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Casualty Info
Home Town Montevallo, Alabama
Last Address Lost At Sea
Casualty Date Jul 12, 1919
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Antarctic Ocean
Conflict World War I/Aisne Campaign/Mining Operations, North Atlantic
Location of Interment Buried at Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
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Wyoming Class Battleship: Displacement 26,000 Tons, Dimensions, 562' (oa) x 93' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 12 x 12"/50, 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 1063.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., January 25, 1910. Launched January 14, 1911. Commissioned September 17, 1912. Decommissioned July 29, 1946. Stricken August 15, 1946.
Fate: Sunk July 25, 1946, During Atomic Bomb Test "Baker" at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
