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Casualty Info
Home Town Fort Morgan
Last Address 1565 Pensacola St Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (Wife~ Harriet Peterson Ginn)
Casualty Date Dec 08, 1941
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Hawaii
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Fairview Cemetery - Scottsbluff, Nebraska
CLASS - PENSACOLA Displacement 9,100 Tons, Dimensions, 585' 6" (oa) x 65' 3" x 22' (Max)
Armament 10 x 8"/55, 4 x 5"/25, 6 x 21" tt. 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 4" Belt, 2 1/2 Turrets, 1" Deck, 1 1/4 Conning Tower.
Machinery, 107,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.5 Knots, Crew 635.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 27 OCT 1926 by the New York Navy Yard
Launched 25 APR 1929
Commissioned 06 FEB 1930
Reclassified CA 24 01 JUL 1931
Designated as a test ship for "Operation Crossroads" at Bikini Atoll
Survived atomic aerial burst on 1 JUL 1946
Survived atomic subsurface burst on 25 JUL 1946
Decommissioned 26 AUG 1946 Fate: Sunk as target on 10 NOV 1948 off the coast of Washington.