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Home Town Camden, New Jersey
Date of Passing Nov 30, 1926
Location of Interment Alexandria National Cemetery (VA) - Alexandria, Virginia
Commander Lloyd Woolsey Townsend, U.S.N. Died while on Active duty, November 1926
Awarded the Navy Cross for action during WWI
NAVY CROSS awarded for service during WWI. Lieut. Comdr. L.W. Townsend, U.S.N.
For distinguished service in the line of his profession as flag lieutenant, communication officer, engineer officer and aid, in charge of target practice on the staff of the commander of the train, U.S.S. Vestal (flagship), U. S. Atlantic Fleet.
He also received a SPECIAL LETTER OF COMMENDATION from the Secretary of the Navy for his service during World War I.
Other Comments:
LLOYD WOOLSEY TOWNSEND, midshipman, appointed from Atlantic City, N.J. on September 10, 1901, graduating class USNA 1906. Registered on the June 1916 Register of Graduates - United States Naval Academy Graduates' Association.
1st TORPEDO FLOTILLA / ASIATIC FLEET: Philippine–American War (1899–1913).
USS BAINBRIDGE DD-1 and BARRY DD-2. ENS Lloyd Woolsey TOWNSEND in command: May 6 1909 - April 4 1910, and April 4 1910 - Feb 11 1911. Returned from Asiatic Squadron 1911: Cavite, Philippines, Military and Naval Forces.
Commander Lloyd Woolsey Townsend was assigned to Naval Operations from 31 August 1925 until 24 June 1926. He died while on active duty on 30 November 1926, age 44.
There are at least two published listings from January and April 1926, Office of Naval Intelligence, which list L.W. Townsend with the rank of Captain, USN.
Iowa Class Battleship; Displacement 11,410 Tons, Dimensions, 362' 5" (oa) x 72' 3" x 26' 10" (Max), Armament 4 x 12"/35 8 x 8"/35, 6 x 4"/40 4 x 14"tt, Armor, 14" Belt, 17" Turrets, 3" Decks, 10 " Conning Tower. Machinery, 11,000 IHP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 486.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia, on August 5 1893; Launched March 28, 1896, Commissioned June 16, 1897, Decommissioned June 30 1903, Recommissioned December 23, 1903, Decommissioned July 23, 1908, Recommissioned May 2, 1910, Decommissioned May 23, 1914, Recommissioned April 23, 1917, Decommissioned March 31, 1919, Stricken March 27, 1923. Reclassified IX-6, July 21, 1921 and used as Radio Controlled Target Ship.
Fate: Sunk as target by Mississippi (BB-41), in the Gulf of Panama, March 23 1923.
