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Fitch, Aubrey Wray (Jake), ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Saint Ignace, MI
Last Address New Castle, ME
Date of Passing May 22, 1978
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Delaware Class Battleship: Displacement 20,000 Tons, Dimensions, 518' 9" (oa) x 85' 3" x 28' 10" (Max). Armament 10 x 12"/45 14 x 5"/50, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 25,000 SHP; vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 933.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., November 11, 1907. Launched February 6, 1909. Commissioned April 4, 1910. Decommissioned November 10, 1923. Stricken November 10, 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard during 1924.