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Service Details
Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1952-1953, COMSEVENTHFLT
Service Years
1917 - 1953
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Oklahoma
Year of Birth 1893
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Clark, Joseph James (Jocko or J.J.), ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address St. Albans, NY
Date of Passing Jul 13, 1971
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 3, Site 2525-B
From Month/Year - / 1927
To Month/Year - / 1927
Unit USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
Patch
Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max).Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948.
Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class
Strength
Battleship
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Sep 9, 2008