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Casualty Info
Home Town Corpus Christi, TX
Last Address 102 Adams Dr Corpus Christi, TX
Casualty Date Mar 19, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Holy Cross Cemetery - Corpus Christi, Texas
As built:
4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
4 × single 5 inch (127 mm) 38 caliber guns
8 × quadruple 40 mm 56 caliber guns
46 × single 20 mm 78 caliber guns
Armor:
As built:
2.5 to 4 inch (60 to 100 mm) belt
1.5 inch (40 mm) hangar and protectice decks
4 inch (100 mm) bulkheads
1.5 inch (40 mm) STS top and sides of pilot house
2.5 inch (60 mm) top of steering gear
Aircraft carried:
As built:
90–100 aircraft
1 × deck-edge elevator
2 × centerline elevators