list of seabees killed in action

Monitor USS Amphitrite Gun Captain Ernest R. Sherwin fatally injured when pinned between lowered 10-inch gun breech and turret floor plates, crushing his head. 12 May 1953. (20?) 15 August 1868. Crewmen were injured when a KC-130F "Hercules" from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 crashed at Twentynine Palms, California. Victor A. Prather drowned before rescue crews could arrive on the scene. 6 June 2003. Destroyer No. USS Tusk (SS-426) crew members washed overboard while rescuing crew of fire damaged USS Cochino (SS-345) in the Norwegian Sea. 6 December 1965. 3 April 2003. 27 August 1803. While approaching Ranger (CV-4), Aviation Cadet William H. Jones accidentally flew an F3F-1 into the foremast of plane guard destroyer. Corporal Jason David Mileo was shot and killed in a "friendly fire" incident after being mistaken for an enemy solder in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq. One submariner injured. Ensign Russell D. Tibbitts died in seaplane loss off Fenwick Sound Light Ship. Arkin, William M. and Handler, Joshua. Acting 3d Assistant Engineer John Healey killed. 29 June 2004. Staff SGT Walter F. Cohee III and Staff SGT Dwight J. Morgan killed and five injured. 10 January 1970. Carl Bauer, Jacob Cantrell and Jacob Williams drowned. 41 killed and 204 injured. Battleship No. After an F2H Banshee crashed through the safety barrier of USS Essex (CV-9), the resulting fire and explosion killed seven sailors. 10 November 1936. CH-46 "Sea Knight" and an AH-1W "Super Cobra" from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, collided above Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 21 February 1923. Schooner USS Sylph probably sank in a storm in August 1831. T-2C "Buckeye" of Training Squadron 23 crashed during a training flight at Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi. 21 March 1991. 29 May 2001. Commander A. L. Wilderman, CO of USS Plunger (SSN-595), lost overboard in a storm just off San Francisco. 7 November 2001. 15 July 1913. Battleship No. The ship was saved further damage by quick-responding damage control parties who rapidly dumped hot ammunition over the side. 29 October 1990. 14 October 1994. Loss of the USS Thresher, Findings of Fact: Board of Inquiry Findings of Fact as to the Loss of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) on 10 April 1963 Held May 1963. Battleship No. Gunboat USS Dubuque Shipwright Joseph Dennis Clain accidentally shot while working on a target range. 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. How a Navy Seabee Was Awarded the Medal of Honor Alongside a Green Beret. Since the outbreak of World War II, 22 Civil Engineer Corps officers and 353 Seabees have been killed in action during wartime. Collier USS Cyclops lost at sea without a trace. CAPT Christopher Hodges was not seriously injured. 10 December 1910. A Petty Officer 1st Class died while participating in command departmental physical training in Norfolk, Virginia. SGT. 7 May 1863. The plane went over the side and hit flight deck safety netting, with the two pilots aboard ejecting into the water. Seaman Mack McKinley Shockley and Ship's Cook 2 class Tony Baynes drowned. 6 February 1919. 13 April 1904. 1, War Damage Report No. (WLOX) - Since the Seabees began operation in 1942, 403 service members have been killed in the line of duty. While anchored at Cannes, France, a fire in No. The helicopter crashed while supporting nighttime training operations with Guam (LPH 9). 21 May 1958. 18 March 1781. Marine Sgt. 4 November 1966. 10 April 1963. During 1921, 382 sailors died from disease (mainly Tuberculosis and Pneumonia), 269 to injury, 39 killed in airplane accidents, and 20 to poisoning. LT. Jeffry Daus was picked up from land by local authorities and LCDR. 30 July 1992. 24 April 1895. LT John Bush and LT(JG) Michael Moffatt, Jr. were killed. 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). All four crew members are believed dead after their CH-46 Sea Knight 50 miles off the Virginia coast near Cape Henry. Screw gunboat USS Yantic Coxswain Patrick Murphy killed by premature explosion as he was ramming home gun charge. Gunboat USS Nashville Mess Attendant Nicolas H. Ortiz killed while sleeping on deck when a 4-inch gun slipped off a temporary mount and struck him in the head. Dunnigan, James F. and Nofi, Albert A. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. Last seen on 8 May 1839. 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. Protected cruiser USS Olympia Coxswain John Johnson killed when 5-inch gun broke loose from gun carriage and fractured his skull. Chief Gunner's Mate Rudolph Hersey Wiggin, while working at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, was killed in a freak accident when a loose wing nut was blown out of the compressed air charging valve bushing of a Mark VIII torpedo. 11 October 1918. Navy Casualties: Lost and Wrecked Ships, 18011941; Explosions, 18041941; Steam Casualties, 18551941. Lt. (jg) Carl A. R. Lindgren and Radioman 2 class Arthur Austin Freeman died when SU-2 from VS-2B crashed into the sea 10 miles west of La Jolla, Calif. 19 February 1935. 10 May 1996. 1 April 2003. Navy Seabees Vietnam Memorial Inscription. 22 July 2003. HH-60H "Seahawk" of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 15 on board USS Enterprise (CVN-65) crashed in the northern Persian Gulf during a routine training mission. Parks (DD-884) off Luzon. USS Oriskany (CV-34) fire and explosions in hanger bay during flight operations off Vietnam. Petty Officer 3rd Class Emory J. Turpin died when he drowned in the Seychelles islands. Marines from 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, injured when an unknown item exploded in a burn pit while they were burning trash at their base camp in Qandahar, Afghanistan. 25 April 1898. S-3B Viking antisubmarine aircraft assigned to Sea Control Squadron (VS-22), embarked on USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) clipped 7 to 10-foot-high seas off Israeli coast and crashed killing the crew of four: LCDR Mark Ehlers, LT Mark Eyre, LT Mike Weems, and AW3 Wendy Potter. CPL. 83-43, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 12 September 1913. 558 died from influenza in 1919; and 278 in 1920. 20 April 1863. 30 October 1990, Helicopter accident off USS Tripoli. 2 May 2005. 14 April 2003. 16 January 1924. 74 (1908) Establishing Ship Post Offices, General Order No. 33 drowned. Two PBY-2 seaplanes collided and crashed off southern California, killing 3 officers and 8 enlisted men. As the driver started the truck, the Corporal jumped off the loading ramp onto the ground behind the truck. MV-22 "Osprey" based on Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and temporarily attached to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, crashed near Tucson killing all 19 Marines aboard. 8 June 2005. Seaplane accident at Miami, Fla., killed Ensign George B. Evans, Jr. 31 May 1918. 14 October 1920. Machinist's Mate third Class Ronnie Joe Palm, Jr. died and seven other sailors injured. 18 March 1864. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. 30 July 1919. 20 February 1995. Steam gunboat USS Mercedita Seaman John Morry killed in ordnance accident. Ironclad monitor USS Patapsco Seaman John Morris and Landsman William Cotter killed in ordnance accident. 3 February 2001. LCPL of LST 561 foundered off Yongpyong-do, west coast of Korea with loss of all hands: two USN officers including COMLSTDIV-12, two US Army officers, one ROKN officer, five USN enlisted and two Royal Marines. Injuries resulted in death. 22 August 1918. 20 November 1943. 5 drowned. Coal Passer Joseph Anderson, Seaman George Aubel, Fireman 1 class William Davis, Apprentice 1 class Jacob L. Mehaffey and Coxswain Frank Swanson drowned. 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. 1 killed. 14 May 1951. 62+ died. 12 killed, including Capt. 11 February 2002. 30 July 1980. 2 November 1960. MA1 suffered cardiac arrest during department physical training and died shortly thereafter. 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. Recollections of Lieutenant Commander William Leide, Recollections of Lieutenant Wilton Wenker and Lieutenant Elby Concerning the Crossing of the Rhine River in 1945, Recollections of USS Pampanito's rescue of prison ship survivors by Lieutenant Commander Landon Davis, Recollections of Vice Admiral Alan G. 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The "Prowler" crew from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, including LTJG Brendan Duffy, LCDR Kurt Barich, LTJG Charles Woodard and LTJG Meredith Loughran killed. Continental sloop Saratoga lost with all hands in a gale off the Bahamas. During 1925, 213 sailors died from disease, 77 from drowning, 31 in aviation accidents, 132 from injury, and 3 poisonings. Engineman 1st Class Vincent Parker and Electronics Technician 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson from USS Peterson (DD-969) boarding party drowned after oil smuggling merchant ship Samra foundered in the northern Persian Gulf. One Marine killed and two wounded when their convoy which was returning from an artillery operation was hit by cluster bomb munitions apparently by "friendly fire." 15 November 1918. 14 February 1910. 27 May 1998. 22 January 1955. 1 May 1936. Commander Charles K. Springle was shot and killed in a non-combat related incident at a combat stress clinic at Camp Victory, Iraq. 6 Impressive Navy Seabee Missions You (Probably) Didn't Know About Engine room fire in radar picket ship USS Searcher (YAGR-4) off Cape May, NJ. USS Extractor (ARS-15) torpedoed and sank by USS Guardfish (SS-217) in case of mistaken identification. SGT Andrew K. Farrar Jr. died due to a non-hostile related incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Fireman 1 class William J. Flaherty killed. 5 USS Kearsarge powder fire in 8-inch gun turret. LT John A. 30 killed. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. Battleship No. Surgeon Charles A. Hassler drowned in Long Island Sound, 27 November 1846. Smaller lesser-known incidents involving fewer personnel are only included if data was readily at hand in the Navy Department Library or in some cases in the ship files of the Archives Branch of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Eight other sailors received minor burns. Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez, ARM1 Wendell K. Henderson, and ARM1 Frederick W. Williams killed. 14 killed. A Petty Officer 2d Class died at Port Hueneme, California, during a physical training run. USS Inchon (MCS 12) fire in boiler room. 5 July 2002. Fleet Hospital Eight treated 1380 patients; 1 died. 18 May 1951. 21 December 1990. Fireman 2 class Benjamin James McCleary severely burned, dying two days later. Following the crash of a plane into the #4 barrier on flight deck of USS Saratoga (CV-3), the power wire of the barrier carried away, striking and killing Seaman 2 class George Benage Mitchell. Side wheel steamer Chenango boiler explosion fatally scalded 33 sailors. T-45C Goshawk from Training Squadron 7 crashed at NAS Meridian, Mississippi, with one fatality. Civil Engineer Corps Officer's School. LT Charles Luttrell and LT Derrick Busse were injured. Two killed, four injured after collision between Columbus (CA-74) and Floyd B. 20 April 2002. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd FSSG, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). 5 October 1915. 9 killed. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. Fire and explosions resulting from lightning strikes during an electrical storm resulted in an ordnance disaster at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Dover [Lake Denmark], New Jersey, killed Lt. Comdr. New York: Warner Books, 1989. Passed Midshipman D. Ross Crawford drowned in Delaware River, 26 July 1841. 3 deaths and 3 serious injuries. 10 August 2000. During the subsequent search, which involved hundreds of ships and aircraft, a PBM Mariner with a crew of 13 also crashed with no survivors. 26 May 2003. Holed in the resulting collision, the submarine gradually flooded and sank in 1,800 fathoms of water. LCDR Joseph F. King, LT Christopher D. Buckley, AWC Andrew K. Baker, and AW2 Edward J. Kos were killed. Schooners USS Hamilton and Scourge capsize in a heavy squall on Lake Ontario. The vessel remained at the accident site, assisted by frigate Thach, and a submarine support vessel. Subchaser 297 gasoline explosion burned Gunners Mate 2 class Edward John Gaynor who died 14 days later, and Machinists Mate 1 class Joseph P. Chadderon who died two days later. Last seen on 11 January 1820. US Navy C-1A Trader cargo plane crashes in Crete, 11 killed. Staff SGT William D. Richardson, died of injuries sustained from a non-hostile vehicle accident near Al Taqaddum, Iraq. 27 February 1906. USS Marblehead (CL-12) Boatswain's Mate 2 class Percy Wiley Cofer, Seaman 1 class Robert William Opie, and Seaman 2 class Leo Steven Moranda fatally injured following accidental explosion of gun number six. He suffered a severe blow to his forehead and never regained consciousness, dying two days later. 10 October 1996. 9 September 1918. Three Parris Island drill instructors might have taken training too far, leading to the collapse of a recruit. Seaplane accident south of Fire Island Lightship killed Ensign Donald C. Pero. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Troopship USS Agamemnon (former Kaiser Wilhelm II) coal bunker #16 explosion killed Fireman 3 class Delos Leroy Peay. 27 September 2000. 57-41, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION CIRCULAR LETTER NO. Sixty aircraft were damaged or destroyed. An 18-year old sailor collapsed in Minato-Machi Cho at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan. The aircraft was conducting a medical evacuation mission with suspected appendicitis victim Seaman Sutton. Official US Navy sources have been used when they are available in the collection of the Navy Department Library. In 1935, 320 sailors died in accidents; 43 in motor vehicles, 33 by drowning. 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. During flight operations in the Tonkin Gulf, an accidental Zuni rocket ignition in USS Coral Sea (CV-43) injured nine sailors. Motor patrol boat USS Montauk foundered and sunk off Florida. USS Forrestal (CVA-59) fire and explosions on flight deck during combat operations off Vietnam. Three sailors were killed, 24 were treated at area hospitals, and 47 suffered minor injuries. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) collides with USS Essex (CVS-9) during maneuvers off North Carolina. Four personnel were killed. 6 March 1998. Battleship No. Lt. (jg)s John Grafton Burgess and Oscar Willis Pate killed when FF-1 plane crashed and burned near Millsap, Tex. 1820 - 1839 Chartered schooner Quaker sank in a gale with all aboard. LTCDR Christopher M. Blaschum, piloting an F-14B "Tomcat" from Fighter Squadron 143, killed despite ejecting, when his aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea immediately after launch from the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67). 19 October 2001. 29 January 1935. 26 February 1918. 31 July 1998. Munitions explosion on Pier #1 at US Naval Magazine, Port Chicago CA. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcques J. Nettles, Corporal Andres Aguilar Jr., Corporal David A. Bass, Lance Corporal Patrick J. Gallagher, Lance Corporal Eric A. Palmisano, Lance Corporal Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, Corporal Brian R. St. Germain, and Staff Sergeant Abraham G. Twitchell, died when the seven-ton truck they were riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Al Asad, Iraq. The dead are: Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold and Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell, Jr., both from the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; and Lance Corporal Alan Dinh Lam from the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 9 May 1890. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Approximately 20 individuals injured. Lockwood, Charles A. and Adamson, Hans Christian. 8 USS Maryland steam accident. Christopher Dickerson, Jason Dwelley, Michael Anderson, Trace Dossett, Ronald Ginther, Robert Jenkins and Scott McHugh. Gunner Charles S. McLane killed by the bursting of a gun at the Washington Navy Yard. 15 USS Georgia Seaman Albert E. Riker crushed and killed in ammunition hoist. None of the injuries were life threatening, but one Marine was evacuated to an Army field hospital in Kuwait for treatment of a serious arm injury; the others were treated aboard. Armored cruiser No. Three sailors are injured in an engine room fire in USS Agerholm (DD-826) off San Diego. 20 November 2005. USS Alert Apprentice 3d class Joseph John Waldron drowned in sailing party during squall. 541, the Office of Naval Operations established standard nomenclature for naval vessels. 2 December 1973. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1981. 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. AD2 Nelson R. Cole, from aviation Squadron VX-6, died from burns received in a helicopter crash in vicinity of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. 14 March 1918. Both crews ejected. 19 December 1960. 145 lost. 24 January 1945. 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. [1994-2006. 21 March 1864. 23 July 1994. 110 (1869) Forbidding Applications for Duty Through Persons of Influence, General Order No. 21 June 1994. 9 killed. Eight Seabee-built Quonset huts used for X-rays, labs and surgical wards were destroyed. Marine drowned while swimming ashore after helicopter cast training (jumping without a parachute from a helicopter). Lt. (jg) Robert M. Patten and Radioman 2 class James Edwin Witzman killed when SF-1 from VS-3B on USS Lexington (CV-2) crashed into the sea off Balboa, Canal Zone. 125 lost. 16 March 1889. Motorboat Elizabeth sank in collision with steamship Northland in Norfolk Harbor. Low-flying P-3 Orion from VP-??? An S2F Tracker from USS Randolph (CVS-15) lost during night flight operations while southeast of Norfolk, Va., four died. After his patrol plane hit a violent down draft of air while flying off Pearl Harbor, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Stanley John Jaros was thrown from his seat into the left propeller, killing him instantly. 22 May 1949. 31 died on approx. USS Constitution sailor, Richard Beedland fell from aloft and was killed. 25 October 1994. DVIDS - News - NMCB 14 Honors Seabees Killed in Action 4 main machinery space of aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62) injures four. One parachute failed and Aviation Machinist's Mate 2 class William F. Percich fell to his death. During landing of an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-106 on USS George Washington (CVN-73) in the Virginia Capes, an arresting wire broke. 26 November 2004. 1 September 1970. Lance CPL Steven L. Phillips died from a non-hostile vehicle accident while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Al Qaim, Iraq. 42 USS Jenkins, killing Seaman 2 class William Lusso. 14 December 1937. 13 September 1944. Lance CPL Jordan D. Winkler died due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Fallujah, Iraq. Naval Accidents, 1945-1988. January 1946. JF-3 amphibian crashed near Oakland, Calif., shortly after takeoff, killing Lt (jg). 27 June 2004. 23 May 1913. Yeoman Daniel P. Sweeney killed. 23 March 2003. 23 June 1962. LT(jg) Shawn Inman ejected safely from the first aircraft, was treated for minor injuries and released. 4 July 1945. 28 October 1912. 10 November 1944. Battleship USS Mississippi (BB-23) Seaman Hubert M. Crowder severely injured when skull caught between bulkhead and powder car while inside #2 turret. 25 May 1865. Jacob Hendrickson, USS Constitution, killed by fall from aloft. 19 drowned. 22 June 1967. 20 April 1912. 7 drowned. Steam launch from USS Yosemite foundered in the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, Guam in typhoon. 25 March 1915. 32 drowned. 28 September 1956. 11 October 1945. Bark USS Restless Ordinary Seaman Edward Deleman killed in ordnance accident. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. 13 January 1917. 30 October 1990. 2 June 1969. 73 USS Stockton #2 turbo-generator steam belt exploded while it was being connected. Submarine chaser SC 60 sank after collision with tanker F. W. Weller. F/A-18 Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron 203 crashed on a low-level navigation flight training mission. An Israeli-chartered liberty ferry shuttling crewmembers of the USS Saratoga (CV-60) capsized and sank in 20 seconds off Haifa, Israel, resulting in 21 drowned. F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 departed the runway and overturned upon landing at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC.
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