It was commissioned on October 17, 1916, and joined the Pennsylvania as the only two battleships of the Pennsylvania class. At the time, the Arizona was one of the U.S. Navy’s most heavily armed vessels. It boasted a dozen 14-inch guns and 22 5-inch guns. In addition, the Arizona...
Hails from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Division: US Navy Rate/Rank: Seaman 1st Class Date of Birth: 05/25/1923 Years in Service: 3? My Dad, John Anthony McKee, better known as Ike McKee, proudly served on the Battleship Iowa during WWII. He lied about his age & dropped out of West ...
back to his hometown of Chester, Pa. Edward attended Chester High School before entering the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, he received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. by the U.S. Representative for the Seventh District of Pennsylvania Thomas S. Butler...
The third Chicago (CA-136) was laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 Janua...
Summer of 1944 After three months of patrol in the Solomons, JOHNSTON sailed to the Marshalls to prepare for the invasion and capture of Guam in the Marianas. On 21 July 1944 she teamed up with the battleship PENNSYLVANIA (BB 38) to bombard Guam. The destroyer sent in 4,000 rounds of ...
Final Disposition:Placed in reserve at Philadelphia Pennsylvania to be disposed at the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef. USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) was laid down on 31 January 1974 at Pascagoula Miss. by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries; lau...
USS Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (BB-38) Pennsylvaniawas the Pacific Fleet Flagship on December 7th1941 and was in dry dock undergoing maintenance at the time of the attack. Struck by two bombs she received minor damage and would be in action in early 1942. She underwent minor refits and took ...
Steaming via Pearl Harbor, San Pedro, California, and the Panama Canal, she arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 November to begin preparations for inactivation. Post-War decommissioning Late in December, she moved south to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where, though technically still in ...
USS LST-1 was a tank landing ship (LST (2)) built for the United States Navy during World War II, the lead ship in her class of 390. LST-1 was laid down on 20 July 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 7 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Laurence...
Seven months later, she was decommissioned on 2 September 1957[1] and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stockham was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1974, and sunk as a target off Puerto Rico 17 February 1977. ...