Calling All Former Navy Personnel - help with Navy abbreviations

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

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

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Betcha the LAN is Atlantic not Landing

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

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