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Home Town Mechanicsville, NJ
Last Address Westfield, Union County, New Jersey since 1941.
Date of Passing Feb 20, 1979
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
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Best Moment Log from the USS St. Louis C-20, 1917 first convoy corossing.
John Mockrish, seaman, second class: enlisted November 29, 1915. No prior naval service.
Mockrish served as coxswain and gun crew (captain). He left the US Navy and joined the Merchant Marines at the end of WWI.
Chain of Command WWI the designation was C-20.
Other Memories The fourth USS St. Louis, Cruiser No. 20 (C-20), was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. St. Louis was launched on 6 May 1905 by Neafie & Levy Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was sponsored by Miss Gladys Bryant Smith and commissioned on 18 August 1906 with Captain Nathaniel R. Usher in command.
Admiral Mockrish began his career in the Navy in 1915 and served on the USS Arizona, St. Louis and Montana as coxswain and gun captain. Between the wars he became a Merchant Mariner serving with several American freight and passenger lines.