Benson, Roy, RADM

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half

Last Primary NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1967-1969, 112X, 1st Naval District

Service Years
1929 - 1969

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Decommissioning

Order of the Square Rigger

Iwo Jima

Swamp Fox

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Personal Details

Home State

New Hampshire

Year of Birth
1906

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Contact Info

Date of Passing
Feb 07, 1995

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1929-1930, 116X, USS New York (BB-34)

From Month/Year - / 1929	To Month/Year - / 1930
Unit USS New York (BB-34) Unit Page
Rank Ensign	NEC 116X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare (In Training)
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS New York (BB-34) Details
	New York Class Battleship: Displacement 27,000 Tons, Dimensions, 573' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 10x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 56 x 4 x 21" tt. Armor, 12" Belt, 14" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,100 IHP; Vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1052. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, September 11, 1911. Launched October 30, 1912. Commissioned April 15, 1914. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken July 13, 1948. Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Sunk, 40 miles off Oahu, July 8, 1948, by Naval Gunfire and Aircraft.
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit New York-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 14, 2008

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

USS New York (BB-34)

Struble, Arthur Dewey, ADM, (1915-1956)	OFF	111X	Commander
Daspit, Lawrence Randall, RADM, (1927-1967)	OFF	110X	Ensign
Mihok, Fred J., WO, (1926-1940)	AM	AM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Lowry, Frank Jacob, VADM, (1911-1950)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Sample, William Dodge, RADM, (1915-1945)	OFF		Lieutenant
Black, Hugh, LCDR, (1926-1942)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Oldendorf, Jesse Bartlett, ADM, (1909-1948)			Commander
Hollenbeck, Robert Hope, LTJG, (1922-1929)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Triebel, Charles Otto, RADM, (1929-1962)			Ensign