James Scott Blincoe

1914-1988.

Father Nm:- James Caden Blincoe 1878–1933. BIRTH 5 OCT 1878 • Kentucky
DEATH 13 AUG 1933 • Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States; Oldest known Ancestor: James Blincoe Planter C 1650 ENGLAND

Mother Nm: Eleanor Scott 1892–1993. BIRTH ABT 1892 • Kentucky
DEATH 28 FEB 1993 • Jefferson, Kentucky

Marriage Dt: 12 Jul 1936 • Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, United States

K comments: Brother Albert Caden served as an airman with AAF in WW2

Spouse Comments: Fay Kratz 1915–1969. BIRTH 4 AUG 1915 • Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana, United States of America. DEATH 1 SEPTEMBER 1969 • Baltimore City, Maryland,

Children: Barbara Blincoe 1937–2018

BORN 1914

21st Sep 1914,  Jefferson,  KENTUCKY

1930 CENSUS • Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

married Before 1940

1940 CENSUS

1 Apr 1940 • Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

WW2

Blincoe James Scott, 1914, Kentucky, S2K , 8680626 US Navy.

Enlisted;

• 22 Jan 1944. After basic training in probably Maryland, it seems that James was in October 1944 posted to a ship that he served the entire war period. The Navy Roster records below
  

James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 20 Oct 1944
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 31 Dec 1944
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 25 Jan 1945 8680626 S1C (SK)
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 31 Mar 1945
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 1 Jul 1945
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 1 Oct 1945
James S Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 31 Dec 1945
James Scott Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 1 Jul 1945
James Scott Blincoe LCS(L) (3) 48 LSCL-3 48 1 Mar 1946

1944

• 20th Oct. 1944 and 31st Dec 1944 onboard Landing Craft LCS (3) (48). departed San Diego for Pearl Harbour landed 4 Nov 1944.

1945

In January 1945, James was made the Storekeeper onboard and so on his headstone, his last rank SK2 denotes this

• 5 December. After arriving in New Guinea on December 5, 1944 we did our additional training by running through the villages on stilts and causing a wake to roll under their huts.  I think the officers and men liked to look at the naked native women. ²

• 15 January. We arrived in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands. During our pre-invasion assault on the village of San Antonio in Zambales on January 29, we discovered that there were no Japanese there, only friendly natives waving American flags.²

• 31 January. Subic Bay and Grande Island . On our next operation into Grande Island, Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I. we saw what looked like 18-inch guns pointed at us but not firing.  We found out later that when the Americans left they coated the inside of the guns with heavy grease and removed the breech blocks so they couldn’t be fired.  We took liberty on Grande Island.²

Note: On January 29, 1945, 40,000 American troops of the 38th Division and 34th Regimental Combat Team came ashore without resistance in San Antonio town in Zambales and advanced towards Subic Bay.

• 15 February. Our ship and the five LCSs – 7, 8, 26, 27 and 49 – in our group supported the landing in Mariveles Harbor, Bataan, P.I.  At that time our ship towed and protected the damaged LSM 169 and rescued 12 of its crew.²

  

   

• 18 February Corregidor. After the landing our ship and LCS 8 supported our troops ashore at Corregidor and worked with a reconnaissance patrol along the coast of Bataan, and later with minesweepers in Manila Bay.²
• 1 April, The Bicol Operation. the general plan of the force was to transport, protect and establish ashore at Legaspi the 158^th Regimental Combat Team, Sixth U.S. Army in order to assist in securing the San Bernardino Verde Island water route for Allied shipping.² 
• 25 June . From 25 June through 2 July at Balikpapan, Borneo, LCS 48 supported minesweepers, underwater demolition teams and landing of Australian troops.
• 15 July. Surrender of Japan formalised 1 September.
• LCS(L) (3) 48 moved to Sea of Japan and assisted in surrender of Japanese vessels.
• 1 December. Travelled from Korea to Tsingtao China
• 11 December, Departed Tsingtao China for United States.

1946

• 17 Feb 1946 Age: 31 – Navy Release Date
• 1st Mar 1946 Discharged – transferred from Landing Craft LCS (3) (48) at San Pedro, California. Note this is after the official date given for leaving Navy.

Summary History of Landing Craft LCS (3) (48) in WW2.

1. Laid down, 25 May 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland, OR.
2. Launched, 7 July 1944
3. Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-48, 26 August 1944, LTjg. John A. Keefer USNR in command
4. During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-48 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
   LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One, (flagship) CAPT. R.E.Arison USNR;
   LCS(L)(3) Group One, LCDR W. I. Hunt, USNR;
   LCS(L)(3) Division One and participated in the following campaigns

   Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
   Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
   Manila Bay-Bicol operation Subic Bay and Grande Island, 31 January 1945 Mariveles-Corregidor, Mariveles Harbor, 14 to 28 February 1945	Borneo operation Tarakan Island operation, 22 April to 1 May 1945 Brunei Bay operation, 7 to 10 June 1945 and 25 June to 2 July 1945 Balikpapan operation, 15 June to 20 July 1945

Medals

Medals that JAMES would have been awarded the Asis (Pacific) Service, The Victory medal and the American Campaign medal.

 

Sources

1. WW2 US Navy Muster records
2. History of  LCS(L) (3) 48 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/05/050048h.htm
3. Ancestry Tree of  Lauren Smith Ancestry

Death 1988 Kentucky.

20 Oct 1988 (aged 74)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Meadowridge Memorial Park
Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, USA

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