Amussen, John Russell, LTJG

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Final Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Last Designator Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1943-1945, 131X, Bombing Squadron 14 (VB-14)
Service Years
1942 - 1945
Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade

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Home State
Maryland
Maryland
 Year of Birth
1921
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Chevy Chase, MD		 Last Address
Chevy Chase, MD
Date of Passing
May 19, 1945		  

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  1943-1945, 131X, USS Wasp (CV-18)

Lieutenant Junior Grade

From Month/Year
- / 1943
To Month/Year
March / 1945

Unit
USS Wasp (CV-18) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Wasp (CV-18) Details

USS Wasp (CV-18)
 
Career (United States)
Builder: Fore River Shipyard
Laid down: 18 March 1942
Launched: 17 August 1943
Commissioned: 24 November 1943
28 September 1951
Decommissioned: 17 February 1947
1 July 1972
Reclassified: CV to CVA 1 October 1952
CVA to CVS 1 November 1956
see SCB-27 and SCB-125 for conversion information
Struck: 1 July 1972
Fate: Scrapped in 1973
General characteristics
Class and type: Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built:
27,100 tons standard
36,380 tons full load
Length: As built:
820 feet (250 m) waterline
872 feet (266 m) overall
Beam: As built:
93 feet (28 m) waterline
147 feet 6 inches (45 m) overall
Draft: As built:
28 feet 5 inches (8.66 m) light
34 feet 2 inches (10.41 m) full load
Propulsion: As designed:
8 × boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850 °F (450 °C)
4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
150,000 shp (110 MW)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Range: 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: As built:
2,600 officers and enlisted
Armament: As built:
4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns
46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns
Armor: As built:
2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt
1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks
4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads
1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house
2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear
Aircraft carried: As built:
90–100 aircraft
1 × deck-edge elevator
2 × centerline elevators


Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Essex-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Oct 14, 2018
   
   
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USS Wasp (CV-18)
Biros, Edmund William, LCDR, (1937-1944) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Punnell, William Querine, LT, (1940-1944) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Hillock, Donald, LTJG, (1943-1946) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Taylor, Ray, CDR, (1942-1969) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Nisi, Alberto Carlo, ENS, (1943-1944) OFF 131X Ensign
Roosevelt, John Aspinwall, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 110X Lieutenant Commander
Ferris, James Swan, CAPT, (1943-1974) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Knapp, Emmett Livingston, C.Pgr., (1926-1944) CWO CWO Chief Photographer (CWO)
Martin, Thomas Cornelius, CPO, (1942-1945) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hauger, Jay Manges, PO3, (1943-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer - Ship's Cook
Eckman, Robert P, PO3, (1942-1944) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Grana, Mario Michael, PO2, (1943-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hoarty, Joseph Leo, PO2, (1942-1946) AOM AOM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Schwertz, George, PO2, (1941-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Serabian, Serab (Steven), PO2, (1942-1946) Pho PhoM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Wolak, John Steven, PO2, (1942-1944) AOM AOM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kath, William Henry, PO2, (1941-1944) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Freitas, John, PO3, (1944-1948) 00 00E Petty Officer 3rd Class
Gallos, Charles Gordon, PO3, (1943-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Lewis, Alfred James, PO3, (1942-1945) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Yuknewicz, William, PO3, (1942-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Bushko, George Theodore, S1c, (1944-1946) FC FC-0000 Seaman First Class
Coleman, Charles, S2c, (1943-1946) ARM ARM-0000 Seaman Second Class
Damrose, Edward Joseph, S1c, (1943-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Sprague, Clifton Albert F, VADM, (1917-1951) OFF Captain
Cabrials, Sylvan Anthony, ENS, (1944-1945) OFF Ensign
Clifton, Joseph, RADM, (1926-1963) Captain
Bingham, William, CDR, (1943-1964) Lieutenant
Rockwell, George Lincoln, CDR, (1940-1960) Lieutenant
Williams, Adam, LTJG, (1941-1945) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Wolfard, Sr., Robert, LTJG, (1942-1949) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Cella, Ralph, PO3, (1943-1946) Petty Officer 3rd Class

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