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:

1938-1940, Bureau of Engineering

From Month/Year January / 1938	To Month/Year October / 1940
Unit Bureau of Engineering Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Bureau of Engineering Details

	Type Test and Evaluation
	Parent Unit Major Commands	Strength Navy Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Nov 7, 2011

Memories For This Unit
Chain of Command 1938: Snare. Elmer D. It commander, Eng, Navy Dept, Washington, D C OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION JANUARY 1, 1939 : Snare, Elmer D. It comdr, bur eng, navy dept, Washington, D C OCTOBER 1, 1939 : Snare, Elmer D. It comdr, bur eng, navy dept, Washington, D C November 1, 1940 LCDR USS Maury

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

Bureau of Engineering

ROBINSON, Samuel, ADM, (1903-1946)			Rear Admiral Upper Half
Bates, Richard, RADM, (1915-1949)			Lieutenant Commander
Grenfell, Elton Watters, VADM, (1926-1964)			Lieutenant Commander
Cromwell, John Philip, CAPT, (1924-1943)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant Commander
Pendleton, Perley Earl, RADM, (1916-1950)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant Commander
Akers, Frank Peak, RADM, (1918-1963)			Lieutenant Commander
Naquin, Oliver Francis, RADM, (1925-1955)			Lieutenant