Kleinsmith, Charles, CWT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender

Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender

Primary Unit
1940-1942, WT-0000, USS Yorktown (CV-5)

Service Years
1922 - 1942

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Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1904

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Casualty Info

Home Town Zionsville, PA	Last Address Long Beach, CA

Casualty Date Jun 04, 1942
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 3 (cenotaph)

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	The Spirit of Midway1 posted by Hill, Andy, LCDR 826

1937-1939, WT-0000, USS Honolulu (CL-48)

From Month/Year August / 1937	To Month/Year December / 1939
Unit USS Honolulu (CL-48) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class	NEC WT-0000-Water Tender
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Honolulu (CL-48) Details
	CLASS - BROOKLYN Displacement 9,650 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 4" (oa) x 61' 9" x 24' (Max) Armament 15 x 6"/47, 8 x 5"/25, 8 x 0.5" 4 Aircraft. Armor, 5" Belt, 6 1/2" Turrets, 2" Deck, 5" Conning Tower. Machinery, 100,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 868. Operational and Building Data Launched 26 AUG 1937 Commissioned 15 JUN 1938 Decommissioned 03 FEB 1947 Fate: Sold as scrap to Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, Maryland on 12 OCT 1959Hull number CL-48
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Light Cruiser
	Created/Owned By MM Summers, Nicole (minnie mouse), MMFN 105

Last Updated: Jul 3, 2021

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Honolulu (CL-48)

Kelley, James Arthur, PO1, (1934-1943)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Knerr, Charles Robert, PO1, (1938-1942)	SF	SF-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Normandin, Charles Napolean, CWO2, (1927-1957)	SF	SF-0000	Petty Officer First Class
LaGamba, Vincent Anthony, PO2, (1938-1945)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Gorski, Edward Thomas, ENS, (1938-1944)	YN	YN-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Wilson, George Barry, RADM, (1914-1946)			Commander
Karaberis, Constantine Arthur, RADM, (1931-1969)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Smith, John Victor, VADM, (1934-1973)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Leonard, William Nicholas, RADM, (1938-1971)			Ensign