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Casualty Info
Home Town Bryn Mawr
Last Address New York, New York
Casualty Date Mar 19, 1918
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War I
Location of Interment Church of the Redeemer Cemetery - Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
South Carolina Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 452' 9" (oa) x 80' 3" x 27' 1" (Max). Armament 8 x 12"/45 22 x 3"/50, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 IHP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18.5 Knots, Crew 869.
Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Zulu
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., December 17, 1906. Launched May 26 1908. Commissioned January 4, 1910. Decommissioned February 11, 1922. Stricken November 10, 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard during 1924.
