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Calling All Former Navy Personnel - help with Navy abbreviations

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Calling All Former Navy Personnel - help with Navy abbreviations
Posted by Mrchntmarine on Friday, December 2, 2022 3:24 PM

So i need a little help in deciphering an abbreviation.  Im trying to piece together my dad's service days from WWII.  While he was in Europe he was ordered detached and to "proceed to a port in which ComLanCrabllthPhib may be and upon your arrival report to ComLanCrabllthPhib for duty."

Its the " ComLanCrabllthPhib " i need help with.

Com = Commander

LanCrab = Landing Craft & Bases

llth = 

Phib = Amphibious 

 

I was thinking ll is for LL.  But in looking at it again now, maybe " ll " 11th ???

 

yes / no ?

 

tks for any help / thoughts.

 

 Wm

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Posted by HooYah Deep Sea on Friday, December 2, 2022 4:56 PM

With the ll being the number eleven, it makes sense to me, and I put in 20 years.

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Posted by gregbale on Friday, December 2, 2022 5:39 PM

The USN's 11th Amphibious Force supported the D-Day landings, so that would seem to make sense.

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Posted by EdGrune on Friday, December 2, 2022 6:51 PM

Mrchntmarine

So i need a little help in deciphering an abbreviation.  Im trying to piece together my dad's service days from WWII.  While he was in Europe he was ordered detached and to "proceed to a port in which ComLanCrabllthPhib may be and upon your arrival report to ComLanCrabllthPhib for duty."

Its the " ComLanCrabllthPhib " i need help with.

Com = Commander

LanCrab = Landing Craft & Bases

llth = 

Phib = Amphibious 

 

I was thinking ll is for LL.  But in looking at it again now, maybe " ll " 11th ???

 

yes / no ?

 

tks for any help / thoughts.

 

 Wm

 

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Friday, December 2, 2022 7:07 PM

Here's a web-site that looks like its a pretty comprehensive source of info for US Naval abbreviations.

https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/OPNAV_29-P1000.html

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Posted by armornut on Friday, December 2, 2022 9:38 PM

  Eaglecashs link gives LANCRAB as landing craft and bases. Atlantic would ATLANT.

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Posted by Mrchntmarine on Friday, December 2, 2022 9:44 PM

Thanks all. I think Greg hit the nail on the head. I was originally thinking, as mentioned, ll ( the 1's and the l's look identical in these old orders). But I believe it does have to be 11th amphibious.

He was in Northern Europe 21144 then detached  N Europe and ordered to report to the above which he did in Feb.  Next was Appledore ( USNAATB ).  Then end of may USN Adv Amphibious Base. Etc, etc. 

 

got my list from here https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-abbreviations-of-ww2/a.html

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All the best,

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Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:07 AM

Off the topic, but your name suggests that you are/were a merchant marin. I guess we were colegues at one time Smile

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