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Casualty Info
Home Town Clarion, IA
Last Address Compton, CA
Casualty Date Sep 28, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
The USS Cisco (SS-290) began her first war patrol on 20 September 1943, and was never heard from after that. Japanese records indicate that a submarine was attacked and sunk on 28 September in the area where the USS Cisco was the only known American Submarine. She was presumed lost in action on that date. Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class Fisher was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead on 8 January 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 3111661
Submarine war patrols:
USS Gato (SS-212) - 1st through 3rd
USS Cisco (SS-290) - 1st
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
CLASS - NORTHAMPTON
Displacement 9,300 Tons, Dimensions, 600' 3" (oa) x 66' 1" x 23' (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 4 x 5"/25, 6 x 21" tt. 4 Aircraft.
Armor, 3 3/4" Belt, 2 1/2 Turrets, 1" Deck, 1 1/4 Conning Tower.
Machinery, 107,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 32.7 Knots, Crew 621. Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 06 MAR 1928 by the New York Shipbuilding Co, Camden, NJ
Launched 03 JUL 1929
Commissioned 24 JUN 1930
Reclassified CA 27 01 JUL 1931
Decommissioned 10 JUN 1946
Stricken 01 MAR 1959 Fate: Sold for scrap AUG 1959
Historical:
Bomb damage received on 1 February 1942 after the raid on Taroa. Retiring under heavy air attack she received a bomb hit in the well deck which killed eight and injured 38.
Marshalls Islands Raid, 1 February 1942
Lieutenant Wilson R. Bartlett, Senior Aviator of USS Chester (CA 27), walks forward on the cruiser's well deck to make his report, after returning from a flight spotting gunfire for the ship's bombardment of Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll. In the background is damage from the bomb hit sustained during a Japanese air attack at 0820 hrs. Also visible are the port wingtips of one of a SOC "Seagull" aircraft, with the open hangar beyond. The ship's port catapult "silo" is at right, dented by the bomb blast. Note the pilot's uniform, "Mae West" life vest, binoculars and plotting board.
November, 1942
Naval personnel examine the hole caused by a torpedo hit in the hull of the heavy cruiser USS Chester (CA 27) in Sutherland dock of the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, November 1942. While cruising in support of the operations in the Solomons, Chester was hit by a torpedo from the Japanese submarine I-176 on the starboard side, amidships on 20 October 1942 which killed 11 and wounded 12. She returned to Espiritu Santo under her own power for emergency repairs on 23 October. She steamed to Sydney, Australia, on 29 October for further repairs and on Christmas Day, departed for Norfolk, Virginia, USA , and a complete overhaul.
Refitting of USS Chester (CA 27) 15 September 1943, at Mare Island Navy Yard California. Refitting completed on 2 Oct 1943.
