Lt (jg). EA-6B "Prowler" from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135 crashed during a routine flight from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). In 1929, 196 sailors died from disease (many from cerebrospinal meningitis), 26 from flight accidents, 44 from naval and military hazards, and 14 from poisonings. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. 13 June 2002. 10 September 1930. Ensign James Hiram Kelsey Jr. died after his SF-1 plane from USS Lexington (CV-2) crashed into the water 37 miles east of Cape Henry Lighthouse. 9 July 2003. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. LT William B. Lyne drowned at Norfolk, 30 April 1841. 29 October 1990. 30 May 1914. 9 September 1909. Aviation Machinist's Mate 1 class Henry John Allen and Photographer 1 class Eugene Anthony Auger both killed in surface collision between their Martin PM-2 two-engined seaplane and the US Coast Guard Cutter Tamaroa off San Diego. 6 August 2002. 61, USS Northampton CA26 War Damage Report No. Robert O. Bausch mortally injured in a fall, dying in hospital ship USS Solace. F/A-18 "Hornet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 105, Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida, crashed during a night approach to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) near Puerto Rico. Columbia Space Shuttle (Mission STS-107) broke apart during re-entry to Earth's atmosphere over Texas. 33 drowned. 9 February 1980. 30 July 1992. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. 23 June 1999. Fireman 1 class Robert Earl Taylor killed. Ironclad monitor USS Neosho Seaman Timothy Coleman killed in ordnance accident. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 18 March 1781. 12 October 1886. 2 April 1910. Machinist's Mate 2 class Walter Herman Kluth and Seaman 2 class Martin Austin Wilson killed. 15 October 1953. 1918 Influenza by Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, Commander of Convoy Operations in the Atlantic, 1917-1919. Troop transport USS Powhaten (Originally the German Hamburg) accident in steering engine. Fireman apprentice on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk fell from the top bunk rack and died from a head injury. Wish died as a result of injury received from a falling small pair of shears at the New York Navy Yard. 2010). Double turreted monitor USS Nevada boiler tube burst killing Fireman 2c Nicholas Joseph Caulley, Jr. 6 July 1908. US Navy. Lt. Terri Sue Fussner, Lt. Wayne Francis Roberts, and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Jason Edward Lawson in a SH-60B"Seahawk" from Helicopter Squadron Light (HSL) 46, died in crash in central Mediterranean. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno, with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in Al Hamishiyah, Iraq, from a non-hostile gunshot wound. 12 July 1994. A Marine from First Marine Expeditionary Force drowned when the High-Mobility, Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) he was riding in rolled over into a canal in South-Central Iraq. southeast of Al Samawah, Iraq. 22 February 1992. 10 killed, four wounded. 24 December 1967. US Navy. He died five days later at the Naval Hospital, Canacao, Philippines. 7 drowned. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 21 July 1905. Three Marines were MEDEVAC'd to Hilo Hospital and five others treated for minor injuries. 6 January 1956. Marine 1st Lt. Michael N. Monroe was killed and three other Marines injured when their HMMWV, went over an embankment and dropped about 20 feet. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. 6 - Other Federal Decorations (non-military), Ships & Other Units Eligible for the Korean Service Medal, The Navy Department A brief history until 1945, Navy Department Communiques 1-300 and Pertinent Press Releases, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans - 2016, Navy Nurse Corps General Uniform Instructions 1917, Navy Records and [Navy Department] Library (E Branch), Navy Ship Procurement: Alternative Funding Approaches, Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense, The Navy's World War II-era Fleet Admirals, Needs and Opportunities in the Modern History of the U.S. Navy, Forward Presence in the Modern Navy: From the Cold War to a Future Tailored Force, Historiography of Programming and Acquisition Management since 1950 - Hone, Naval Personnel since 1945: Areas for Historical Research, The Social History of the U.S. Navy, 1945Present, Writing U.S. 5 March 1918. The bottom of the high pressure cylinder blew out killing Chief Machinist Mate Harry Frank Bock and Oilers Almo Miller and Richard Curtis Smith. F/A-18C "Hornet" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, stationed at Naval Air Station Miramar, California, crashed near Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. USS Manley (DD-940) experienced a fuel line rupture and fire in the boiler room. 6 May 1915. Receiving ship at New York, NY, boiler explosion burned Chief Water Tender Anton Sadar who nine days later died at the Naval Hospital in New York, NY. Minesweeper USS Auk Boatswain's Mate 1 class Lee Afton Singleton knocked overboard and drowned after kite wire jumped out of retaining chock. Marine casualties included 26 non-hostile deaths, 15 very serious injuries, and 127 serious injuries. 14 December 1932. 17 January 2002. 10 December 1862. LCDR Edward E. Jack died of a non-combat related incident aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard. 17 May 1804. Lance CPL Jordan D. Winkler died due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. Ensign Junius F. Andrews burned to death at Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass. LT. Norman Weakland and LT. Ty Loutsenheiser, two VFA-125 pilots, safely ejected from their F/A-18D Hornet prior to its impact on the bombing range 35 miles northeast of NAS Fallon, Nevada. 456 (1919) Observance of the Sabbath Day, General Order No. 6 January 1919. 22 January 1863. Recollections of Capture by the Germans, Imprisonment, and Escape of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N. Midshipman Wingate Pilsbury drowned near Vera Cruz, Mexico, 25 July 1846. 17 June 1983. 9 August 2000. Screw gunboat USS Little Rebel Seaman Willard Brown killed by accidental discharge of musket. Holed in the resulting collision, the submarine gradually flooded and sank in 1,800 fathoms of water. 12 May 1953. 14 May 1951. 20 January 1865. Ironclad ram USS Choctaw acting Master's Mate Townsend Hopkins killed in ordnance accident. Seaplane accident at Dunkerque, France, killed Ensign Curtis S. Read. Ironclad river gunboat Cairo steam accident. I (part II), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Navy launch approaching an aircraft carrier sank off Norfolk, Virginia. 2 million in damages; aircraft losses totaled over $70 million. USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) cut in half in collision with Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne (R-21) in collision. 21 January 1954. 7 drowned. [death of Kennedy on 12 Aug. 1944]. 18 June 1941. 28, USS Princeton CVL23 War Damage Report No. Another SEAL was injured. At Norfolk, a flash electrical fire in aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15) killed one sailor, severely burns two others. 12 April 1862. Bark USS Restless Ordinary Seaman Edward Deleman killed in ordnance accident. 30 April 1963. Seaman recruit collapsed and died while performing physical training at Naval Station Great Lakes. One crewmember injured and a civilian killed when a UH-1N "Huey" from Naval Air Station Lenmoore, California, made an emergency landing during a search and rescue hoist. USS Colorado sailor Frederick Newman knocked overboard and killed by coal bag. Eight Seabee-built Quonset huts used for X-rays, labs and surgical wards were destroyed. There was another explosion on the following day in a boiler room. 28 January 1914. 27 August 1965. 21 July 1995. Seaman 1 class Sam H. Gladstone, while in the gunner position of aircraft, was thrown from plane--along with his seat--as pilot maneuvered to avoid a bird. Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Bryan L. Davis lost overboard from aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in Arabian Sea during Operation Enduring Freedom. Destroyers from Squadron 11 ran aground at Point Honda, CA: USS Delphy (DD-261), USS Young (DD-312), USS S. P. Lee (DD-310), USS Woodbury (DD-309), USS Nicholas (DD-311), USS Chauncy (DD-296) and USS Fuller (DD-297). VT-2B Chief Aviation Pilots Clarence Marvin Carter killed, and Robert T. Thompson injured, in crash of Great Lakes TG-1 land plane at San Ysidro, Calif. 11 January 1932. The Seabees accomplished that task in just three months. Office of the Historian and Navy Medicine Magazine (M09H). 23 January 1961. Despite more tidal waves in later years, the intact hulk of Wateree, with donkeys tied to it, was spotted on the beach as late as 1879.] Fire on two lighters adjacent to aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) in Marseilles harbor killed three sailors, injured five. Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull died on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Arabian Gulf after being medically evacuated to the carrier for a non-combat related incident. 19 July 1918. Ensign Fred Edward Ries, while dismantling nose fuse of anti-aircraft shell at Naval Air Squadron #1, Calais, France, fatally injured by accidental explosion. Last seen at Barbados on 4 March 1918. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 7 USS Illinois ammunition handling accident causes a 13-inch shell to slip through hoist sling, strike the edge of gun deck hatch, and fall into berth deck, killing Ordinary Seaman Harold E. Thompson. 10 May 2003. Following manual takeoff, they were supposed to parachute out over the English Channel while the radio-controlled explosive-filled drone proceeded to attack a German V-2 missile-launching site. 4 January 1941. One pilot was killed. Chief Water Tender Jacob Peter Windness died from burns. Steamer USS Southfield Landsman William Morrow jumped overboard when a Confederate howitzer shot struck the steamchest. 19 January 1901. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) collides with USS Bordelon (DD-881) near Scotland, six destroyer crewmen injured. 36 USS Nevada Seaman Thomas G. Canter crushed to death in the shell handling room of turret #4 when his head was caught between turret track and powder compartment. 25 February 1960. Brig USS Somers crewmen: Midshipman Philip Spencer, son of the Secretary of War; Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell; and Seaman Elisha Small found guilty of intention to mutiny and executed by hanging. In Iraq his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). Crew of 86 less the prize crew drowned. 17 June 2017. 20 February 1995. [For casualty list see 2 June 1948 New York Times, page 58, column 4. Machinist trainee Bruce W. Ross, Water Tender Loyd J. Hampton and Chief Water Tender William Williams killed. He was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. During the last few decades, however, a new peacetime threat has emerged. 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. LT. Earle W. F. Childs, USN, died while serving with the British Royal Navy on the submarine H5, which was mistaken for a U-boat and rammed. 15 March 1995. The injured personnel were members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 29 January 1996. 10 June 2003. USS Tusk (SS-426) crew members washed overboard while rescuing crew of fire damaged USS Cochino (SS-345) in the Norwegian Sea. 4 July 1916. 7 March 1863. 13 September 1944. Two aviators were lost at sea when their aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. 1820 - 1839 Chartered schooner Quaker sank in a gale with all aboard. 4 December 2001. Protected cruiser USS Boston Coxswain Vernon D. Dunnell, while serving on the Oregon Naval Militia training ship, seriously injured by premature explosion of a six-pound saluting charge. Twin-engine transport plane R2D-1, which had rescued four crewmen who had bailed out of PBY on 2 January, crashed and burned while trying to land at San Diego. Thanksgiving '22 Nov. 45, Blockade-running Between Europe and the Far East by Submarines, 1942-44, Boxer Rebellion and the US Navy, 1900-1901, Selected Documents of the Boxer Rebellion, Battle Streamer: China Relief Expedition 1900-1901, Navy Medal of Honor: Boxer Rebellion 1900, Brief History of Civilian Personnel in the US Navy Department, Brief History of Punishment by Flogging in the US Navy, Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853, Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Alabama by U.S.S. Seaman Ariel Morataya from USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) died at Rodriguez Zambrano General Hospital in Manta, Ecuador, of injuries suffered while on liberty. Both crew members killed when T-34C "Turbo Mentor" of Training Squadron 6, Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, crashed in Alabama. 6 September 2005. 28 October 1970. Steamer USS Rappahannock Seaman 2 Class William Lewis killed by shrapnel after accidental discharge of forward gun. Auxiliary USS General Alava Gunner's Mate Peter F. Gadina fatally injured by bursting rifle breech during small arms practice. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. 28 June 1971. 558 died from influenza in 1919; and 278 in 1920. Aviation Machinist's Mate 2 class Ira Ovel Wilson died of injuries after walking into propeller of Boeing F3B carrier fighter on flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1). T-34C "Turbo-Mariner" of Marine Fighter-Attack Training Squadron 101 crashed 11 miles northeast of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. SGT James S. Lee died in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when the Army CH-47 helicopter he was on crashed. 29 cases of disease and 5 deaths. Naval Accidents, 1945-1988. 8 August 1813. UH-1N "Huey" from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 crashed in the Chocolate Mountains of Imperial County, California, during a routine training maneuver. 11 October 1864. This is a selected list of incidents not directly the result of enemy action which resulted in US naval personnel casualties, typically while these personnel were on official duty. Passed Midshipman D. Ross Crawford drowned in Delaware River, 26 July 1841. This represented the deadliest day for the Seabees since the Vietnam War. 9 September 1915. Hugh N. Boadwee from VB-2B was killed when plane crashed into the sea off Mexico. 2 June 1891. Battleship No. Lance CPL. The incident occurred near the city of Al Kut, Iraq. Seaman Mack McKinley Shockley and Ship's Cook 2 class Tony Baynes drowned. 19 January 1915. Sloop of war Preble steam accident. 6 February 1919. Not recovered and presumed dead are LT. Ronald J. Mobayed, LT. Robert W. Vogel, and AT3 Eric M. Hakel. 17 April 1919. 17 April 1967. Casualties: US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action. 50 caliber rifle on top of a 7-ton truck when the vehicle passed under and apparently snagged low hanging power lines. Minesweeper USS Curlew Seaman Robert Israel Simpson blown overboard and drowned in the North Sea after a sweep exploded a nearby mine. 30 March 2003. Explosion and fire killed 14, injured 11, and destroyed 11 other planes. Approximately 105 lost. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1981. Several personnel on the flight deck were injured. 28 September 1956. A forklift overturned, trapping the Marine driver underneath. 22 Dec 2009. 24 USS Idaho Seaman John Grezechowiak crushed to death between ammunition tray and shell hoist of 12-inch gun turret. 1 March 2002. LT. Joel Todd Martinique died and 5 others were injured when a UH-1N "huey" helicopter carrying six personnel impacted the water after taking off from Peleliu (LHA-5). 10 November 1966. 23 July 1863. USS Dolphin (AGSS-555), a Navy research submarine that holds the record diving depth caught fire and partly flooded off San Diego, California, but the 43 people aboard were rescued. Turpin was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 deployed in the Republic of Seychelles. 3. Ensign Philipps W. Page died at Harwich, England, following seaplane accident. The nine-man team at Dong Xoai received the Navy Unit Commendation, a Medal . 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. 22 June 2003. 3 October 1934. A fire broke out aboard George Washington (CVN-73) at the starboard aft fueling station sending 13 sailors to sick bay with smoke inhalation injuries. Oliver Walton Bagby struck in the chest and killed by 12-inch shell splinters during fragmentation experiments at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. Ten crew members killed. USS Tacoma (C-18) ran aground near Vera Cruz Mexico during a storm. 99 killed. Jacob Hendrickson, USS Constitution, killed by fall from aloft. 30 July 1890. 9 October 1864. Screw Steamer USS Princeton 12-inch shell gun explodes in ordnance accident. Collier USS Herman Frasch sank after a collision with tanker USS George D. Henry. 12 September 1913. 24 August 1995. Three sailors were injured when a Marine sentry fired a . 8 May 2002. Battleship No. 5 USS Kearsarge powder fire in 8-inch gun turret. Coal Passers Michael Vincent Horan and Richard Matthew Wagner killed. 27 August 2004. 12 December 1933. Forklift accident, Gunnery Sgt. 3 June 1865. Bauer, K. Jack and Stephen S. Roberts. 18 May 2003. 27 March 1910. Submarine USS G-2 sank at moorings off New London CT. 3 killed. Seaman Apprentice Robert D. Macrum was lost at sea from guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) which was in the Arabian Gulf conducting maritime security operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. US sailor killed when struck by a US Navy hovercraft on the first day of the Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand. A premature explosion of a shell from #2 5-inch gun killed Mess Attendant 3d Class Ercell W. Martin, Fireman 3d class Valentine Przybylski, and Seaman 2 class Emmette J. Shields during this action.
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