All 11 crew members were treated for minor injuries after rescue by Oman Air Force helicopters. 10 January 1958. Armored cruiser USS New York Turret Captain William B. Ahearne killed during Morris tube firing practice. 9 July 2001. The injuries were not life threatening. The five occupants: LT Kelly Mackey, LT John Lee, LTJG Donald Hillegas, LTJG Kent Koontz, and AW3 Daniel Garber, were killed. 25 September 1918. They were assigned to Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Recruit was taken to a battalion aid station, where he became unconscious, lapsed into a coma, and was transferred to a local hospital and subsequently moved to Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. 7-inch gun at MacMany Point battery blew out. 26 October 1966. 26 November 1964. It was impossible to recover Kiel's body. 8 December 1846. 156 injured. The Safety Corner from Marine Corps Lessons Learned (Mar. An HH-46 Sea Knight from Inchon (LPH-12) crashed in the Atlantic Ocean about 500 miles northeast of Bermuda. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. David Ervin Cummins and Aviation Chief Metalsmith Pasquale Bettio. 2d Class Fireman Patrick Finan killed. 21 November 2003. Sgt. 10 December 1910. 18 June 1941. 11 October 1945. 13 November 1955. 7 September 1841. 8 September 1981. A Petty Officer 1st Class died while reconnecting a shipboard piping interface in AUX 2 touched 440VAC panel. 29 January 1905. Seaman Joseph Hall A. Muir, assigned as a signalman on Kansas City was drowned. 20 October 1924. 44 USS Cummings. Memorial can be reached from Morgan Road, 0.3 miles west of Morganza Road (County . Destroyer No. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Seaman 2 class Peter Joseph Carini killed inside #1 turret when 14-inch gun hydraulic recoil system failed, crushing him between gun breech and shell loading platform. Since World War II, Seabees have "built and fought" in all of America's wars - in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq - and their contributions to each were great. 46 killed. While acting as bowman on a motorboat during torpedo firing practice in San Pedro Bay, Calif., Seaman 2 class Johnie Burns Robinson was knocked overboard and drowned after the motorboat accidently hit by a practice torpedo. USS Wabash (AOR-5) caught in major storm off the Philippines, 14 sailors injured. 16 Mar 1977. 31 July 1863. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. USS S-26 (SS-131) accidentally rammed and sunk by PC-460. Accidental 5-inch shell explosion on destroyer USS Buck (DD-761) kills one, injures nine. 25 October 1833. Airplane accident at St. Inglevert, France, killed Ensigns Philip B. Frothingham and Clyde N. Palmer. They were rescued by a small boat from John Paul Jones (DDG-53). 25 January 1987. T-45C Goshawk from Training Squadron 7 crashed at NAS Meridian, Mississippi, with one fatality. Seaman Lymen Amsden, frigate USS Constitution, fell overboard and drowned. 1, War Damage Report No. 27 May 1998. 32 sailors were killed in flight accidents during 1939. 17 December 1976. 1953], Pt. 22 May 1949. 1 SAR crew injured, 1 civilian death. During target practice aboard USS Trevor, Seaman 2 class Orville Wray Terry fatally injured when struck in the head by a rotating shell in an ammunition hoist. 10 November 1944. Once a unit assignment has been determined, a link to the individual's memorial page is included in the appropriate Unit Index. Armored cruiser No. At Mayport, a spontaneous-combustion fire in a rag store room in aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) killed one sailor in the fire party and severely injured another. The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. The crew of auxiliary cruiser Von Steuben, while returning to Norfolk from Brest, fired upon a piece of flotsam--suspecting it to be a German U-boat. Dunnigan, James F. and Nofi, Albert A. USS S-4 (SS-109) sank after being rammed by Coast Guard cutter Paulding. USS Mount Hood (AE-11), with a cargo of 3,800 tons of ordnance, suddenly exploded in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, creating a mushroom cloud that rose 7,000 feet into the air. 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. 4 June 1829. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 194762. The five occupants were killed. Possible causes include faulty wiring or FM signals from a nearby transmitter. 29 May. US Navy. Steam gunboat USS Winona Landsman Thomas Quigley killed in ordnance accident. Outbreak began in December 1913. F/A-18C from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) crashed off the California coast during a training flight. 11 June 1920. 5 March 1959. Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, crashed into a coastal Alabama field killed LT John Francis Brown. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 6th Motor Transport Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group. USS Chicago Apprentice 3d class Louis Gorden slipped on deck and fractured skull. Ship's Corporal Philip Mullane killed. 25 October 1967. 22 August 1934. Midshipman Edward Hopkinson died from fall from the mizen top of ???? A boiler explosion in the after fireroom of USS Basilone (DD-824) kills seven and injures another four sailors. Full-rigged training ship USS Monongahela Apprentice James A. Clayville accidentally shot while at target practice on rifle range. 1 March 2002. During a storm in the Atlantic, one officer is swept off the bridge of submarine USS Cutlass (SS-478) and drowned. Eight other sailors received minor burns. One submariner injured. Six F9F-4s from VMF-115 crashed into a South Korean mountain following lead aircraft navigational instrument failure. 9 January 1919. 43 2.341 N, 78 53.236 W. Marker is in North Tonawanda, New York, in Niagara County. During the subsequent search, which involved hundreds of ships and aircraft, a PBM Mariner with a crew of 13 also crashed with no survivors. Destroyer Tender USS Melville lower tube blew out of #2 boiler killing Firemen 1 class Claude Turner, John Joseph O'Grady, Douglass Mathew Chambliss, Floyd Grisham and Engineman 1 class Joe Alowish Burt. [Commander U-boats] War Log, 24-31 May 1941, The Sinking of the USS Housatonic by the Submarine CSS H.L. 21 USS Milwaukee grounded and abandoned on Samoa Beach, near Eureka, Calif. No injuries. 123 (1869) Uniform Change for Masters, Ensigns & Midshipmen, General Order No. MCB1-MCB9 Reunion Association. 5-ton truck participating in a battalion field firing exercise apparently jack-knifed while towing a M198 (155mm howitzer). USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) suffers ordnance accident resulting in fire and explosions while operating off Hawaii. Seaplane accident in France killed Ensign Delozier Davidson. Steam accident in Saratoga (CV-60) during overhaul at Philadelphia injures ten. A Marine suffered fatal injuries after being struck by the gun section of a M198 155 mm howitzer. 13 April 1965. Coal Passers Michael Vincent Horan and Richard Matthew Wagner killed. Two buildings were blown up by solid fuel used to hurl rockets into orbit in West Virginia. F-14A "Tomcat" crashed in southern Iraq owing to mechanical failure. LCPL Jakub Henryk Kowalik and PFC Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez were killed. 10 May 2002. USS Maryland (BB-46) Seaman 2 class Ralph E. Shenk killed inside #3 turret when a 16-inch shell tipped over and crushed him. 39 killed. Marine Forces Pacific UC-35 crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA. 24 January 1870. 544 (1900) Establishment of the General Board, General Order No. 17 December 1917. Pilot and F/A-18C "Hornet" from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 lost during a mission in Alaska. 55 USS Cushing steam accident seriously burnt Boilermaker 1 class Thomas Francis Flannery who died the following day in the Naval Hospital at New York NY. Destroyer No. 3 machinery room suffocated two sailors. 3 October 1934. Russell Eugene Ward (and perhaps others) died. 5 October 1915. LCDR Stu Powrie, a member of the Blue Angels, is killed in the crash of his A-4 Skyhawk in California. AV-8B "Harrier" of Marine Attack Squadron 211 crashed about 60 miles northwest of Yuma, Arizona, during a training mission. 2 April 1997. 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. CH-53D "Sea Stallion" from Marine Corps Base Hawaii (Oahu) lost its tail boom while landing, causing the helo to roll over. 41 killed and 204 injured. While anchored at Cannes, France, a fire in No. For instance, in Korea in 1950, Seabees landed with the first . Screw steamer Dragon steam accident. [17 Jul. Gun Boat #146 blew up owing to magazine explosion. The pilot, LT Craig M. Munsen was killed. Camp Lejeune - Seabee Training Records. 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. Jones died from injuries sustained in a forklift accident in which he was trapped underneath the overturned vehicle. During a tactical exercise, Reserve pilot Ens. 25 November 1967. Accidental ignition of hydraulic fluid in catapult system starts a fire in Leyte (CV-32) at the Charlestown Naval Shipyard, Boston. Submarine USS F-4 sank near Hawaii after battery failure. Two killed. Afterwards the Seabees went South for Operation Overlord preparations. 1 million. USS S-49 (SS-160) battery explosion at New London, CT. 4 killed, nine injured. 29 Oct 2009. USS Inchon (MCS 12) fire in boiler room. 9 May 2003. Battleship No. Collier Thomas Tracy collides with seaplane tender USS Valcour (AVP-55) off Cape Henry, VA., starting a severe aviation gasoline fire. 1 December 1842. LT George M. Bache drowned, 8 September 1846. 4 September 1918. Marine Lance Corporal Gregory E. MacDonald, assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was killed when the light armored vehicle he was traveling in rolled over in Iraq. 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. 17 June 1983. 17 February 1862. 1 October 1956. 22 January 2003. He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. 26 April 1952. USS Solar (DE-221), commanded by LCDR Eugene R. LaRocque, destroyed in ordnance accident at Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, NJ. Nearly 300 Seabees were killed in action, while another 500 died in construction accidents. Navy launch approaching an aircraft carrier sank off Norfolk, Virginia. 11 March 1956. 30 June 1863. 12 July 1957. 2 March 2002. External Links to Websites of Interest Seabee Museum GO List of Seabees Killed in Action in Vietnam Go Vietnam Veterans Memorial GO Virtual Wall GO Vietnam Veterans Memorial of San Antonio GO Seabee Historical Association GO Celebration of the Fighting Seabees - Happy 75th Anniversary Video GO. 29 January 1995. Low-flying P-3 Orion from VP-??? 193 died. Alabama, Captain Samuel Nicholson: A Monograph [pdf], Capture of CSS Florida by USS Wachusett - Report of Commander Napoleon Collins, Capture of CSS Florida by USS Wachusett - Report of Lieutenant Morris, Caribbean Tempest: The Dominican Republic Intervention of 1965, Carrier Deployments During the Vietnam Conflict, Casualties: US Navy & Marine Corps Personnel, Change of Command and Retirement Ceremony of the Commandant Naval District, Washington, DC, Charles Morris A Man of Letters and Numbers, Chester Nimitz and the Development of Fueling at Sea, Christmas 1932 U.S. Lt. (j. g. ) Frank F. Foss died of injuries the following day. Commissioned in 1968, it set a record test depth of more than 3,000 feet. CAPT Mark R. Nickles and MAJ Danny A. 31 August 1976. Coal Passers Joseph William Schmidt, Joseph Streit and Robert Gilmore died. 10 USS Paul Jones steam accident. Lance CPL Efrain Sanchez died as result of a non-hostile incident at Camp Blue Diamond, in Ramadi, Iraq. Both pilots ejected; Navy LT. Mark Sharp was killed and Marine 1st LT Carl Hogsett sustained broken bones and a serious head injury. Harold P. Richards killed when JF-1 amphibian struck Gamboa Bridge, Canal Zone, and quickly sank. 26 January 2004. while at Montevideo. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 22 September 1917. Seaman Matthew Draughon drowned while salvaging the wreckage of a Misawa F-16 that had crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Misawa Air Base, Japan. Drowned. 30 April 1946. 1 killed. In Iraq his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). 7 USS Hull boiler tube blew out killing Fireman 2 class Benjamin Filmore King. Battleship No. 4 February 2009. 29 June 1994. 8 USS Wilmington Fireman 1 class Philip Hind killed and two other sailors scalded. F/A-18C Hornet crashed at Twentynine Palms, CA, killing the pilot. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 64 USS Rowan explosion of Dynamo Turbine Casing #2 Generator killed Carpenter's Mate Willis Martin Goodrow. Casualty Branch. The ship was saved further damage by quick-responding damage control parties who rapidly dumped hot ammunition over the side. 13 April 1906. Two F-14 Tomcats from Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) collided off the North Carolina coast while conducting a routine training mission. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. 21 May 1935. Minesweeper USS Auk Boatswain's Mate 1 class Lee Afton Singleton knocked overboard and drowned after kite wire jumped out of retaining chock. The other F-14 landed at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, with both crewmen uninjured. Trimble, William F. Wings for the Navy: A History of the Naval Aircraft Factory, 1917-1956. 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. Press releases and "Operation Enduring Freedom Updates" [relating to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. F-14B from NAS Oceana crashed off VA Beach. LT. Lewis S. Jordan killed in an accident in tug USS Undaunted. 4 USS Iowa left 12-inch gun in forward turret shattered during firing practice. The dead included 19 US Navy Bandsmen. 2 May 2000. 24 March 1995. 2 April 2003. 28 June 1973. F-14 crashed about 50 miles of the Coast of San Diego, California, during an attempted landing on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), killing LT Kara Hultgreen. died in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 30 July 1978. 14 July 1933. 8 January 2005. Marine Sgt. During a NATO exercise off the Faeroe Islands, two USS Picuda (SS-382) sailors are washed overboard and drowned. 13 USS Virginia boiler tube burst burning Fireman 3 class William Francis Conway who died four hours later. AW2 Michael DeWitt was killed, and nine other occupants received minor injuries. 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. 20 September 1800. The pilot died. Two crewmembers were recovered by US Coast Guard and taken to local hospital. Babcock was assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station in Bahrain. 29 January 1862. 11 May 1919. 7 October 1949. 99 (1869) Authority Given to Fleet Officers, General Order No. An F-8J Crusader from VF-24 struck the flight deck ramp of USS Hancock (CVA-19) and exploded during night carrier qualifications, killing LT. Darrell N. Eggert. He was stationed aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61). US Navy plane crashes in St. Johns River, Florida, killing 15 passengers and crew. LCDR Christopher C. Tragna killed; LT Kevin Quarderer and two civilian crew members injured. 17 February 2006. 10 March 1891. 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Subchaser #205 gasoline explosion in the engine room killed Chief Machinist Mate Clarence Gabriel Cloffer and Machinist Mates 2 class William Hughes and Daniel B. Inman. 23 March 2003. 22 February 2005. 19 March 2001. Battleship No. 29 November 1907. Tug USS Cherokee foundered off Fenwick Island Lightship in a heavy gale. 2d ed. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. 16 September 1976. 26 March 2003. The LCAC was from the amphibious landing ship USS Essex (LHD-2). 13 March 1913. Airplane accident at Pensacola, Fla., mortally injured Ensign Louis J. Bergen. 22 April 2003. PVT Elijah M. Ortega died as result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Baharia, Iraq. 6 October 1943. SH-60F "Seahawk" made an emergency landing near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Casualties included 45 known dead, 327 missing, and 371 injured. 16 November 1933. Sonar Technician 2d Class Michael Holtz and ETCS Thomas Higgins of USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN-708) drowned after falling overboard as the submarine departed Plymouth England. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. 13 March 2006. 28 July 1863. 6 January 1973. Submarine USS E-2 battery explosion while in New York Navy Yard. Midshipman Joseph T. Bartlett drowned on Monrovia bar, coast of Africa, 30 March 1846. A TBF Avenger splashed on takeoff from USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) in the eastern Pacific. Alabama by U.S.S. F-14 "Tomcat" from VF-14 crashed about 75 miles off the Virginia coast while conducting a routine training mission. Hunley, Sinking of USS Indianapolis - Press Releases & Related Sources, Memorandum to Press on Scheduled Testimony, Chapter II. 29 January 1903. 7 November 2001. During launch of F/A-18 "Hornet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 27 on USS Independence (CV-62), the aircraft's port main landing gear collapsed, causing the weapons pylon to strike the waist catapult center deck hatch, which closed on the catapult operator, ABAN Fred Watson, III, who was medevaced to a hospital in nearby Sydney, Australia, for treatment of two broken legs and a broken arm. The battalion honored. Steam launch from USS Yosemite foundered in the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, Guam in typhoon. Christopher Dickerson, Jason Dwelley, Michael Anderson, Trace Dossett, Ronald Ginther, Robert Jenkins and Scott McHugh. USS R-12 (SS-89) sank after flooding in battery compartment. USS Voge (FF-1047) collides with unidentified Soviet submarine in the Ionian Sea, 1 sailor injured. Hugh N. Boadwee from VB-2B was killed when plane crashed into the sea off Mexico. Jason Andrew Tetrault, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was killed in Kuwait in a vehicle accident. 1700s | 1800-19 | 1820-39 | 1840-49 | 1850-59 | 1860-69 | 1870-79 | 1880-89 | 1890-99 | 1900-09 | 1910-19 | 1920-29 | 1930-39 | 1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | 1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | 2000-. USS Trenton (LPD-14) engine room main guarding steam valve ruptures, instantly killing four sailors and burning six others, two of whom later die from burns. 30 January 1958. As the driver started the truck, the Corporal jumped off the loading ramp onto the ground behind the truck. 5 June 1908. First outbreak in Navy occurred in January 1918 on USS Minneapolis in Philadelphia Navy Yard, subsequently spreading throughout the Navy, particularly during the outbreak of September/October 1918: 4,907 died and 146,446 sick (influenza, bronchitis and all forms of pneumonia included) 1918. About 790 killed and 80 injured. 3 February 1966. 3 killed. Machinist's Mate 2 class Lambert Frederick Beckman killed by escaping steam. Seabee chief petty officer collapsed during battalion run and later died at hospital. Fleet Hospital Eight treated 1380 patients; 1 died. 24 March 1995. Engine room fire onboard Dahlgren killed 2 sailors, wounded 4 others. 18 killed. Machinist trainee Bruce W. Ross, Water Tender Loyd J. Hampton and Chief Water Tender William Williams killed. 131 (1869) Economizing the Use of Coal, General Order No. USS Ashtabula (AO 51) suffered a gasoline explosion while at Sasebo, Japan, resulting in one man missing, three injured, and considerable material damage to the ship. Protected cruiser USS Charleston #3 3-inch gun breech block blew out during firing practice. Casualties: US Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action. 3 killed. 8 USS Maryland steam accident. 25 June 2005. USS Moonstone (PYc-9) lost after collision with USS Greer (DD-145). 9 December 1918. 23 March 1995. Chief Water Tender Jacob Peter Windness died from burns. LT Robert L. Browning and LT Richard Bache drowned in Trinidad Bay, California. He was assigned to 1st Marine Division. [Available online at http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/k/korean-war-chronology.html.]. 2 April 2003. The date provided at the end of each entry is the date of the accident/incident, rather than the date of death of individuals who may have died subsequently to the event. David Darling, Ships' Boy, USS Constitution, fell from the booms into the hold and was killed by the fall. MAJ Gerald M. Bloomfield II and CAPT Michael D. Martino died when their AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed while flying in support of security and stabilization operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Minesweeper USS Richard Bulkeley sank during minesweeping operations in the North Sea when sweeping gear caught a mine which then exploded. 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