looking for info on LCI(L)610

[muddyboots]

Looking for info on LCI(L)-610 I know she was sent to the pacific and at wars end china . That info came from muster rolls for the u.s. navy but i cant find locations for her during the war. I have tried the information sites like navsorce and hullnumber but no luck . Any information would be great.

[muddyboots]

Looking for info on LCI(L)-610 I know she was sent to the pacific and at wars end china . That info came from muster rolls for the u.s. navy but i cant find locations for her during the war. I have tried the information sites like navsorce and hullnumber but no luck . Any information would be great.

So far I tracked lci(l) 610 to New guinea in november and december of 1944 . And I know she did occupation duty in japan and china. But I found a lci 610 at d day droping off Co A 1st bn 26 reg 1st div at the end of the day on the 6 of june . Is it the same ship ? Her muster logs are not much help . Her crew only recorde new guinea and I only know that because they droped off a member of the crew to a hospital . Her ribbons dont show an eto ribbon but thats from navsorce . Any help would be great .

[Salvage Sailor]

Aloha,

 

I do not see any ETO service for this vessel but plenty of documentation that she served her entire career in the Pacific Theater. In fact, she was transiting from Virginia to the Panama Canal on June 6th, 1944, on her way to the Pacific.

 

LCI(L)-610 was assigned to SEVENTH AMPHIBIOUS FORCE, LCI FLOTILLA FIFTEEN, LCI Group FORTY THREE, LCI Div. 86

 

Breezing through some USN monthly war record reports I've extracted the following info for your reference:

 

Transited Chesapeake Capes, VA to Virginia Beach VA June 4th, 1944

 

US Naval Station Coco Solo, Canal Zone, Issued general stores June 26, 1944

 

Transited Panama Canal June 22 - 30, 1944 (Balboa Section, Panaman Sea Frontier)

 

Departed Advanced Base Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides 4 August 1944

 

Departed COMNAVBASE Manaus, Admiralty Islands 13 September 1944

 

Departed COMNAVBASE Hollandia, New Guinea 4 October 1944

 

On December 1 1944 she was noted by COM7THPHIBFOR as being under "SERFORControl", short hand for Service Force, probably SERVRON 10 by the looks of her port calls. She was most likely being used as a floating truck to run parts and supplies between the advanced naval bases. It looks like this was her sea duty for the duration of her Pacific war service.

 

Service Squadron 10 has her departing Manus on December 16, 1944

 

Departed COMNAVBASE Hollandia, New Guinea 7 January 1945

 

11 January 1945, arrived Gili Gili, Milne Bay New Guinea (USN Base No. 717), Departed same on 13 January 1945

 

COMSERRON 10 (commander Service Squadron ten) noted her as departing Manus on 17 January 1945

 

On February 1st 1945 she was noted by COM7THPHIBFOR as being under SERFOR control

 

Departed COMNAVBASE Hollandia, New Guinea 8 February 1945

 

12 February 1945, arrived Gili Gili, Milne Bay New Guinea (USN Base No. 717), Departed same on 16 February 1945

 

On March 1 1945 she was noted by COM7THPHIBFOR as being under "SERFORControl"

 

Arrived COMNAVBASE Gili Gili, New Guinea 19 April 1945, Departed same on 20 April 1945

 

Arrived COMNAVBASE Manaus, Admiralty Islands 23 April 1945, Departed same on 25 April 1945

 

On May 1 1945 she was noted by COM7THPHIBFOR as being under "SERFORControl"

 

On June 1, 1945 she was still noted by COM7THPHIBFOR as being under "ServForCon" i.e. Service Force Control

Also noted was "during the month LCI-967 and LCI-610 were ordered to report to commander naval operating base Leyte for operational control"

 

Arrived COMNAVBASE Manaus, Admiralty Islands 13 June 1945, Departed same on 24 June 1945

 

There ya go.

[Salvage Sailor]

Just found confirmation of the above in the War Diary of LCI(L) Group 43

 

LCI(L) 610 was assigned to "temporary duty under the Seventh Fleet Service Force."

 

i.e. a floating truck

 

Not very sexy service but absolutely necessary to keep the war machine supplied in the vast expanses of the Pacific theater.

 

She transited the Panama Canal with her Flotilla in June 1944 and sailed to Seadler Harbor, Manus Island arriving on 11 August 1944. She remained at Manus for "availibility, drydocking, repairs and training" until 12 September 1944. She transported Army troops one time on 13 September 1944, "departed Manus for Lae and Langemak where US Army personnel were embarked for transportation to Biak. These ships under CTF 76 operational control". On 20 September 1944 she arrived at Humboldt Bay. She stayed at Humboldt Bay for further training, including anti-aircraft gunnery on 23 September, until 9 October 1944 when she was "assigned to Commander Service Force SEVENTH Fleet for duty."

[muddyboots]

Just found confirmation of the above in the War Diary of LCI(L) Group 43

 

LCI(L) 610 was assigned to "temporary duty under the Seventh Fleet Service Force."

 

i.e. a floating truck

 

Not very sexy service but absolutely necessary to keep the war machine supplied in the vast expanses of the Pacific theater.

 

She transited the Panama Canal with her Flotilla in June 1944 and sailed to Seadler Harbor, Manus Island arriving on 11 August 1944. She remained at Manus for "availibility, drydocking, repairs and training" until 12 September 1944. She transported Army troops one time on 13 September 1944, "departed Manus for Lae and Langemak where US Army personnel were embarked for transportation to Biak. These ships under CTF 76 operational control". On 20 September 1944 she arrived at Humboldt Bay. She stayed at Humboldt Bay for further training, including anti-aircraft gunnery on 23 September, until 9 October 1944 when she was "assigned to Commander Service Force SEVENTH Fleet for duty."

It must have been a type o on the site that I found . The information you found is kinda what I thought when I found a cb report with her listed in it . The CB group was at New Guinea at the end of 44 or the beginning of 45 . Thanks for the work you put into researching this . Its kind of funny Because I just got a membership to access the war diaries at fold3 last night . My next project is Lst 587 from which I picked up some dog tags belonging to a James Edward Wallace Gm3/c - Gm1/c . Ancestry places him on lst 587 and war diaries place her at Iwo jima and Okinawa .

[Tom Kibler]

On 9/24/2012 at 12:03 AM, muddyboots said:

So far I tracked lci(l) 610 to New guinea in november and december of 1944 . And I know she did occupation duty in japan and china. But I found a lci 610 at d day droping off Co A 1st bn 26 reg 1st div at the end of the day on the 6 of june . Is it the same ship ? Her muster logs are not much help . Her crew only recorde new guinea and I only know that because they droped off a member of the crew to a hospital . Her ribbons dont show an eto ribbon but thats from navsorce . Any help would be great .

Indeed you are correct. “A” Co. 26th IR, 1st ID. 

 

I own an item of Wieler’s.  

[muddyboots]

On 2/19/2026 at 12:45 PM, Tom Kibler said:

Indeed you are correct. “A” Co. 26th IR, 1st ID. 

 

I own an item of Wieler’s.  

Great piece of information, but I am really having a hard time believing that they could transit the Atlantic in 2 days from the Chesapeake Bay area to Normandy. Maybe it's a typo, and it's supposed to be LCI (L) -10 that was at Normandy. 

[Tom Kibler]

1 hour ago, muddyboots said:

Great piece of information, but I am really having a hard time believing that they could transit the Atlantic in 2 days from the Chesapeake Bay area to Normandy. Maybe it's a typo, and it's supposed to be LCI (L) -10 that was at Normandy. 

I suspect this morning report was made when they were off the coast of England and not in the Chesapeake Bay area.