Branning, James Robert, Jr., PO3

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Quartermaster 3rd Class

Last Primary NEC
QM-0000-Quartermaster

Last Rating/NEC Group
Quartermaster

Primary Unit
1944-1945, SM-0000, USS South Dakota (BB-57)

Service Years
1943 - 1946

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Mississippi

Year of Birth
1924

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Contact Info

Home Town Meridian, MS	Last Address Cherrylog, GA
Date of Passing Feb 02, 2000

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

1945-1945, QM-0000, USS Alabama (BB-60)

From Month/Year August / 1945	To Month/Year September / 1945
Unit USS Alabama (BB-60) Unit Page
Rank Quartermaster 3rd Class	NEC QM-0000-Quartermaster
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Alabama (BB-60) Details
	South Dakota Class Battleship: Displacement 35,000 Tons, Dimensions, 679' 5" (oa) x 108' 2" x 36' 2" (Max). Armament 9 x 16"/45 20 x 5"/38AA, 12 x 1.1" 12 x 0.5", 3 AC. Armor, 12 1/4" Belt, 18" Turrets, 1 1/2" +6" +1/3" Decks, 15" Conning Tower. Machinery, 130,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 27 Knots, Crew 1793. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Norfolk Naval Ship Yard, February 1, 1940. Launched February 16, 1942. Commissioned August 16, 1942. Decommissioned January 9, 1947. Stricken June 1, 1962. Fate: Preserved as Memorial, Mobile Alabama, June 11, 1964.
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit South Dakota-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2019

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Alabama (BB-60)

Beatty, Charles David, CDR, (1942-1962)	OFF	410X	Lieutenant Commander
Feller, Robert William, CPO, (1941-1945)	.A	Sp(A)	Chief Petty Officer
Friend, Jerry Overton, PO1, (1942-1945)	Ck	Ck-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Craft, William Lee, PO3, (1943-1946)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Rabe, Ronald C., PO3, (1942-1945)	RM	RM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Robison, Daniel Duward, S1c, (1942-1945)	S1c	S1c-0000	Seaman First Class
Hanson, Calvin, SN	GM	GMT-0000	Seaman
Hamilton, Roger Lewis, S2c, (1944-1945)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
Seamster, Wilbur Lee, S2c, (1943-1946)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class
Goggins, William Bernard, RADM, (1919-1949)			Captain
Murphy, Vincent Raphael, VADM, (1917-1946)	OFF		Captain
Dahlstrom, Albert, SA, (1944-1949)			Seaman