SNARE, Elmer, LCDR

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1940-1942, USS Maury (DD-401)

Service Years
1921 - 1945

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Personal Details

Home State

Nevada

Year of Birth
1898

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Contact Info

Home Town
Reno, Nevada

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Last Known Activity:

LCdr. Elmer Drummond Snare, U.S. Navy
Lieutenant Commander Elmer D Snare was the commanding office of the Maury (DD-401) from October 1940 until December 1942. The USS Maury received 16 Battle Stars and the Presidential Unit Citation during WWII.

Elmer Drummond Snare. Reno, Nevada. Graduated Reno High School in 1916.
USNA - Nevada 30 July 1917 (19 years 2 months old), Class of 1921 (may have graduated in 1920 due to a 1917 Act of Congress, WWI).

Reno, NV High School Alumni Notes 1914-1917 state: We are represented at Annapolis by Elmer Snare and Clark Green. Room-mates and both graduated USNA Class of 1921.

USS Birmingham (CL-2)
USS Chewink (AM-39)
Submarine School
USS S-40 (SS-145)
USS Rigel (AD-14/AR-11)
USS R-11 (SS-88)
Naval Ordnance Plant, South. Charleston, W Va.
USS Colorado (BB-45) (engineering)
Bureau of Engineering, Operation and Maintenance Div., Navy Dept. Washington D.C.
USS Maury (DD-401)

Other Comments:

1937-1938, USS Colorado (BB-45)

From Month/Year April / 1937	To Month/Year June / 1938
Unit USS Colorado (BB-45) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Colorado (BB-45) Details
	Hull number BB-45
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Colorado-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jun 2, 2017

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories JANUARY 1, 1935 : Snare, Elmer D, It, u s s Colorado OCTOBER 1, 1935 : Snare, Elmer D. It. u s s Colorado APRIL 1, 1937: Snare, Elmer D, Lt, USS Colorado JANUARY 1, 1938 : Snare, Elmer D, It comdr. u s s Colorado (engineering) 1938: Snare. Elmer D. It commander, Eng, Navy Dept, Washington, D C OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION

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14 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Colorado (BB-45)

Friedell, Wilhelm Lee, RADM, (1905-1946)	OFF		Captain
Withers, Thomas, RADM, (1906-1946)	OFF		Captain
Beary, Donald Bradford, VADM, (1910-1950)			Commander
Bowling, Selman Stewart, RADM, (1927-1957)			Lieutenant
Abbot, Edward William, CAPT, (1934-1958)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Meehling, Frederick William, CAPT, (1933-1954)	OFF	410X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Rindskopf, Maurice, RADM, (1938-1972)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade
Bell, David, RADM, (1937-1970)			Ensign
DeLong, Edward Grover, LT, (1933-1942)			Ensign
Loomis, Samuel, CAPT, (1935-1963)			Ensign
Maurer, John, RADM, (1935-1974)			Ensign
Superfine, Irving Joseph, CAPT, (1938-1968)	OFF		Ensign
Bottorff, William, CPO, (1936-1946)	BM	BM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Thew, Richard Ridley, PO1, (1938-1942)	FC	FC-0000	Fire Controlman 2nd Class