Spruance, Raymond Ames, ADM

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Last Rank
Admiral

Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1946-1948, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Service Years
1903 - 1948

Admiral

Admiral

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Home State

Maryland

Maryland

Year of Birth
1886

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Home Town Baltimore	Last Address Pebble Beach, CA
Date of Passing Dec 13, 1969
Location of Interment Golden Gate National Cemetery (VA) - San Bruno, California

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	1969, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

1938-1940, USS Mississippi (BB-41)

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From Month/Year - / 1938	To Month/Year - / 1940
Unit USS Mississippi (BB-41) Unit Page
Rank Captain	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Mississippi (BB-41) Details
	New Mexico Class Battleship: Displacement 32,000 Tons, Dimensions, 624' (oa) x 97' 5" x 31' 1" (Max). Armament 12 x 14"/50 22 x 5"/51, 8 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3 1/2" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 32,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1084. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., April 5, 1915. Launched January 25 1917. Commissioned December 18 1917. Reclassified Gunnery Training Ship, AG-128, February 15, 1946. Stricken July 30, 1956. Decommissioned September 17, 1956. Fate: Sold November 28, 1956 and broken up for scrap.
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit New Mexico-class	Strength Battleship
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2007

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27 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Mississippi (BB-41)

REICHMUTH, Ferdinand, VADM, (1906-1946)			Captain
ROCKWELL, Francis, VADM, (1908-1948)			Commander
Mendenhall Jr., Corwin, RADM, (1939-1959)			Ensign
Ainsworth, Walden Lee, VADM, (1910-1948)	OFF		Captain
Trojakowski, Wadsworth Caesar, CDR, (1917-1942)	OFF	220X	Lieutenant Commander
Anders, Arthur Ferdinad, LCDR, (1927-1946)	OFF		Lieutenant
Wygant, Henry Sollett, CDR, (1930-1944)	OFF	00X	Lieutenant
Bishop, Roy Edward, CAPT, (1936-1967)	OFF	410X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ackerman, Edward, LCDR, (1935-1945)	OFF		Ensign
Henderson, Richie Neale, LT, (1936-1943)	OFF		Ensign
Allmond, Dennis, CPO, (1922-1941)	QM	QM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Brack, Theodor, CPO, (1939-1943)	YN	YN-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Hoard, Herbert John, CPO, (1923-1941)	SK	SK-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Pharris, Jackson Charles, LCDR, (1933-1948)	TC	TC-0000	Turret Captain 1st Class
Yancey, Allen William, CPO, (1919-1947)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Ellis, Wilbur Danner, PO2, (1938-1941)	RM	RM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Rabner, Walter Paul, PO1, (1938-1954)	YN	YN-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Connelly, William, PO2, (1940-1943)	BM	BM-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Tanner, Robert Edward, PO1, (1937-1946)	WT	WT-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Carr, William John, CPO, (1933-1943)	GM	GM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Ray, Norbert Loraine, PO2, (1936-1942)	F1c	F1c-0000	Fireman First Class
Cole, Walter Henry, CPO, (1940-1945)	00	00E	Seaman Second Class
Briscoe, Robert Pearce, ADM, (1918-1959)			Commander
Cortner, Clarence Edward, CAPT, (1927-1957)			Lieutenant
Underwood, Gordon Waite, CAPT, (1932-1962)			Lieutenant Junior Grade
Grider, George William, CAPT, (1936-1947)			Ensign
Kimmel, Manning Marius, LCDR, (1935-1944)			Ensign

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