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McCandless, Byron, RADM.
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Contact Info
Home Town Endicott, NE
Last Address Mariposa, CA
Date of Passing May 30, 1967
Location of Interment Mariposa District Cemetery - Mariposa, California
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
During his career, McCandless made several inventions. One of them was the "Jeheemy", an apparatus used to salvage landing craft swamped and stranded on invasion beachheads. It consisted of portable crane hauled along the beach by a tractor. McCandless also patented several other inventions, including a camera and other photographic equipment, a projection system, and a portable lamp.
Other Comments:
Navy Cross
Awarded for Actions During World War I
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. Caldwell
Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Byron McCandless, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Caldwell, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I.
South Carolina Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 452' 9" (oa) x 80' 3" x 27' 1" (Max). Armament 8 x 12"/45 22 x 3"/50, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 IHP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18.5 Knots, Crew 869.
Radio Call Sign: November - Juliet - Zulu
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., December 17, 1906. Launched May 26 1908. Commissioned January 4, 1910. Decommissioned February 11, 1922. Stricken November 10, 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard during 1924.
