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Contact Info
Home Town Richmond, VA
Last Address Boulder, CO
Date of Passing Mar 07, 1965
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Served on battleships during World War I; then from 1919 to 1923 on destroyers in the Adriatic and Black Seas; World War II; executive officier on the Lexington, then commanding officer of the carriers Wolverine and Independence. MA, 1949, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Connecticut Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 456' 4" (oa) x 76' 10" x 26' 9" (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 12 x 7"/45 20 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 881.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., February 10 1904. Launched August 12 1905. Commissioned April 17 1907. Decommissioned December 16 1921. Stricken November 10 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard in 1924.