Ginn, James Blackburn, LTJG

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1941-1941, 00X, USS Maryland (BB-46)
Service Years
1938 - 1941
Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade

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Home State
Colorado
Colorado
 Year of Birth
1914
 
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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		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot 03-0A-00144-00001-0
Military Service Number
81 333

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  1938-1939, 00X, USS Pensacola (CA-24)

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From Month/Year
June / 1938
To Month/Year
April / 1939

Unit
USS Pensacola (CA-24) Unit Page

Rank
Ensign
NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Pensacola (CA-24) Details

USS Pensacola (CA-24)

USS PENSACOLA (CL/CA 24)

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.



Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/024/04024.htm

WWII History:
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_USS_Pensacola_CA24.html

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Heavy Cruiser

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USS Pensacola (CA-24)
Dreith, Joseph Floyd, RADM, (1937-1965) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kelly, Robert Lee, CPO, (1929-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bonfiglio, William John, PO1, (1930-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Baxter, Eugene Edward, PO1, (1934-1942) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gabrunas, Philip Joseph, CPO, (1934-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Kravitz, Alexander, CPO, (1936-1943) BM Cox-0000 Coxswain
Fish, Newell Denver, CPO, (1936-1953) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Leedy, David Alonzo, PO2, (1937-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Leedy, David Alonzo, PO2, (1937-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Dunn, Harry Albert, RADM, (1917-1954) Lieutenant
Dunn, Harry Albert, RADM, (1917-1954) Lieutenant Commander
Howard, Curtis William, LTJG, (1938-1942) Ensign

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