30 May 1863. All six pilots killed. 6 December 1864. At Fresno Yosemite Intl Airport, a UH-1N helicopter crashed at 1800 hrs. He was a boatswain's mate on the USS Essex at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan. 9 February 1969. Torpedo Boat No. One killed. 23 August 1937. 25 November 1982. 27 February 1863. LT John A. Coxswain Peat Vitus Walter shot and killed during gun practice. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. Last seen on 11 January 1820. Ship's Corporal William Wilson killed. 29 November 1907. Appendix A: Chronology - January 1991 cont. All six members of the crew killed. Staff Sgt. Battleship No. 11 October 1864. Bauer, K. Jack and Stephen S. Roberts. 26 January 2004. 8 killed. Coal Passers Benard Glomseth and Peter J. Patrick killed. The mishap occurred at night (1830 PST--Sunset was 1727 PST). Pilot killed when F/A-18C "Hornet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 25 crashed in the Arabian Gulf following takeoff from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). 3 machinery room suffocated two sailors. During a trench clearing live fire operation, a Marine threw a grenade which bounced back and detonated in close proximity to the Marines in Hawaii's Pohakuloa Training Area, Range 10. 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). USS New Mexico (BB-40) Seaman 1 class Michael Andrey fatally injured when a 60-lb powder bag was thrown against him by the shell rammer. Battleship No. Donald C. May, Jr. 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division were killed in traffic accidents during convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River. Battleship North Dakota (BB-29) Seaman 2 class John Richard Wheatley struck in the head and killed when a 12-inch shell fell off loading tray inside #1 turret. Ironclad river gunboat Cairo steam accident. One crew member killed and another injured. Marine Sgt. LT Eric A. Hamm and LT John J. Dunne, Jr. were killed. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force 7 February 2006. 21 March 2003. 10 June 1936. History - Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 20 January 1844. 27 May 2006. [Commander U-boats] War Log, 24-31 May 1941, The Sinking of the USS Housatonic by the Submarine CSS H.L. 4 May 1961. 12 December 1965. Marine Lance Cpl. Seaplane accident at Dunkerque, France, killed Ensign Thomas N. McKinnon. 3 Dec 2009. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. While serving on the gunline off South Vietnam, destroyer Lloyd Thomas suffered an in-bore shell detonation in the forward twin 5-inch gun mount. 22 March 2003. [1994-2006. CH-46E "Sea Knight" of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 164, based at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California, crashed following takeoff from USS Juneau (LPD-10) off California. 6 February 1998. 7 August 1952. 230 (1877) Special Shore Service and Duty, General Order No. 13 USS Montana Boatswain's Mate 2 class Charles W. Pauly and Seaman 2d Class Roy L. Putnam killed by accidental discharge of a double-loaded gun. 44 USS Cummings. 135 (1911) Definitions of Well-known Naval Terms, General Order No. During dive bombing practice at Border Field, San Diego, the left wings of an F3F1 tore off at 1,500 feet and the aircraft plunged into the ground, killing Lt (jg). Destroyer No. 292 (1882) Establishment of the Office of Intelligence, General Order No. 20 November 2005. 18 February 1918. Marine PFC Michael M. Carey, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, apparently drowned in a canal in Iraq. Armored Cruiser No. 20 October 1924. 110 sailors killed in flight accidents during the rest of 1941. A Navy Mariner PBM crashed on the west slope of Bataan Mountain, near the entrance to Manila Bay. 20 January 2002. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1981. 73 killed, 49 injured. 28 May 1895. USS Raleigh (LPD-1) suffers an engine room steam accident which kills two sailors. Killed 6. Midshipman 2d Class John Paul Ruggiero apparently fell from his fourth floor Bancroft Hall dormitory window and died at the Naval Academy. 18 July 1957. 9 September 1909. 1 October 1918. 25 May 1865. Four killed. During gunline operations off South Vietnam, USS Manley (DD-940) suffers a 5-inch gun powder fire and explosion. 21 May 2002. 15 November 1918. 42 USS Jenkins, killing Seaman 2 class William Lusso. 23 March 1995. 24 January 1870. 17 August 1918. SW1 Orlan F. John, USN, killed in accidental explosion at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Double turreted monitor USS Nevada boiler tube burst killing Fireman 2c Nicholas Joseph Caulley, Jr. 6 July 1908. 9 May 2003. A Marine recruit fell out of a 1. Two personnel were injured and one killed when a TH-57B Sea Ranger of Helicopter Training Squadron 8 crashed at Spencer Outlying Field, Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. LCDR William D. Counts, USN; LT(JG) Romauld P. Compton, USN; AMH1 William W. Chastain, USN; ADR2 James L. Gray, USN; and a civilian seismologist were killed. 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Two Marine Corps F/A-18C "Hornets" of Fighter Attack Squadron 251, flying from USS George Washington (CVN-73) on a patrol of the no-fly zone over southern Iraq, collided about 80 miles east of Kuwait City, Kuwait. 1944 incident]. 49 died in the accident. 14 October 1920. 14 Oct 2009. 15 USS Georgia powder explosion in after superposed 8-inch gun turret. 4 February 1960. Sailor fell off USS George Washington (CVN-73). Destroyer No. 10 May 2003. 13 June 1865. One Kennedy crewman killed, seven Belknap crewmen killed and 47 injured. 3 USS Brooklyn coal dust explosion killed 9 Firemen and a Chief Water Tender. U.S. Navy Seabees Jason Andrew Tetrault, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was killed in Kuwait in a vehicle accident. Collier Thomas Tracy collides with seaplane tender USS Valcour (AVP-55) off Cape Henry, VA., starting a severe aviation gasoline fire. The dead include: Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez, Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin, Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr., Gunner's Mate Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan. Two Navy personnel killed when a T-34C crashed during a VFR training flight out of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-372, Marine Wing Support Group-37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Accidental explosion of a bomb on a seaplane killed Ensign Edmund B. Barry. 13 November 1900. Gun Boat #146 blew up owing to magazine explosion. Since the outbreak of World War II, 22 Civil Engineer Corps officers and 353 Seabees have been killed in action during wartime. A fire during the building of aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, killed 46 workers and injured 150. 1 November 1912. 21 USS Milwaukee grounded and abandoned on Samoa Beach, near Eureka, Calif. No injuries. 1 Austrian 6-pounder Howitzer with cutout, No. See list of sources at the bottom of the page. Anti-aircraft gun explosion killed two, injured 11, on John R. Pierce (DD-753) while off Nice. Approximately 340 drowned. 20 USS Vermont steam accident. Location. Side wheel steamer Chenango boiler explosion fatally scalded 33 sailors. 22 April 2003. SGT Justin A. Harris lost at sea. During flight operations in the Tonkin Gulf, an accidental Zuni rocket ignition in USS Coral Sea (CV-43) injured nine sailors. Submarine USS H-1 went aground off Santa Margarita Island, Calif. 4 drowned. A Petty Officer 1st Class died in Kuwait following a physical training run. 6 January 1956. 21 May 1905. Commander Frank R. King, Engineman 1 class Floyd Harman, Seaman John V. Mallon, Seaman 2 class Homer Perdue, Ship's Cook 1 class Antino Perfidio, Fireman 2 class George P. Rezab and Fireman 1 class George M. Sowers drowned. The initial explosion was in a fourth-deck storeroom, a second explosion occurred in the same store room 45 minutes later. Marine Lance Cpl. F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 departed the runway and overturned upon landing at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC. 9 January 1919. 24 October 2004. Hell at 50 Fathoms. Hartell, CEC, took command of the Seabee camp at Quang Tri Combat Base, RVN. 28 June 1973. A sailor collapsed while performing mandatory physical training at Pearl Harbor. CPL Justin J. Watts assigned to assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, died at Forward Operating Base Haditha Dam in Iraq from an apparent non-hostile gunshot wound. 1 Navy death, LCDR Tragna, and a Contractor flight instructor died. An engine room accident in USS Cassin (DD-372) kills one sailor and injures 6 others. 9 killed. 12 May 1898. 30 November 1952. Gunboat USS Dubuque Shipwright Joseph Dennis Clain accidentally shot while working on a target range. 23 May 1939. Gunner Thomas L. Murphy died in hospital in Ravenna after a seaplane accident at Porto Corsini, Italy. 13 November 1955. 3 USS Salem boiler #1 tube blown. 12 June 1924. 9 July 2003. Tug USS Cherokee foundered off Fenwick Island Lightship in a heavy gale. Marine lost control of government-owned-vehicle, resulting in an accident. The bursting of the boiler tube in the fire-room during a full power trial resulted in the death of George Dare Wamer who died on board the USS Franklin the day after the accident. When Seabees weren't building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the 10 December 1862. William P. Williamson instantly. They were rescued by a small boat from John Paul Jones (DDG-53). 2 April 2003. 4 October 1918. 27 USS Michigan Boatswain's Mate 2 class Madison S. Jones crushed to death between rammer and platform in #2 gun turret. Explosion at the black powder magazine at Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., killed Chief Gunner Allan S. MacKenzie. Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 16 February 1965. Protected cruiser USS Boston steam accident during the repair of the safety valve on boiler H. Machinist 2 class Edward Lee Baker died on way to the Naval Hospital, Mare Island CA. In 1934, 299 sailors died accidentally; 50 in motor vehicles, 28 by drowning. Paul Hennes, mission commander; Lts. 23 drowned. 17 October 1891. Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate died of non-hostile causes at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/2, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Calhoun, C. Raymond. Ensign Melvin Edward Greaney died of injuries following plane crash at Alamo, Calif. 29 August 1932. 14 February 1995. 2010). Screw sloop-of-war USS Iroquois sailor killed by accidental discharge of gun. [at least 2 died needs further research]. 9 June 1901. DVIDS - News - NMCB 14 Honors Seabees Killed in Action USS Louisville (CA-28) Gunner's Mate 1 class Rollie Jackson Belcher killed while decapping a saluting charge. Bombs at Bikini: The Official Report of Operation Crossroads, Prepared Under the Direction of the Commander of Joint Task Force One. 7-inch gun at MacMany Point battery blew out. 12 August 1944. Three sailors died from exposure in an open whale boat found in Narragansett Bay. 9 died of disease and exposure. 28 July 1936. 16 killed. While the Wasp turned into the wind to recover aircraft, Hobson crossed the carrier's bow from starboard to port and was struck amidship breaking Hobson in two. Sloop of war Portsmouth steam accident. Washington DC: Naval Historical Center, 1959-1991. during a search and rescue (SAR) hoist. Frigate USS Insurgent lost with all hands, presumably in a gale after leaving Hampton Roads on 8 August 1800, bound for the West Indies. 23 July 1863. 24 November 1877. The search for her was called off after 28 hours. 30 July 1919. During attempts to free her during the subsequent week Captain Herbert G. Sparrow, Radioman 2 class Edward Thaxter Herrick, Radioman 1 class Homer Harry Lussier and Radioman 3 class Solomon Sivin drowned. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., 1962. 25 September 1995. 14 February 2002. 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USS New York (BB-34) Seaman 2 class James Orville Epperson accidentally struck by loading tray inside #2 turret and fell into gun pit, he was then crushed by a 14-inch shell that fell in immediately afterwards. 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. David Darling, Ships' Boy, USS Constitution, fell from the booms into the hold and was killed by the fall. 5 Dec 2009. 30 April 1963. Gunner's Mate 3 class Frederick Joseph Kemp killed by accidental discharge of a pistol at the Naval Training Camp, Pelham Bay, New York. 29 December 1982. 19 July 1918. 11 September 1970. 16 August 1937. Naval Operational History 19802010, New Equation: Chinese Intervention into the Korean War, Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 by John D. Sherwood, Northern Barrage and Other Mining Activities, Notes on Anti-submarine Defenses ONI Publication No. 9 February 1967. 31 December 1862. 17 December 1976. While at Sasebo, Japan, a fire in USS Kearsarge (CV-33) enlisted quarters killed three sailors, injured two more. 27 July 1898. During routine gunnery practice, Battleship No. Alabama by U.S.S. UH-1N "Huey" from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA)-169 crashed in Iraq. 18 March 1983. 57-41, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 17 April 1918. All three aviators ejected but one was killed. Flying fragments killed Chief Machinist Mate Harry James Welch. 541, the Office of Naval Operations established standard nomenclature for naval vessels. 27 August 2004. Destroyer No. 14 killed, 2 injured. 7 February 1973. Naval Anecdotes Relating to HMS Leopard Versus USS Chesapeake, 24 June 1807. USS R-12 (SS-89) sank after flooding in battery compartment. 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