Norman, Leslie Purnell, PO1

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender
Last Rating/NEC Group
Boiler Tender
Primary Unit
1948-1949, WT-0000, USS John W. Weeks (DD-701)
Service Years
1935 - 1956
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Home State
Virginia
Virginia
 Year of Birth
1913
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Elsom, VA		 Last Address
Dagsboro, DE
Date of Passing
Nov 12, 1992		  

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Recruiter WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Navy Retired 20 Honorable Discharge Emblem (WWII)




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Service number: 2656863
   
  1942-1943, WT-0000, USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

WT-Water Tender

From Month/Year
May / 1942
To Month/Year
April / 1943

Unit
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
United States
  
 
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 USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Details

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 		South Dakota Class Battleship: Displacement 35,000 Tons, Dimensions, 680' 10" (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; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 27 Knots, Crew 1793. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, MA., July 20, 1939. Launched September 23, 1941. Commissioned May 12, 1942. Decommissioned March 2, 1947. Stricken June 1, 1962. Fate: Preserved as Memorial, Fall River Massachusetts, June 8, 1965.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
South Dakota-class
Strength
Battleship

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Apr 20, 2012
   
   
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16 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
Zemlin, Michael, PO2, (1942-1945) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Moore, Paul Charles, CWO3, (1935-1958) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Ray, Elmer Alonzo, CPO, (1937-1945) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Lang, John Henry, Bosn., (1916-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 1st Class
Keyes, Thomas Franklin, CPO, (1937-1955) Ptr Ptr-0000 Petty Officer First Class
LaGamba, Vincent Anthony, PO2, (1938-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Day, Paul Addison, SCPO, (1941-1961) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Patton, Thomas Furry, PO3, (1942-1951) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Fredrick, Harvey Arthur, S1c, (1942-1944) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Hesson, James Edward, S1c, (1942-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Beaton, William Campbell, S2c, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hesson, Joe Seaman First Class
Medaglia, Michael, PO3, (1942-1946) Seaman First Class
Whiting, Frances Eliot Maynar, VADM, (1908-1947) Captain
Knipling, Albert, (1942-1945) Other Service Rank
Borusiewicz, Walter Eugene, PO3, (1942-1944) Seaman Second Class

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