Rich, Porter Leigh, PO2

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender
Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender
Primary Unit
1941-1941, WT-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Service Years
1935 - 1941
WT-Water Tender
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Home State
South Dakota
South Dakota
 Year of Birth
1914
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Lake Preston, SD		 Last Address
Box 82
Sheridan, OR
(Wife~Margaret Rich)
Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Lake Preston Cemetery - Kingsbury County, South Dakota

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SD Navy Sailor Killed During Pearl Harbo... posted by Burgdorf, Tommy (Birddog), FC2 439

  1937-1939, WT-0000, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

WT-Water Tender

From Month/Year
May / 1937
To Month/Year
October / 1939

Unit
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Details

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) 		Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max).Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948. Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class
Strength
Battleship

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Apr 2, 2018
   
   
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31 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
McCrea, John Livingstone, VADM, (1911-1953) OFF 111X Captain
Hardison, Osborne Bennett, VADM, (1915-1954) OFF 131X Commander
Coulter, Frank, CAPT, (1939-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Hanchey, John K., CPO, (1930-1956) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bonkoski, John Anthony, PO1, (1930-1942) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Logan, Harold Luke, CPO, (1934-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Slifer, Martin Rueben, PO1, (1937-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Banzuelo, Antonio, MCPO, (1930-1960) CS CS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Egerer, Ernest, LCDR, (1935-1968) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Zoeller, Albert, CWO3, (1931-1954) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Browne, Frederick Arthur, PO3, (1939-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Lemoine Keith, CPO, (1933-1942) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
McIntosh, Dencil Jeoffrey, S2c, (1939-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman First Class
[Name Withheld], (1929-1949) SF SF-0000 Turret Captain Chief
Ghormley, Robert Lee, VADM, (1906-1946) Captain
Hustvedt, Olaf Mandt, VADM, (1909-1946) OFF Captain
Ramsey, DeWitt Clinton, ADM, (1912-1949) Captain
Curts, Maurice Edwin, ADM, (1916-1960) OFF Commander
Smith, Robert Holmes, CAPT, (1919-1943) Commander
Higgins, John Martin, RADM, (1922-1961) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Melson, Charles, VADM, (1927-1966) Lieutenant
Baumberger, Walter Harlen, VADM, (1934-1974) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sbisa, Alvin Francis, LT, (1934-1943) OFF Ensign
Runke, La Follette, SN, (1937-1945) Seaman
Bolar, James, CPO, (1937-1957) Fireman First Class
Draemel, Milo Frederick, RADM, (1906-1946) Captain
Tobin, Robert Gibson, RADM, (1917-1947) Commander
Bardshar, Frederic Abshire, VADM, (1938-1973) Lieutenant
Hansen, James Richard, CAPT, (1936-1961) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Thornhill, Leonard Wilson, LTJG, (1938-1942) Ensign
Veth, Kenneth Leroy, RADM, (1935-1973) Ensign

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