USS Akron Crash -- Officers and Crew
A list of the officers, crew, and guests aboard USS Akron when the ship crashed at sea April 3-4, 1933. Of the 76 men aboard Akron, only three survived the crash; their names appear as (survived).
Six of the men killed in the wreck of the Akron had survived the crash of USS Shenandoah in 1925.
Akron Executive Officer Herbert V. Wiley was in command of USS Macon when the Macon crashed at sea north of San Francisco on February 12, 1935.
OFFICERS: Cdr. Frank C. McCord, Commanding Lt. Cdr. Herbert V. Wiley, Executive Officer (survived) Lt. Cdr. Harold E. McClellan Lt. George Calnan Lt. Herbert M. Wescoat Lt. Richard F. Cross, Jr. Lt. (jg) Hammond J. Dugan Lt. (jg) Charles F. Miller Lt. (jg) Morgan Redfield Lt. (jg) Wilfred Bushnell Lt. (jg) Cyrus Clendening Chief Machinist George C. Walsh
PASSENGERS/GUESTS
RAdm. William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Cdr. Fred T. Berry, CO NAS Lakehurst/CO Rigid Airship Training & Experimental Squadron Cdr. Harry B. Cecil (Aide to Rear Admiral Moffett) Lt. Joseph H. Severyns Lt. (jg) Robert E. Sayre Lt. (jg) Charles H. Calloway Col. Alfred F. Masury, U.S. Army Reserve (V.P., Mack Truck Co.)
ENLISTED
Anderson, Victor C. (AMM3C | AVN. MACH. MATE 3D) Angeles, Maximo (Matt1c | Mess Attend. 1st) Arthur, Wellington K. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) Austin, Wilton G. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d) Ballard, Henry A. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Barnhart, Bennie, (Cox | Coxswain) Baughman, Harold R. (F3c | Fireman 3d) Boelsen, Peter (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d) Boswell, Henry L. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Carlson, Arthur E. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Carr, Stewart S. (CEM | Chief Electricians Mate) Cooper, Fred (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d) Copeland, Robert W. (CRM | Chief Radioman) Cridlin, Stanley L. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) Deal, Richard E. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) (survived) Dean, Carl C. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) Duncan, Lester G. (F3c | Fireman 3d) Engler, Ralph (Cox | Coxswain) Erwin, Moody E. (AM2c | Aviation Metalsmith 2d) (survived) Eschette, Horace P. (SC1c | Ships Cook 1st) Fahey, Lawrence E. (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d) Fennessy, Edward (ACOM | Aviation Chief Ordnanceman) Fink, Elmer E. CTM Graves, Hilbert N. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) Hackett, Earl P. (CAerog | Chief Aerographer) Hill, William T. (PhM1c | Pharmacist's Mate 1st) Hoover, Paul S. (SC3c | Ships Cook3d) Hulting, Lewis O. (Cox | Coxswain) Jandick, Paul A. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) Johnson, Rufus B. (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d) Latham, W.R. (CBM | Chief Boatswain's Mate) Lamkin, H.R. (Sea1c | Seaman First Class) Liles, Leon D. (CAerog | Chief Aerographer) Lipke, Donald H. (AMM1c | Avn. Mach. Mate 1st); Magnuson, Fridolf R. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) McLellan, Benjamin C. (AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d) Molen, Herschel L RM1c; Oronez, Mario (Matt1c | Mess Attend. 1st) Quernheim, August C. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Rader, Leonard G. (Cox | Coxswain) Russell, William A. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Rutan, Lucius W. (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) Rytell, John (AMM1c | Avn. Mach. Mate 1st) Shauger, Paul R. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d); Shevlowitz, Joseph (ACMM | Avn. Chf. Mach. Mate) [USS Shenandoah Survivor] Slayton, Douglas C. (RM3c | Radioman 3d) Starr, Fred W. (Sea1c | Seaman First Class) Stine, Ralph C. (QM1c | Quartermaster 1st) Swidersky, Tony F. (Cox | Coxswain) Thigpen, Benjamin J.,Jr. (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) Tomes, Gerald L. (F3c | Fireman 3d) Ulrich, Oliver (BM2c | Boatswain's Mate 2d) Walck, Lewis T.(AMM2c | Avn. Mach. Mate 2d) Weeks, John L (Sea2c | Seaman Second Class) Wind, Nobart (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) Zanetti, Joseph (AMM3c | Avn. Mach. Mate 3d) Zimkus, Joseph J. (BM1c | Boatswain's Mate 1st).
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