Martin, Charles Merril, CEM

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Chief Electrician's Mate

Last Primary NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate

Primary Unit
1942-1943, EM-0000, USS Runner (SS-275)

Service Years
1935 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kansas

Year of Birth
1911

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Casualty Info

Home Town Kansas City, KS	Last Address Fairfax, MO

Casualty Date Jul 11, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 1 (cenotaph)

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

The USS Runner (SS-275) left on her patrol for the Kurile Islands on 27 May 1943, and was never heard from again. She may have struck an enemy mine or sunk as a result of an air/sea attack. Declared overdue and presumed lost, she was stricken from the Navy list on 30 October 1943. Chief Electrician's Mate Martin was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 2 January 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 3162669

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Submarines/USS Runne...

1940-1941, EM-0000, USS R-1 (SS-78)

From Month/Year November / 1940	To Month/Year January / 1941
Unit USS R-1 (SS-78) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class	NEC EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

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USS R-1 (SS-78) Details

Career
Name:	USS R-1
Ordered:	29 August 1916
Builder:	Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down:	16 October 1917
Launched:	24 August 1918
Commissioned:	16 December 1918
Decommissioned:	1 May 1931
Recommissioned:	23 September 1940
Decommissioned:	20 September 1945
Reclassified:	SS-78, July 1920
Struck:	10 November 1945
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 13 March 1946
General characteristics
Type:	R class submarine
Displacement:	569 long tons (578 t) surfaced 680 long tons (691 t) submerged
Length:	186 ft 2 in (56.74 m)
Beam:	18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft:	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric
Speed:	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Complement:	30 officers and men
Armament:	• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes • 1 × 3"/50 caliber guns

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By

ET McPhillips, Thomas, Jr. (SS), ET3(SS)

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Last Updated: Dec 28, 2018

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