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Last Address Bremmington
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Last Known Activity:
In U.S. Naval Reserves at Washington Navy Yards...
Other Comments:
Name: Starns, George S.
Rank: Ensign
Home of Record: Bremmington, WA
DOB: Jan 1, 1895
POB: Kansas
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Starns
DOE: Active Duty: Jul 1, 1917
POE: Active Duty: Kansas City, KS
DOS: Active Duty: Unspecified;
POS: Active Duty: Unspecified (after 1921)
Remarks: Graduated from Navy School at Norfolk, VA; Transferred to Battleship Ohio (BB-12); Transferred afterwards to U.S. S. Perkins (Destroyer 26), Submarine Chaser; Following the previous assignment, transferred to Mare Island for 3 months, constructining submarines. He is still in U.S. Naval Reserves at Washington Navy Yard. (circa 1921);
Source: "Honor Roll and Service Record, Kay Co, OK p. 101" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.
Maine Class Battleship: Displacement 12,500 Tons, Dimensions, 393' 10" (oa) x 72' 3" x 26' 8" (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/40 16 x 6"/50, 6 x 3"/50 2 x 18" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 4" Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 561.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., April 22 1899. Launched May 18 1901. Commissioned October 4 1904. Decommissioned December 20 1909, Commissioned June 1 1911, Decommissioned May 31 1922, Stricken August 14 1922.
Fate: Sold March 24 1923 and broken up for scrap.
