Nystrom, Bruce August, CAPT

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Last Rank
Captain
Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1966-1966, 131X, USS Franklin D.Roosevelt (CVA-42)
Service Years
1945 - 1966
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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
 Year of Birth
1927
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Marion, OH		 Last Address
Marion, OH
MIA Date
Dec 02, 1966		  
Cause
MIA-Finding of Death		 Reason
Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location
Vietnam, North (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates
Panel 13E, Line 6

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  1950-1952, 6302, USS Princeton (CV-37)

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From Month/Year
August / 1950
To Month/Year
October / 1952

Unit
USS Princeton (CV-37) Unit Page

Rank
Ensign
NEC
6302-LDO Pilot

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Princeton (CV-37) Details

USS Princeton (CV-37) 		USS Princeton (CVL-37/LPH-5)

  • Initially named Valley Forge.
  • Renamed Princeton, 21 November 1944, to honor CVL-23, lost in action the previous month. (The name Valley Forge was subsequently assigned to CV-45.)
  • Sponsored by Mrs. Harold W. Dodds (née Margaret Murray), President of Princeton University.
  • Reclassified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVA-37, 1 October 1952.
  • Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-37, 1 January 1954.
  • Reclassified as an "Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter)" and redesignated LPH-5, 2 March 1959. Converted at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, Calif.
  • Fate: Sold for scrapping to Zidell Explorations Inc., Portland, Oreg., in September 1972, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), for $336,697.99. About 600 tons of her armor plate have been put to use at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
Displacement 27,100 Tons, Dimensions, 888' (oa) x 93' x 28' 7" (Max)
Armament 12 x 5"/38AA, 32 x 40mm, 46 x 20mm, 82 Aircraft.
Armor, 4" Belt, 2 1/2" Hanger deck, 1 1/2" Deck, 1 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 150,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 3448.
 

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

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Last Updated: Nov 13, 2022
   
   
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42 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Princeton (CV-37)
Garver, Richard Eugene, LT, (1945-1952) OFF 6302 Lieutenant
Freitas, Leo Thomas, LTJG, (1948-1952) OFF 6302 Ensign
Merrick, Richard Charles, CDR, (1942-1951) OFF 131X Commander
DuTemple, Lynn Francis, LCDR, (1942-1952) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Lebeck, Russell Lowell, CDR, (1939-1967) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Magda, John Joseph, LCDR, (1940-1951) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Maltby, Arthur, CAPT, (1940-1967) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Jackson, Richard Loran, LT, (1942-1952) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Pulliam, William Ellis, LT, (1946-1952) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Smith, William, LCDR, (1945-1957) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Tennyson, Durward J, LT, (1946-1952) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Clinite, Richard Cedric, LTJG, (1949-1953) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Koelsch, John Kelvin, LTJG, (1942-1951) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schorr, John, LTJG, (1948-1953) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schorr, John E., LTJG, (1949-1953) OFF 132X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Westervelt, Howard Wilson, LTJG, (1948-1952) AP AP-0000 Lieutenant Junior Grade
Biesterveld, Thomas Clarence, ENS, (1950-1951) OFF 131X Ensign
Harris, Evan Charles, ENS, (1949-1951) OFF 131X Ensign
Ruppenthal, Richard Marshall, ENS, (1950-1951) OFF 131X Ensign
Hilgendorf, Robert, PO1, (1946-1953) PR PR-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Rhue, Aubrey, PO1, (1951-1958) RM RM-2312 Petty Officer First Class
Richter, Jerry, CPO, (1952-1993) HM HM-8405 Petty Officer Second Class
Chandler., Gordon Harwood, PO3, (1949-1952) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Ellis, Robert, PO3, (1949-1952) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Ellis, Robert, PO3, (1949-1952) 00 FC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hill, Paul, PO3, (1952-1956) YN YN-2526 Petty Officer Third Class
Keenan, James Alexander, PO3, (1950-1954) 00 00E Petty Officer Third Class
Lloyd, Leo, PO3, (1948-1954) BT BT-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Lundh, Richard, PO2, (1948-1952) RD RD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tripp, Merlin, SN, (1950-1954) SN SN-0000 Seaman
Davis, Donald, FN, (1950-1953) FN FN-0000 Fireman
Carlson, Wallace G., FN, (1950-1953) FA FA-0000 Fireman Apprentice
Lilienthal, Merle, AN, (1950-1954) AN AN-0000 Airman Apprentice
Hawkins, Arthur, CAPT, (1942-1973) Lieutenant Commander
Holman, Charles Rutherford, LTJG, (1947-1952) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Heintze, Richard, CPO, (1943-1976) Petty Officer First Class
Gilbert, James, CWO4, (1943-1986) Petty Officer Second Class
Linkey, Glenn, CPO, (1948-1968) Petty Officer Third Class
Bufford, William, PO3, (1949-1955) Airman
STROOP, Paul David, VADM, (1926-1965) Captain
Cook, Raymond Leslie, CDR, (1942-1962) Lieutenant Commander
Croft, Gary, CPO, (1950-1969) Petty Officer Third Class

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