Last documented: Seaman Second Class · USS Oglala (ARG-1)
Navy · Service no. 313 89 29
Service Number
313 89 29
Last documented rating
Seaman Second Class
Last documented ship
USS Oglala (ARG-1)
Theater
Pacific
This timeline reconstructs Stanley's World War II service from
the Navy's own personnel rosters held by the National Archives alongside federal Veterans Administration and Social Security records and family recollections. Each entry identifies its source
and explains what the surviving records tell us.
Map of Service
Stations named in Stanley's records and locations from his ship's history.
Service stops
Detroit, MichiganEnlisted 25 April 1944
Great Lakes, IllinoisReceived 6 May 1944
Camp Bradford, VirginiaTransfer ordered 24 June 1944; returned 12 September 1944 and 10 January 1945
Portsmouth, VirginiaNaval Hospital transfers, 27 August and 19 November 1944
Asheville, North CarolinaNaval Convalescent Hospital, 8 December 1944
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaTransferred 16 April 1945
GuamBase Hospital 18, from USS LST-1058, 20 August 1945
Leyte, PhilippinesOglala's location in November 1945, from the ship's history
San Francisco, CaliforniaOglala arrived 10 February 1946 (ship history); transfer for discharge 25 June 1946
Service Timeline
8 min
Confirmed — Record
April 14, 1927
Stanley is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Stanley Emerson Moore was born on April 14, 1927, in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. His parents were Harry E. Moore and Myrtle Byrkett.
His Social Security record identifies him by his full name
The National Archives' electronic extract of Stanley's Social Security application gives his full name as Stanley Emerson Moore. It also lists his birth date, Grand Rapids birthplace, and parents, Harry E. Moore and Myrtle Byrkett. The extract carries a June 1943 processing date, when Stanley was sixteen. Researchers used these details to distinguish him from other men named Stanley Moore.
Researchers traced the name Stanley E. Moore and Navy service number 313 89 29 through personnel rosters from April 1944 to June 1946. His middle initial, Michigan enlistment location, and transfer for discharge shortly before his recorded release date strongly support the identification of this sailor as Stanley. This timeline follows that identification. The rosters document the sailor's assignments and movements; the connection to Stanley Emerson Moore rests on those matching details.
Source: Report of Changes, U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, period ending 31 May 1944 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 185504162, catalog image 430 (displayed with the enlistment event); Muster Roll, USS Oglala (ARG-1), period ending 1 July 1946 — National Archives (RG 24), NAID 192520390, catalog image 806 (displayed with the June 25, 1946 event); NUMIDENT Application (SS-5) electronic extract, National Archives (RG 47) — https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3063&rid=4367216; Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS), Department of Veterans Affairs
Confirmed — Unit record
April 25, 1944
Stanley joins the Navy at seventeen
Eleven days after his seventeenth birthday, Stanley enlisted in the Naval Reserve in Detroit. He entered as an Apprentice Seaman, the Navy's entry-level rank. On May 6, 1944, he arrived at the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Line 13: MOORE STANLEY E, Apprentice Seaman, enlisted Detroit 25 April 1944, service number 313 89 29. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
At Great Lakes, Stanley advanced to Seaman Second Class, one step above Apprentice Seaman. Ten days later, on June 24, 1944, the Navy transferred him to Camp Bradford near Norfolk, Virginia. Camp Bradford trained sailors for amphibious operations, which moved troops, vehicles, and supplies from ships onto shore.
Lines 28 and 29: promoted to Seaman Second Class on June 14, 1944, then transferred to the Amphibious Training Base at Camp Bradford on June 24. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Stanley returned from the Portsmouth hospital to Camp Bradford on September 12, 1944. The Navy listed him as a Seaman Second Class.
Line 17: returned to Camp Bradford from the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth on September 12, 1944. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Moved to the Navy convalescent hospital in Asheville
From Portsmouth, the Navy sent Stanley to the U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. He arrived on December 8, 1944. Patients went to a convalescent hospital to recover after treatment. The Navy had opened this one in 1943 in Asheville's Appalachian Hall, a building with 225 rooms. The hospital's roster at the end of December lists Stanley among its patients.
Line 14: received December 8, 1944, from the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.The hospital's patient roster for the quarter ending December 31, 1944: MOORE, Stanley "E", 313 89 29, first received December 8, 1944. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Report of Changes (Patients), U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, month ending 31 December 1944, and Muster Roll (Patients), quarter ending 31 December 1944 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 190560882, catalog images 666 and 683; NCpedia, "World War II (Part 3)" — https://www.ncpedia.org/world-war-ii-part-3-world-war-ii
Confirmed — Unit record
January 9, 1945
Back to Camp Bradford for duty
On January 9, 1945, the Asheville hospital sent Stanley back to Camp Bradford "for duty." Camp Bradford recorded his return the next day, and he was still a Seaman Second Class.
Line 15: transferred January 9, 1945, to the Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, "for duty." Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Line 1: received back at Camp Bradford from the Navy hospital in Asheville on January 10, 1945. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Report of Changes (Patients), U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, month ending 31 January 1945 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 190560882, catalog image 736; Report of Changes, Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, period ending 31 January 1945 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 127318803, catalog image 349
Confirmed — Unit record
April 16, 1945
Transferred to a Navy receiving station in Pittsburgh
Still a Seaman Second Class, Stanley left Camp Bradford for Pittsburgh. The roster abbreviates his destination as NAVRECBKS C I T PITTS, meaning the Navy receiving barracks at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. A receiving barracks was a temporary station where sailors were processed and waited for their next assignment. The Navy operated this one on the Carnegie Tech campus in Pittsburgh.
Line 19: transferred to Naval Receiving Barracks, Pittsburgh, 16 April 1945. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Station context: the March 31, 1944 forwarding sheet names the Receiving Unit, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh. This page does not list Stanley or date his arrival. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Report of Changes, Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, period ending 30 April 1945 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 127320300, catalog image 122; muster rolls of the Receiving Unit, Carnegie Institute of Technology — National Archives (RG 24), NAID 189896526, catalog image 3 (station heading, March 31, 1944)
Historical context
Pittsburgh, 1945
Pittsburgh and the tank landing ships
The Dravo Corporation built USS LST-1058 at Pittsburgh. A tank landing ship, known as an LST, carried troops and vehicles and could unload them onto a beach. Stanley's April transfer orders named the Navy barracks at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh. By August 20, 1945, a Navy hospital record identified his ship as LST-1058. Those records connect his Pittsburgh assignment and later ship service, without specifying when he joined the ship.
USS LST-1058 was launched at Pittsburgh on April 7, 1945, and commissioned at New Orleans in mid-May. The ship reached the Panama Canal on June 26, sailed from Balboa for Pearl Harbor on June 28, and arrived there on July 19. On July 27 she left Pearl Harbor for Eniwetok, on the way to Guam. These dates describe the ship's movements. The first record connecting Stanley to LST-1058 is dated August 20.
Ship history: Group 101 diary records LST-1058 at New Orleans in mid-May 1945. This is a ship record, not a record of Stanley aboard. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Ship history: June 26, 1945, LST-1058 arrived at Cristobal from Gulfport. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Ship history: June 28, 1945, LST-1058 departed Balboa for Pearl Harbor. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Ship history: the August 1 diary records arrival at Pearl Harbor July 19 and departure July 27 for Eniwetok, en route to Guam. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
On August 20, 1945, Stanley entered U.S. Naval Base Hospital No. 18 on Guam, in the Mariana Islands, as a patient. The hospital's record names the ship he came from: USS LST-1058. Seabees and Army engineers built Base Hospital 18, with 1,000 beds, among several large hospitals on Guam in late 1944 and early 1945.
Line 22: MOORE, Stanley "E", 313 89 29, Seaman Second Class, received on the 20th from USS LST 1058. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Report of Changes (Patients), U.S. Naval Base Hospital No. 18, Guam, month ending 1 September 1945 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 189954232, catalog image 805; Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Chapter XXVIII — https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/bases-28.html
Confirmed — Unit record
September 18, 1945
Back to his ship
On September 18, 1945, the hospital on Guam returned Stanley to USS LST-1058.
Line 6: MOORE, Stanley "E", 313 89 29, transferred on the 18th to USS LST 1058. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Stanley's family remembers that he served as a cook aboard a ship in the South Pacific. They also remember that, after the war, he had night terrors about Japanese attacks on nearby American ships. This card records those memories as the family shared them.
Source: Family account, given to the Tango Yankee Project, 23 August 2026
Confirmed — Unit record
November 7, 1945
Assigned to the repair ship USS Oglala
On November 7, 1945, Stanley joined the crew of USS Oglala from the amphibious forces' replacement pool in the Philippines. Oglala was an engine repair ship that supported smaller vessels. The Navy's ship history places her in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, during this period. Oglala had sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, nearly four years before Stanley joined her. Salvage crews raised her, and the Navy rebuilt her as a repair ship.
Line 24: received November 7 "From AdComPhibsPac-Phil Replacement Pool for duty." Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.Oglala's crew roster for the quarter ending January 1, 1946: MOORE, Stanley "E", 313 89 29, Seaman Second Class, first received on board November 7, 1945. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Report of Changes, USS Oglala (ARG-1), month ending 1 December 1945, and Muster Roll of the Crew, quarter ending 1 January 1946 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 192520390, catalog images 701 and 726; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Oglala (CM-4)," Naval History and Heritage Command — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/oglala.html
Historical context
January to April 1946
Oglala sails home
Oglala sailed for the United States on January 9, 1946, calling at Guiuan in the Philippines and then Pearl Harbor. She anchored in San Francisco Bay on February 10. Stanley appears on her crew lists dated January 1 and April 1, which suggests he returned to the United States aboard Oglala. The April list gives his rating as Seaman Second Class. In San Francisco, the Navy prepared the ship for decommissioning, her removal from active service.
Oglala's crew roster for the quarter ending April 1, 1946: MOORE, Stanley "E", 313 89 29, Seaman Second Class. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Muster Rolls of the Crew, USS Oglala (ARG-1), quarters ending 1 January and 1 April 1946 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 192520390, catalog images 726 (displayed with the November 7 event) and 773; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Oglala (CM-4)," Naval History and Heritage Command — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/oglala.html
Confirmed — Unit record
June 25, 1946
Sent ashore for discharge
On June 25, 1946, Oglala recorded Stanley's transfer to the Navy's Receiving Station at Treasure Island, San Francisco, for further transfer to a personnel separation center, where sailors completed the discharge process. This entry gives his last documented rating as Seaman Second Class. The Navy decommissioned Oglala on July 8.
Line 32: MOORE, Stanley "E", Seaman Second Class, June 25: "To R/S TI, San Fran., Calif. FFT PSC for discharge," 313 89 29. Yellow marks were added to help locate the cited entry.
Source: Muster Roll (monthly changes), USS Oglala (ARG-1), period ending 1 July 1946, page 1 of 4 — National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (RG 24), NAID 192520390, catalog image 806; Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Oglala (CM-4)," Naval History and Heritage Command — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/oglala.html
Confirmed — Service record
July 4, 1946
His Navy service ends
A Veterans Administration index records Stanley's Navy service ending on July 4, 1946, nine days after Oglala recorded his transfer for discharge. He was nineteen and had served a little more than two years.
Source: Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS), Department of Veterans Affairs, local import record 10087694 — https://www.birls.org/
Confirmed — Record
December 12, 1996
Stanley dies at age sixty-nine
Stanley died on December 12, 1996, at age sixty-nine. His last recorded home was Coral Gables, Florida. This timeline is offered in his memory.
Source: VA BIRLS, local import record 10087694 (exact birth and death dates) — https://www.birls.org/; Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database and supplemental geography, local record 18617146 (month-level dates and last residence) — https://censoc.berkeley.edu/data/
