" or log was written and formatted in U.S. submarines. The term "deck log" was very helpful. Using Google, I found this nice site: https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...deck-logs.html esp. https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...1941-1959.html which describes the format, and https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...deck-logs.html for submarines. So it seems while the standard deck log format was used, the deck logs of submarines didn't include any details on warfare itself. This kind of information was put in war reports instead. Since the 1960s, it seems, the deck logs of submarines barely contain any useful information at all other than "yep, we're on patrol". Instead classified secret deck logs are used.