Talk:USS Lanier

Atomic vets

I'm thinking on a section expanding her involvement at Nagasaki with the Nuclear Veterans, and wanted to park these URLs somewhere: http://www.va.gov/vetapp/files2/9414995.txt and http://www.aracnet.com/~pdxavets/laser.htm. --J Clear 14:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

My father was aboard the Lanier and went into Nagasaki. He developed cancer in about 1960 but survived after what was then experimental, bone marrow transplants. Stan Reid (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Port Log from the Diary of A.E. Reid

Feb 23 - left San Francisco March 2 - reached Pearl Harbor March 3 - left Pearl Harbor March 17 - arrived Maui March 22 - arrived Pearl Harbor March 29 - left Pearl Harbor April 6 - arrived Eniwetok April 7 - left Eniwetok April 10 - Arrived Saipan April 12 - left Saipan April 20 - arrived Iwo Jima April 22 - left Iwo Jima April 25 - Arrived Saipan May 2 - left Saipan May 6 - arrived Okinawa May 8 - left Okinawa May 11 - arrived Saipan May 14 - left Saipan May 30 - arrived San Francisco May 31 - left San Francisco June 2 - arrived Seattle June 12 - left Seattle June 19 - arrived Pearl Harbor June 21 - left Pearl Harbor June 30 - arrived Eniwetok July 6 - left Eniwetok July 12 - arrived Ulithi July 20 - left Ulithi July 24 - arrived Okinawa August 6 - Left Okinawa August ? - arrived Ulithi August 13 - left Ulithi -That is all - Stan Reid (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Seattle Shipwreck

My Dad (A.E. Reid) used to tell the story of coming into Seattle. He said it was night by the time they got the pilot on board. I think he said that the crew was down to a minimum and that he was the only one in the engine room. He remembers that after a while, the pilot rang the bell to go "full ahead." Dad knew that the maximum speed in the sound was 5 knots but had to comply with the orders of the pilot. Suddenly, he heard the crunching and felt the ship hit something. Apparently, the pilot had seen two sets of lights ahead and, thinking that they were two different ships, had attempted to run between them. Instead, it was a tugboat pulling a barge and the ship had hit the cable connecting them. According to Dad, it sunk both vessels and the Lanier suffered minor damage to the bow. Although a bit scary for him, he got to go to San Francisco and stay at the Mark Hopkins hotel on the Navy's nickel during the court-martial. He remembers having a great time in San Francisco. Stan Reid (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

My Father, Otto Roemmich, was on the Lanier for two years I believe they were 1943 thru 1945. He never talked much about his time in the Navy however I do know he was at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and at Tokyo bay during the signing. He passed away in April of 2013. I was wondering if any of the crew of the Lanier were still around or if any of the children of the Lanier crew were interested in contacting each other??

If so, please contact Jon Roemmich (949) 400-0278. I would love to speak to anyone with common interests and preserving a place in history for what was beyond all doubt " The Greatest Generation "

Thank You

Jon, Sacramento, Ca.

(949) 400-0278 2600:1700:BD00:6F40:F4B8:8AE:2150:21C0 (talk) 22:48, 17 April 2023 (UTC)