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

 

AUGUST

 

On the 31st at the US Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, the first cases of new influenza/respiratory disease pandemic amongst staff was reported. This followed the admission of patients from the Receiving Ship, Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Mass

 

 

August 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, PI (presumably US Submarine A-7, internal gasoline explosion and fire in Manila Bay on July 24)

 JACOBS, ARTHUR MARTIN, Fireman, 2nd class, gasoline explosion, DOI   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 METHVIN, BENJAMIN LEVI, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

USS Helena, gunboat (No.9, later PG-9), China Patrol and Yangtze River Patrol

 SAM, AH, Mess Attendant, 1st class, not known  

 

 

August 2, 1917

 

Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, Long Island, N Y, seaplane accident

 FLEISCHMANN, CHARLES, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 CLEMENTS, PAUL MATTHEW, Apprentice Seaman, died        

 

Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash

 WALLACE, ARTHUR JOSEPH, Chief Gunner's Mate, poisoned

 

USS Vaterland, ex-German liner, troop transport, renamed USS Leviathan (ID-1326) in September 1917

 HOLLAND, STOCKETT LEE, Fireman, 2nd class, died   

 

 

August 3, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DANIELS, LOREN RAYMOND, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease    

 

 

August 4, 1917

 

East Petersburg, Pa

 SCOTT, THEODORE WILIAM, Pharmacist (retired), respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BREUNINGER, WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 CARNEY, GLENN RAYMOND, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease   

 

USS Wainwright, destroyer (later DD-62)

 BUSH, JAMES HENRY, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned     

 

 

August 5, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 SCHAIBLIN, THEODORE, Chief Electrician (G), burns    

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 CAMPBELL, WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease         

 

USS Wissahickon, ex-USCG, harbor tug

 CLIFFORD, THOMAS CHARLES, Wardroom Steward, USCG, fell overboard, crushed between ship's side and wharf, died at St Vincent's Hospital, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N Y

 

 

August 6, 1917

 

 

Aeronautic Detachment, Huntington, Long Island, seaplane accident (type not known; rabove, Curtiss two seater, possibly type F, Library of Congress)

 WELLS, HARRY MASON, Seaman

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 COWLING, FREMONT STIRL, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease     

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 JANITZ, ANDREW, Coxswain, drowned       

 

USS Kearsarge, battleship (later BB-5)

 SHAWL, DUDLEY RAY Fireman, 3rd class, injured        

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19)

 SMITH, GEORGE CHESTER, Mess Attendant, 1st class, accidentally drowned   

 

 

August 7, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 BUTTERWORTH, WILLIAM H, Ensign, NNV, illness/disease    

 

USS Navajo, tug (later AT-52), based at Pearl Harbor

 HOLBROOK, CYRIL LOUIS, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, illness/disease 

 

 

August 8, 1917

 

USS Nebraska, battleship (later BB-14)

 REILLY, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Coxswain, drowned  

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

KLIKA, WILLIAM, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease      

 

USS Wainwright, destroyer (later DD-62)

 NOLAN, JAMES ALBERT, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

 

August 10, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 CONNOR, JOHN JOSEPH Yeoman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 REESE LLOYD VERNON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash

 KYLE, FRED RAY, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease   

 

 

August 12, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 EZELL, EARL PRATT, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 ROSENBERG, NATHAN, Landsman for Electrician, accidentally drowned    

 

USS Florida, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)

 KAISER, WILLIAM LOUIS, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, drowned      

 

USS Helena, gunboat (No.9, later PG-9), China Patrol and Yangtze River Patrol

 BANBURY, HOWARD GEORGE, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

August 13, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ARNOLD, EDWARD FREDERICK, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease        

 

 

August 14, 1917

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 MILTON, ALFRED GEORGE, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

SS Chincha, freighter

 SQUIBB, JAMES LEE, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

 

August 16, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 CLARKE, CHARLES F, Lieutenant, USNRF (class 4), illness/disease 

 

Naval Reserve Training Station, Bumkin Island, Mass

 BICKNELL, ADELBERT HUGH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned        

 

St Louis, Mo

 BOISMENUE, CLYDE WALTER, Apprentice Seaman, drowned          

 

 

August 19, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 LEE, RICHARD SYKES, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, respiratory disease        

 

Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa

 NOONAN, JOHN FRANK, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV, died        

 

 

August 20, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 FONG, AH, Warrant Officer's Steward, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 SEBASTIAN, FRANK NICHOLAS, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

 

August 21, 1917

 

Naval Training Station, Newport, R I

 ANDERSON, HARRY LOUIS, Cabin Steward, drowned   

 

Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH

 KENDALL, CHARLES S, Assistant Naval Constructor, illness/disease

 

Tours, France, aviation accident

 MANLEY, GEORGE HERBERT, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), DOI        

 

 

August 22, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 McCAULEY, IRVON EWELL, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif

 DOANE, GENE FRANKLIN, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned         

 

USS Connecticut, battleship (later BB-18)

 HERLEHY, JOHN JAMES, Master-at-Arms, 1st class, drowned         

 

USS Glacier, stores ship (later AF-4)

 TABER, ROE ELMER, Electrician, 2nd class (R), illness/disease       

 

 

August 23, 1917

 

St Lukes Hospital, New Bedford, Mass

 HART, THOMAS, Ordinary Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service), illness/disease          

 

USS Culgoa, refrigerated supply ship (later AF-3)

 LUNDBERG, KURT M, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 2), respiratory disease      

 

 

August 24, 1917

 

4th Naval District, Philadelphia, Pa

 SCHEER, ARTHUR RUSSELL, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), crushed between engine and concrete wall         

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 PHILLIPS, ADELBERT NELSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease   

 

Section Base, Cape May, N J

 RITTENHOUSE, RALPH ANDERSON, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned       

 

 

August 26, 1917

 

Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa

 HEIL, ROBERT EMMETT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, died    

 

 

August 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 HEDGES, WILLIAM HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

Puget Sound, Wash

 CHURCH, LOUIS EDGAR, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, USNRF (not in active Service), illness/disease      

 

USS Elfrida, ex-steel schooner, patrol vessel and motor boat support, York River (SP-988), on passage, Norfolk to Yorktown, Va, boiler explosion on 25th

 KIGHT, ULUSE EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, died of burns at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va           

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 EAKINS, KASH THEODORE, Seaman, 2nd class, died  

 

USS Utah, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)

 RHODES, BEN EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, accidental fall  

 

 

August 28, 1917

 

Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash

 HENDERSON, JACK, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

 

 

August 30, 1917

 

USCG Station No. 54

 HARVEY, JOHN FRANKLIN, Surfman, USCG, illness/disease, died at Emergency Hospital, Providence, R I           

 

 

August 31, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 SCHOLL, FINN MARTINI, Painter, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 SMITH, CARL WILLIAM, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, injured

 

Receiving Ship, Cavite, PI

 BARNBROCK, ADOLPH, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, drowned      

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 ESCAVAGE, GEORGE HARRY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease 

 

USS Wisconsin, battleship (later BB-9)

 FISKE, GEORGE EDWIN, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned  

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