Bielka, Rudolph Paul, LCDR

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1940-1941, USS Utah (AG-16)
Service Years
1919 - 1941
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Home State
Washington
Washington
 Year of Birth
1892
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Tacoma, WA
Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
USS UTAH (BB-31) - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Military Service Number
53 004

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  1940-1941, USS Utah (AG-16)

Lieutenant Commander

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Unit
USS Utah (AG-16) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant Commander
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
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State/Country
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 USS Utah (AG-16) Details

USS Utah (AG-16) 		Florida Class Battleship: Displacement 21,825 Tons, Dimensions, 521' 6" (oa) x 88' 3" x 30' 1" (Max). Armament 10 x 12"/45 16 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 20.75 Knots, Crew 1001. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ., March 15, 1909. Launched December 23, 1909. Commissioned August 31, 1911. Converted and reclassified Target Ship AG-16, April 1, 1932. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken November 13, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Her hulk still rests rolled over in her berth, serving as a memorial to this day. 6 Officers and 58 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Florida-class
Strength
Auxiliary

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Mar 24, 2017
   
   
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USS Utah (AG-16)
Michael, Charles, LCDR, (1917-1941) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
Little, John Grubbs, LTJG, (1935-1941) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Isquith, Solomon, RADM, (1916-1950) Lieutenant Commander
Black, John Edward, LTJG, (1938-1941) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Harveson, Herold Aloysius, LTJG, (1937-1941) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Parker, Elmer, CPO, (1938-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Parker, Elmer, CPO, (1938-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Wagner, Albert Thomas Dewitt, CPO, (1917-1951) YN YN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Dieckhoff, Douglas, PO1, (1941-1941) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gandre, Melvyn, PO1, (1941-1941) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Huffman, Landon, LCDR, (1928-1958) Petty Officer First Class
Wetrich, Vernard, PO1, (1935-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Chatelain, Hubert P., PO1, (1935-1942) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Ponder, Walter Howard, PO1, (1925-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bugarin, Feliciano Todias, PO2, (1919-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gift, Kenneth, PO2, (1939-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gusti, Robert Leo, PO2, (1940-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Houde, Emery Lyle, PO2, (1936-1941) Bkr Bkr-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Juedes, William Arthur, PO2, (1936-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Martinez, Rudolph Machado, PO2, (1939-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Sumner, Gordon, CPO PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Odgaard, Edwin, PO2, (1938-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Kaelin, John, PO3, (1938-1941) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kampmeyer, Eric, PO3, (1940-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
LaRue, George, PO3, (1941-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Perry, Forrest, PO3, (1940-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Reed, Frank Edward, PO3, (1940-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Bigham, Virgil Cornelius, S1c, (1939-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Carter, Arthur Lee, CWO3, (1936-1964) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Crossett, David, S1c, (1940-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Eidsvig, Vernon Jerome, S1c, (1940-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Flowers, Harrison Jewell, PO2, (1940-1955) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Gross, Harley Horace F, CPO, (1936-1956) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Jones, Leroy, S1c, (1940-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Kent, William H., S1c, (1939-1941) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Phillips, James, S1c, (1940-1941) Seaman
Smith, George Randolph, MAtt1c, (1939-1941) MAT MATT-0000 Mess Attendant First Class
Blackburn, John Thomas, F1c, (1939-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Conner, Joseph Ucline, F1c, (1940-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Karabon, Joseph Nicholas, F1c, (1939-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Shouse, Henson, F1c, (1940-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
White, Glen Albert, F1c, (1940-1941) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Chestnutt, George Jefferson, S2c, (1941-1941) AS AS-0000 Seaman Second Class
Clippard, Lloyd Dale, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Dennis, Leroy, S2c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Dosser, William Hugh, S2c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Flowers, Harrison Jewell, PO2, (1940-1955) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Fox, Clair, CPO, (1940-1947) YN YN-0000 Seaman Second Class
Gregoire, Charles Norman, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hill, Clifford Dale, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Jablonski, Alfred John, S1c, (1941-1942) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Lynch, Kenneth Lee, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Marshall, William Earl, S2c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Miller, Marvin Eugene, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Sousley, Joseph Byron, S2c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Van Hoosier, Joseph Ernest, S2c, (1941-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Arbuckle, William Dellano, S2c, (1941-1941) Seaman Apprentice
Barta, Joseph, F3c, (1940-1941) 00 Fireman 3rd Class
Brunner, William Frank, F3c, (1941-1941) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class

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