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by Date and Ship/Base - July 1917

US Submarine A-7, lost by explosion and fire, July 24, 1917 (US Naval Historical Center, click to enlarge)

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1. Information is in order - Date of death, Ship, Base or Location, Incident, Name, Rank, Service other than USN, Cause of death. (For Next of kin and  Appointment/Enlistment information, see lists by Name)
2. Main abbreviations:
A - Aviation, DOI - died of injuries, DOW - died of wounds, F - Female, G - General, JG - junior grade, NNV - National Naval Volunteers, R - Radio, USNRF - US Naval Reserve Force, USNRC - United States Naval Reserve Corps
3.  Ranks of US Navy Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men

4. See also Casualties by Name, starting at Abbate and ending at Zwieseland


 

 

 

JULY

 

 

July 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 GENTRY, MURDOCK, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash

 MEDICIS, MARTIN ANDREW, Jr, Oiler, illness/disease   

 

USS Pennsylvania, dreadnought battleship (later BB-38)

 REISS, ESMOND GEORGE, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

 

July 2, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, PI

 HARRIS, KIRK MUNROE, Electrician, 3rd class (R), accidentally injured      

 

USS Nevada, dreadnought battleship (later BB-36)

 MIDDLETON, HENRY BOYD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, lost overboard   

 

USS Rhode Island, battleship (later BB-17)

 JOHNSON, ERNEST ROBERT, Fireman, 2nd class, drowned   

 

 

July 3, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 PERHOFF, JOSEPH MATTHEW, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, illness/disease     

 

Section Base No.6, Brooklyn, N Y

 DE BELMONTE, HENRY, Wardroom Steward, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

 

July 4, 1917

 

USS Bushnell, submarine tender (later AS-2)

 SMITH, THOMAS, Oiler, illness/disease      

 

USS Ozark, ex-monitor Arkansas (later BM-7), submarine tender, later patrol ship, Gulf of Mexico area

 FROST, WILLIAM RICHARD, Seaman, illness/disease   

 

 

July 5, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 HILDRETH, ROY EDGAR, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash

 TRUMBO, WILLIAM H, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease       

 

 

July 5, 1917

 

USS North Dakota, dreadnought battleship (later BB-29)

 WINGERTER, LEO HERMAN, Chief Water Tender, died

 

 

July 6, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 PHIPPS, GEORGE PAUL, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease   

 

USS Utah, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)

 SEAMAN, ELMER GLENWOOD, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease 

 

 

July 7, 1917

 

Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla

 SISTRUNK, SIMON LAGRANGE, Seaman, 2nd class, accidental shooting   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BAKER, CASSIUS CAMERON, Seaman 2nd class, illness/disease   

 ENGLERT, HOWARD KASPER, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

July 8, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 GADBERRY, WILLIAM DAKOTA, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 LANGTON, GEORGE MARTIN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

 

July 9, 1917

 

 Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif, explosion in black powder magazine at Yard

 MACKENZIE, ALLAN S, Chief Gunner

 

 

July 11, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 THETFORD, EB, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ULMER, JULIAN FOSHAY, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease          

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 YOUNG, JAMES EDGAR, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease  

 

 

July 12, 1917

 

Naval Station, New Orleans, La

 HICKEY, ARTHUR JOSEPH, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease       

 

 

July 13, 1917

 

at home

 TRAINOR, MICHAEL, Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease, at father's address 

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 PANLILIO, AMADO, Mess Attendant, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 

Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, N Y

 JACOB, VICTOR A, Gunner, accidental fall, died   

 

USS Charleston, protected cruiser (No.22, later CA-19)

 McGUIRE, DANIEL FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 GLENNON, PHILIP THOMPSON, Ensign, illness/disease         

 

 

July 14, 1917

 

Puget Sound, Wash

 ISBELL, WILLIAM HILLARY, Electrician, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease

 

USS Von Steuben, ex-German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, troop transport (ID-3017)

 DAMASCHKE, HARRY C, Seaman, 1st class, USNRF, drowned       

 

 

July 15, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 EWALD, MICHAEL, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, illness/disease  

 

Newport Hospital, Newport, R I

 EMORY, WILLIAM H, Rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease     

 

USS Nereus, collier (No.10.later AC-10)

 O'CONNER, JOHN CLAYER, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, during operation      

 

 

July 16, 1917

 

at home

 ARNOLD, CONWAY H, Rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash

 YEILDING, ARTHUR T, Assistant Surgeon, USNRF (class 4), illness/disease       

 

 

July 17, 1917

 

USS Huntington, ex-West Virginia, armored cruiser (No.5, later CA-5)

 JOHNSON, THOMAS LINCOLN, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

July 18, 1917

 

SS Cacique, freighter, later USS Cacique (ID-2213)

 WOODWORTH, EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, (BN - explosion on board SS Florence H, but this took place on  April 17, 1918;  NYT – accidentally drowned, Russia, July 25, 1917), died

 

USS Prometheus, ex-collier (No.2), repair ship (No.3, later AR-3), believed stationed at Bermuda

 GRAINGER, WALTER, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

 

July 20, 1917

 

Knickerbocher Hospital, New York, N Y

 WOODRUFF, JOHN THOMAS, Mess Attendant, 1st class, USNRF (not in active Service), not known        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BLY, EARL, Water Tender, injured    

 

Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, Calif

 CULP, GEORGE BENJAMIN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease     

 

 

July 21, 1917

 

Naval Station, Key West, Fla

 MOORE, LAWRENCE HENRY, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease       

 

 

July 22, 1917

 

Bushton, Ill

 RAYBURN, LOYAL, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, automobile accident, killed   

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 KEARNS, ROBERT EMMET, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BRAZEL, JOHN FRANCIS, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease 

 

 

July 23, 1917

 

Receiving Ship, Boston, Mass

 DUNNING, GEORGE, Chief Boatswain's Mate, injured in fall and drowned    

 

USS Pittsburgh, ex-Pennsylvania, armored cruiser (No.4, later CA-4), most of war in South American waters, accidental explosion of 3in saluting gun charge (below, as the USS Pennsylvania, she became famous when Eugene Ely made the first landing on a warship in January 1911)

 LYLES, CLAY TENNY, Seaman, killed    

Note: Awards of the Medal of Honor were made to Lieutenant Willis Bradley, jr and Seaman Ora Graves for preventing further explosions   

 

 

 

July 24, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 STOLL, CHARLES RUSSELL, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, New York

 WEBER, FRANCIS XAVIER, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 COLLINS, EDWARD, Musician, 1st class, respiratory disease  

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 ROBINSON, HARRY EARL, Pharmacist's Mate, 1st class, NNV, illness/disease  

 

 

July 25, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 KOWALSKI, ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

 

US Submarine A-7 (Shark), patrols off Manila, P I, internal gasoline explosion and fire in Manila Bay on 24th, all died of burns and smoke inhalation at Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I (above, A-7 and her crew around 1907)

 CURRIE, JESSE MELLON, Chief Electrician

 HIXON, IRA DELL, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 HOPEWELL, OTHO, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class (G)

 KUNZ, JOSEPH ANTHONY, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LANG, HAROLD HOLDEN, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 MARCUS, ARNOLD, Lieutenant (JG)

 

 

July 26, 1917

 

Cedar Lake, Negamee Mich

 DOTY, GEORGE ALLEN, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned   

 

USS Montgomery, protected cruiser (No.9, later C-9)

 SHECKELS, GEORGE LAWRENCE, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned    

 

 

July 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 JANVRIN, RALPH ENOS, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 MULLINS, CHARLES HURLEY, Yeoman, 3rd class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 ROMAN, HARRY THOMAS, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

 

 

July 28, 1917

 

Dispensary, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass

 MclNERNY, JAMES, Chief Water Tender, USNRF, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 McLENNAN, MERRILL DEWEY, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 LINDAUER, WILBUR EDWARD, Seaman 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

Submarine Base, New London, Conn

 NEALE, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Seaman, USNRF, drowned

 TERRILL, GEORGE LEONIAL, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, drowned

 

 

July 31, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 SMETHURST, HOWARD J, Landsman for Electrician, USNRF, illness/disease     

 

SS Motano, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by UC.47 in English Channel, all members of Armed Guard

 BARMORE, Don Walton, Seaman

 CARLIN, JOSEPH FRANK, Coxswain

 HORWIG, SIDNEY, Seaman, 2nd class

 LAURENCE, ANDREW, Seaman, 2nd class

 SOKEL, JAMES ANTHONY, Seaman, 2nd class

 TORJUSEN, CORNELIOUS, Seaman, 2nd class

 VOGEL, ALBERT HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class

 WHELAN, WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 

US Aeronautical Attachment No.1, Toulon, France

 HALSTEAD, HAROLD NORMAN, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), died      

 

USCG, Northern Division, at Seattle, Wash

 HOPE, ALEXANDER, Yeoman, USCG, illness/disease   

 

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