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Last Address Tonkawa
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Discharged from U.S. Navy, May 8, 1919, Norfolk, VA;
Other Comments:
Name: Robison, Bennie S.
Rank: Boatswain's Mate
Home of Record: Tonkawa, OK
DOB: Aug 12, 1893
POB: North Salem, MO
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Robison;
DOE: Active Duty: Jun 1, 1917;
POE: Active Duty: Newport, Rhode Island;
DOS: Active Duty: May 8, 1919;
POS: Active Duty: Norfolk, VA;
Remarks: Training at Newport, RI; On USS San Juan (destroyer) making trips on convoy; Later on Oklahoma for 2 months; On USS Elnior to France, landing at Brest, then to LePasiel and Nagiere; two trips to Bordeaux and Niava.
Source: "Honor Roll and Service Record, Kay Co, OK, p. 137" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.
USS Elinor (ID2645):
Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-e/elinor.htm
Nevada Class Battleship:
Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941. 20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.
Other Memories Remarks: Training at Newport, RI; On USS San Juan (destroyer) making trips on convoy; Later on Oklahoma for 2 months; On USS Elnior to France, landing at Brest, then to LePasiel and Nagiere; two trips to Bordeaux and Niava.