Branning, James Robert, Jr., PO3

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Quartermaster 3rd Class
Last Primary NEC
QM-0000-Quartermaster
Last Rating/NEC Group
Quartermaster
Primary Unit
1944-1945, SM-0000, USS South Dakota (BB-57)
Service Years
1943 - 1946
QM-Quartermaster
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Home State
Mississippi
Mississippi
 Year of Birth
1924
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Meridian, MS		 Last Address
Cherrylog, GA
Date of Passing
Feb 02, 2000		  

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin


 Unofficial Badges 




  1944-1944, SM-0000, USS Curtiss (AV-4)

SM-Signalman
Seaman First Class

From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
August / 1944

Unit
USS Curtiss (AV-4) Unit Page

Rate
Seaman First Class
NEC
SM-0000-Signalman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Curtiss (AV-4) Details

USS Curtiss (AV-4)


























Curtiss Class Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 25 March 1938, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 20 April 1940
  • Commissioned USS Curtiss (AV-4), 15 November 1940, CDR. S. P. Ginder in command
  • During WWII USS Curtiss was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Following World War II USS Curtiss was assigned to Occupation and China service for the following periods






Specifications: 
Displacement 8,671 t(lt) 13,475 t.(lim) 
Length 527' 4" 
Beam 69' 3" 
Draft 21' 11" 
Speed 19.7 kts. (trial speed) 
Complement
officers 100
enlisted 1,035 
Armament
as built
four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
three quad 40mm AA gun mounts
two twin 49mm AA gun mounts
added during WWII

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts 
Ship's service generators 4 500Kw 450V A.C. 
Fuel capacities
NSFO 9,670 Bbls
Diesel 286 Bbls
Gasoline 267,030 Gals 
Propulsion
two New York Ship Building Corp. paired geared turbines
four Babcock & Wilcox Express boilers 400psi 690°
double De Laval Main reduction gear
twin shafts, 12,000shp

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Curtiss-class
Strength
Auxiliary

Created/Owned By
AZ Vigil, Felice (Virgil), AZAN 16
   

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2019
   
   
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11 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Curtiss (AV-4)
Amberson, James Hugh, CPO, (1936-1950) SF SF-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Virgil, Arthur Paul, PO1, (1941-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Kadusky, Peter Francis, PO2, (1943-1945) SSM SSMB-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Barnett, Eugene Lee, CPO, (1930-1954) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Paul, Earl Joseph, PO2, (1939-1945) SSM SSMB-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Rothstein, Robert, PO3, (1943-1947) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Bowers, Ralph, PO3, (1942-1945) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Lancy, Edward Walter, S1c, (1943-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Lawrence, R.B., S1c, (1942-1945) Pho PhoM-0000 Seaman First Class
PERRY, John A., VADM, (1920-1959) Captain
Fonda, Henry Jaynes, LTJG, (1942-1946) Lieutenant Junior Grade

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