Armstrong, Kenneth Berton, ML1

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Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Last Primary NEC
ML-0000-Molder
Last Rating/NEC Group
Molder
Primary Unit
1940-1941, ML-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Service Years
1920 - 1941
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Home State
Washington
Washington
Year of Birth
1902
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
National City, CA

Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates
SECTION P SITE 1130
Military Service Number
3 803 060

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  1940-1941, ML-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

ML-Molder

From Month/Year
October / 1940

To Month/Year
December / 1941

Unit
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class

NEC
ML-0000-Molder

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Details

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)


Nevada Class Battleship:

Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941.  20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.


Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Nevada-class

Strength
Battleship

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Last Updated: Aug 30, 2021
   
   
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USS Oklahoma Underway
443 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Alexander, Hugh Rossman, LCDR, (1921-1941) OFF 192X Lieutenant Commander
Schmitt, Aloysius Herman, LTJG, (1939-1941) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Allen, Stanley Willis, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 131X Ensign
Rommel, Herbert Fox, CAPT, (1934-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Sederstrom, Verdi Delmore, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Stockdale, Lewis Stephens, ENS, (1940-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, Irvin Andrew Rubin, ENS, (1936-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, William Manley, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Wyman, Elden, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Wyman, Eldon Paul, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Connolly, John G., ChPClk, (1923-1941) CWO CWO Chief Pay Clerk (CWO)
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) CWO CWO Chief Carpenter (CWO)
Goggin, Daryl Henry, Mach., (1926-1941) WO WO Machinist (WO)
Ermis, Robert Louis, CPO, (1926-1942) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Finnegan, William, ENS, (1917-1941) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Stouten, James, CPO, (1937-1941) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Cheshire, James Thomas, CPO, (1933-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Day, Francis Daniel, CPO, (1925-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Derrington, Ralph Alva, CPO, (1923-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Furr, Tedd McKinley, CPO, (1922-1941) CM CM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gordon, Duff, CPO, (1917-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gurganus, William Isaac, CPO, (1924-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hayden, Albert Eugene, CPO, (1917-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hoard, Herbert John, CPO, (1923-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sanders, Dean Stanley, CPO, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
White, Claude, CPO, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Wright, Paul Raymond, CPO, (1919-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Zvansky, Thomas, CPO, (1920-1941) SM SM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Harris, Daniel Fletcher, CPO, (1919-1941) FC FC-0000 Chief Fire Controlman
Blanchard, William Eugene, PO1, (1936-1941) B B-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Burger, Oliver Kenneth, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Carney, Harold F., PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Conway, Edward Leroy, PO1, (1934-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Corn, Robert, PO1, (1941-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Craig, John William, PO1, (1937-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Curry, William McKnight, PO1, (1923-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Farmer, Luther James, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gebser, Paul Heino, PO1, (1922-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Glenn, Arthur, PO1, (1917-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanson, George, PO2, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hoffman, Joseph Warren, PO1, (1935-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hudson, Charles Eugene, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jackson, Willie, PO1, (1930-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jones, Fred Madison, PO1, (1929-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Larsen, Elliott Deen, PO1, (1934-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Luke, Vernon Thomas, PO1, (1915-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Manning, Walter Benjamin, PO1, (1936-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Mason, Henri Clay, PO1, (1941-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
McCabe, Edwin Bonner, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Melton, Earl Rudolph, PO1, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Neuenschwander, Arthur Clarence, PO1, (1927-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Pepe, Stephen, PO1, (1936-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Perdue, Charles, PO1, (1938-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Phillips, Milo Elah, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Regan, Leo Basil, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Schoonover, John Harry, PO1, (1920-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Severinson, Everett Iven, PO1, (1938-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Shelden, Edward, PO1, (1941-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Skaggs, Eugene, PO1, (1941-1941) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer First Class

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