Hyde, John Milton, CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1944-1945, USS Bergall (SS-320)

Service Years
1934 -

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1910

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS to remember Hyde, John Milton (Johnny)( NC/S.S. x 3), CAPT USN(Ret).

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Contact Info

Home Town Bayside, NY
Date of Passing Jun 06, 1981

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Other Comments:

Commander Johnny Hyde upon deciding to not scuttle USS Bergall after a 5" enemy shell ripped a 5 foot hole in her pressure hull just above the waterline, 2,000 miles from home on her second war patrol, Dec. 15, 1944.

"Too much ship to throw away for one small hole.”

1944-1945, USS Bergall (SS-320)

From Month/Year June / 1944	To Month/Year September / 1945
Unit USS Bergall (SS-320) Unit Page
Rank Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Bergall (SS-320) Details
	Hull number SS-320
	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Submarine
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Sep 26, 2010

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Bergall (SS-320)

Sayles, Paul, LCDR, (1943-1971)			Petty Officer First Class
Kimmel, Thomas Kincaid, CAPT, (1936-1962)	OFF		Commander
Kimmel, Thomas Kincaid, CAPT, (1936-1962)	OFF		Commander
Cost, Kenneth Nickols, CPO, (1940-1960)	TM	TM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Thommen, Charles Albert, PO2, (1942-1946)	TM	TM-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Bayne, Marmaduke Gresham, VADM, (1942-1977)			Lieutenant