Stephanie,

Thank you for this message, and how fortunate that you were able to obtain this kind of information about your father and the ships in which he served.

For the interest of others who may read your message, can you confirm what office you contacted, including address, phone number and contact person(s), if available.

My guess is that you contacted not the "Armed Guard Naval Archives" but rather the regional facility in Philadelphia of the U.S. National Archives. The logs of ships that arrived at U.S. ports would eventually have made their way to the National Archives regional facility closest to the port at which the ship arrived. Your description of what you were able to obtain seems to correlate with what I know about locating ships' logs.

My further guess, in case Stephanie does not answer this message, is that she contacted the National Archives at Philadelphia, Chestnut Street, between 9th and 10th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; Telephone: 215-606-0100; Fax: 215-606-0116; e-mail: Philadelphia.archives@nara.gov; website: http://www.archives.gov/philadelphia/;
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NARAatPhiladelphia

The National Archives has other regional facilities at which other ships' logs may be stored. For names and addresses of these other facilities, see http://www.archives.gov/locations/.

Good luck, all who search. May you be as successful as Stephanie.

Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com