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Home State
Connecticut
Year of Birth 1889
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Kelley, Frank Harrison, Jr., RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town New Haven, CT
Last Address San Diego, CA
Date of Passing Nov 19, 1953
Location of Interment Cypress View Mausoleum - San Diego, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified
Last Known Activity:
Spent an extra year at the Naval Academy due to illness - Typhoid Fever
From Month/Year - / 1910
To Month/Year - / 1914
Unit USS South Dakota (ACR-9) Unit Page
Rank Ensign
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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Career
Name:
USS South Dakota (1908–1920)
USS Huron (1920–1929)
Launched:
21 July 1904
Commissioned:
27 January 1908
Decommissioned:
17 June 1927
Struck:
15 November 1929
Fate:
Sold for scrap, 11 February 1930. Hull sunk at Powell River , Canada
General characteristics
Class & type:
Pennsylvania -class cruiser
Displacement:
13,680 long tons (13,900 t )
Length:
504 ft (153.6 m)
Beam:
69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft:
26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
Installed power:
23,000 ihp (17,150 kW )
Propulsion:
2 × vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines
2 × screws
Speed:
22 kn (25 mph ; 41 km/h )
Complement:
830 officers and men
Armament:
4 × 8 in (203 mm)/40 cal guns
14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal guns
18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns
12 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns
2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns
2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Type
Combat - Sea
Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Heavy Cruiser
Created/Owned By
PN Brooks, Roger, PNCS(SW) -Deceased
Last Updated: May 30, 2021