Wright, Paul Raymond, CWT

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Last Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender
Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender
Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender
Primary Unit
1941-1941, WT-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Service Years
1919 - 1941
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Home State
Missouri
Missouri
 Year of Birth
1899
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Phoenix, AZ
Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section P Grave 1135
Military Service Number
1 345 301

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  1941-1941, WT-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

WT-Water Tender

From Month/Year
October / 1941
To Month/Year
December / 1941

Unit
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Unit Page

Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender
NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Details

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Nevada Class Battleship:
Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941.  20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Nevada-class
Strength
Battleship

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USS Oklahoma Underway
435 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Day, Francis Daniel, CPO, (1925-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
White, Claude, CPO, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Burger, Oliver Kenneth, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hudson, Charles Eugene, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
McCabe, Edwin Bonner, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Pepe, Stephen, PO1, (1936-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Phillips, Milo Elah, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Regan, Leo Basil, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Sollie, Walter Henry, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Yurko, Joseph John, PO1, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Gross, Edgar David, PO2, (1936-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Lockwood, Clarence Marion, PO2, (1938-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rich, Porter Leigh, PO2, (1935-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Alexander, Hugh Rossman, LCDR, (1921-1941) OFF 192X Lieutenant Commander
Schmitt, Aloysius Herman, LTJG, (1939-1941) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Allen, Stanley Willis, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 131X Ensign
Rommel, Herbert Fox, CAPT, (1934-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Sederstrom, Verdi Delmore, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Stockdale, Lewis Stephens, ENS, (1940-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, Irvin Andrew Rubin, ENS, (1936-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, William Manley, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Wyman, Elden, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Wyman, Eldon Paul, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Connolly, John G., ChPClk, (1923-1941) CWO CWO Chief Pay Clerk (CWO)
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) CWO CWO Chief Carpenter (CWO)
Goggin, Daryl Henry, Mach., (1926-1941) WO WO Machinist (WO)
Finnegan, William, ENS, (1917-1941) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Stouten, James, CPO, (1937-1941) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Cheshire, James Thomas, CPO, (1933-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Derrington, Ralph Alva, CPO, (1923-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Furr, Tedd McKinley, CPO, (1922-1941) CM CM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gordon, Duff, CPO, (1917-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gurganus, William Isaac, CPO, (1924-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hayden, Albert Eugene, CPO, (1917-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hoard, Herbert John, CPO, (1923-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sanders, Dean Stanley, CPO, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Zvansky, Thomas, CPO, (1920-1941) SM SM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Harris, Daniel Fletcher, CPO, (1919-1941) FC FC-0000 Chief Fire Controlman
Armstrong, Kenneth Berton, PO1, (1920-1941) ML ML-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Blanchard, William Eugene, PO1, (1936-1941) B B-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Carney, Harold F., PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Conway, Edward Leroy, PO1, (1934-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Corn, Robert, PO1, (1941-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Craig, John William, PO1, (1937-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Curry, William McKnight, PO1, (1923-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Farmer, Luther James, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gebser, Paul Heino, PO1, (1922-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Glenn, Arthur, PO1, (1917-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanson, George, PO2, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hoffman, Joseph Warren, PO1, (1935-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jackson, Willie, PO1, (1930-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jones, Fred Madison, PO1, (1929-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Larsen, Elliott Deen, PO1, (1934-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Luke, Vernon Thomas, PO1, (1915-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Manning, Walter Benjamin, PO1, (1936-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Mason, Henri Clay, PO1, (1941-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Melton, Earl Rudolph, PO1, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Neuenschwander, Arthur Clarence, PO1, (1927-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Perdue, Charles, PO1, (1938-1941) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer First Class

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