Hamm, Andrew Britte, LCDR

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1945, 131X, Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1)
Service Years
1939 - 1945
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Home State
North Carolina
North Carolina
 Year of Birth
1917
 
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Casualty Info
Last Address
Long Beach, Ca.
Casualty Date
Jul 28, 1945		  
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death		 Reason
Lost At Sea-Unrecovered
Location
Japan		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii

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National Cemetery Administration (NCA)World War II Fallen
  1945, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2015, World War II Fallen


  1945-1945, 131X, USS Bennington (CV-20)

Lieutenant Commander

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Unit
USS Bennington (CV-20) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Commander
NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Bennington (CV-20) Details

USS Bennington (CV-20) 		Hull number CV-20
  • Essex class (short-hull) Fleet Carrier:
  • Displacement: 27,100 tons
  • Length: 872'
  • Extreme width: 147' 6"
  • Beam: 93'
  • Draft: 28'7"
  • Speed: 33 kts.
  • Armament: 12 - 5"/38, 103 planes
  • Complement: 3448
  • Built at New York Navy Yard and Launched 26 February 1944
  • Commissioned 6 August 1944 as CV-20
  • Out of commission in reserve at Norfolk 8 November 1946.
  • Recommissioned 13 November 1952 as CVA-20
  • One of her catapults exploded 26 May 1954
  • New York Naval Shipyard
    repairs & complete rebuild 12 June 1954 - 19 March 1955
  • Departed Mayport Fla., 8 September 1955 for the Pacific
  • Redesignated as CVS-20 an ASW carrier 30 June 1959
  • Decommissioned 15 January 1970
  • Stricken 20 September 1989
  • Sold for scrap 12 January 1994



Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Essex-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 10, 2022
   
   
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USS Bennington (CV-20)
Jennings, Robert Harvey, CDR, (1943-1954) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Tabler, Rodney Charles, LT, (1942-1945) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Stetler, Charles Jackson, ENS, (1943-1945) OFF 131X Ensign
Sprague, Clifton Albert F, VADM, (1917-1951) OFF 132X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Connally, John, LCDR, (1941-1946) OFF 250X Lieutenant Commander
Cosbie, Robert, LTJG, (1943-1945) OFF 630X Lieutenant Junior Grade
MORRIS, WILLIAM, PO1, (1941-1946) EM EM-4615 Petty Officer First Class
Genre, Robert C., CPO, (1938-1978) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Jobson, John, PO2, (1944-1952) CYN CYN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Briggs, Sylvan W., PO2, (1936-1946) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Foreman, Guy William, PO2, (1941-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Hanke, John, PO2, (1944-1946) ART ART-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Clower, Howard, PO3, (1944-1946) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Coffey, Leonard, S2c, (1943-1946) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dye, James Wesley, PO3, (1943-1945) ARM ARM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Pettinger, Walter, PO3, (1944-1946) AMH AM-8345 Petty Officer Third Class
York, Grady Alvah, PO3, (1943-1945) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Chester L., Maxwell, S1c, (1944-1946) AO 8286 Seaman First Class
Deschenes, Roland Clarence, S1c, (1944-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Handzel, Stanley, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Jahnz, Roy Louis, S1c, (1945-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
MUIRHEAD, ROSS, S1c, (1945-1946) 00 00E Seaman First Class
HESSEL, EDWARD, CAPT Lieutenant Commander
Gregory, Hayden, CDR, (1941-1968) Lieutenant
Fox, James, PO1, (1943-1946) ARM Petty Officer First Class
Hanken, Robert, PO1, (1941-1945) Petty Officer First Class
Martin, Howard, PO1, (1941-1947) Petty Officer Second Class

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