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UH-1N "Huey" based aboard USS Essex (LHD-2) crashed 25 miles southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia, while on a training mission. He was assigned to Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group. New York: Warner Books, 1989. 244 [1934] Alcoholic Liquors, General Order No. Aviation Machinist's Mate 3 class Donald A. Robinson killed when struck by propeller of a plane that crashed on flight deck of Yorktown (CV-5). Washington DC: Naval Historical Center, 1959-1991. 306 killed. Explosion at the black powder magazine at Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., killed Chief Gunner Allan S. MacKenzie. 1 September 1970. Aircraft destroyed. 52, [USS] Joseph Hewes APA22 War Damage Report No. 12 April 1862. 31 October 1933. 2 January 1941. In 1927, there were 31 sailors and marines killed in flight accidents, 102 killed by naval and military hazards. In 1934, 299 sailors died accidentally; 50 in motor vehicles, 28 by drowning. Destroyer No. 13 December 2005. USS Trenton (CL-11) powder bag explosion in forward twin 6-inch gun turret. USS Wabash (AOR-5) caught in major storm off the Philippines, 14 sailors injured. 10 May 1996. 22 May 1949. Ironclad monitor USS Neosho Seaman Timothy Coleman killed in ordnance accident. 17 December 1917. 14 March 1918. The carbon dioxide fire-extinguishing system discharged inexplicably, suffocating two sailors and fatally wounding a third. Ironclad ram USS Choctaw acting Master's Mate Townsend Hopkins killed in ordnance accident. Armored Cruiser No. Four killed when Marine Corps AH-1 and UH-1 crashed in open desert in Afghanistan. Naval Reserve officer Spencer T. Alden killed in a seaplane collision at Bay Shore, Long Island. 1st Light Armored Reconn (LAR) Battalion, US Marine Corps Corporal was acting as one of two required ground guides in order to assist in moving an M-813 5-ton truck off a loading ramp. Schooner USS Grampus presumably foundered in a gale off South Carolina with all hands. 5 November 1931. UH-1N "Huey" from Naval Weapons Test Squadron, China Lake, California, crashed in a mountainous area of California's Sequoia National Forest. 3 died. 19 March 2002. Various disaffected groups in the world have increasingly made use of terrorism as a weapon. JF-3 amphibian crashed near Oakland, Calif., shortly after takeoff, killing Lt (jg). 19 USS Louisiana fireman 3rd class Moses L. Morgan was killed when a shell from Battleship No. 14 October 2005. 5 June 1945. LT John Bush and LT(JG) Michael Moffatt, Jr. were killed. 7 September 1891. A forklift overturned, trapping the Marine driver underneath. Frigate USS Insurgent lost with all hands, presumably in a gale after leaving Hampton Roads on 8 August 1800, bound for the West Indies. All of the injured were treated and back to duty by the next morning. [declassified Nov. 1993]. The pilot, LT Jonathan Nolan, was killed. Brig USS Porpoise disappeared, presumably sinking during a typhoon. Gunboat USS Schurz rammed and sunk by merchant ship Florida while sailing from. SU-1 from VS-2B on board USS Saratoga (CV-3) crashed during flight operations, killing Ensign Cleon H. Felton. 13 January 1975. 11 September 2003. CH-53D "Sea Stallion" from Marine Corps Base Hawaii (Oahu) lost its tail boom while landing, causing the helo to roll over. Scout Cruiser No. 4 December 1981. Destroyer No. 20 December 1864. 50 cal machine gun in Iraq. 370 (1889) Copies of Books to the Navy Department Library, General Order No. 39 killed. Three Marines were MEDEVAC'd to Hilo Hospital and five others treated for minor injuries. Lt. (jg) Edwin C. Kelly and Aviation Machinist's Mate 1 class Raymond Carrillo lost their lives when BM-2 from USS Lexington (CV-2) crashed during night bombing practice off La Jolla, Calif. 27 March 1935. While operating off Charleston, SC., a fire in Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) killed two sailors and injured six others. Civil Engineer Corps Officer's School. 7 September 1968. 12 March 1862. 29, USS San Francisco CA38 War Damage Report No. During 1925, 213 sailors died from disease, 77 from drowning, 31 in aviation accidents, 132 from injury, and 3 poisonings. (possibly 20 July?). A Navy Mariner PBM crashed on the west slope of Bataan Mountain, near the entrance to Manila Bay. Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Bryan L. Davis lost overboard from aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in Arabian Sea during Operation Enduring Freedom. 30 April 1891. 7-inch gun at MacMany Point battery blew out. 6 July 1967. 1970: NMCB 1 main body, with Cmdr. Commissioned in 1968, it set a record test depth of more than 3,000 feet. Lance CPL Nickalous N. Aldrich died from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Chartered schooner Quaker sank in a gale with all aboard. Both crewmembers ejected but one was killed. 24 October 2004. The umbilical lines supplying air and communications to Draughon became wrapped around the ship's anchor chain. 2 February 1967. 25 October 1967. W.K. 31 January 1831. Two killed, three injured, following a steam catapult explosion in Kearsarge (CV-33), Yokosuka, Japan. USS Midway (CV-41) and Panamanian-registered cargo ship Cactus collide, two sailors killed and three injured. Battleship No. 163 killed and 396 injured. The Tomcat's pilot, LT. Neal P. Jennings, and radar intercept officer, LT(JG) Timothy J. Gusewelle, suffered burns on their faces and hands. 30 Marines and 1 Navy corpsman died. A Coast Guard helicopter rescued two crewmembers who fell into the water. A Navy Mariner PBM, while on a night ASW patrol flight, crashed on Shikoku Island, Japan. F/A-18A crash destroyed aircraft near Fallon, NV. 135 (1911) Definitions of Well-known Naval Terms, General Order No. 29 March 2003. F/A-18 of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 134 overshot the runway and crash landed at Naval Air Station Miramar, California. 23 August 1996. 31 August 1976. 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. Herbert Charles Rodd killed, and Aviation Pilot 1 class Hurl Orman Sell fatally injured (dying the next day), in crash of Vought O2U Corsair seaplane at Hampton Roads, Va. 15 June 1932. Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet Interim Evaluation Reports. Paul C. Alaniz, Lance CPL Jonathan E. Etterling, CAPT Lyle L. Gordon, Lance CPL Brian C. Lance CPL Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr., CPL Sean P. Kelly, Staff SGT Dexter S. Kimble, Lance CPL Allan Klein, CPL James L. Moore, Lance CPL Mourad Ragimov, Lance CPL Rhonald D. Rairdan, Lance CPL Hector Ramos, Lance CPL Darrell J. Schumann, 1st LT Dustin M. Shumney, CPL Matthew R. Smith, Lance CPL Joseph B. Spence, and CPL Timothy A. Knight. 3 deaths and 3 serious injuries. 6 November 1961. DoD news release notes that 82 personnel died in aviation mishaps in fiscal 2002. 21 July 1905. Pandemic of influenza. To avoid being burned, Apprentice Seaman Andrew Jackson Gash jumped overboard and drowned. 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. Ketch Intrepid, fitted out as an "infernal" or fire ship, blown up in premature detonation of powder charges during blockade of Tripoli. Brig USS Somers crewmen: Midshipman Philip Spencer, son of the Secretary of War; Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell; and Seaman Elisha Small found guilty of intention to mutiny and executed by hanging. Perez Jr., died as a result of non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. An F6F Hellcat crashed on deck of USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) during Wake Island raid, fire and explosion kills 4 flight deck crew. P-3C "Orion" from VP-47 crashed five miles off the coast of Oman due to engine trouble. Radioman killed when depth charge activated and exploded. 10 February 2005. Battleship No. USS Truxtun (DD-229) and USS Pollux (AKS-2) ran aground during a storm in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, and broke up in surf. USS S-49 (SS-160) battery explosion at New London, CT. 4 killed, nine injured. The sailor was forward-deployed to Beach Master Unit One, Detachment Western Pacific, at Sasebo, Japan. Pilot and radio intercept officer killed when F-14 "Tomcat" assigned to Fighter Squadron 101, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, crashed during a flight demonstration at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. 10 September 1913. 24 sailors drowned. Fireman 3 class Uluse Edward Kight died two days later at Norfolk Naval Hospital. Lieutenant fell out during physical training at Naval Station Great Lakes and later died. The 14-ton light armored vehicle rolled over at 2:15 a. m. as Puchi and other members of the Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion from the Twenty Nine Palms Marine Base trained at Camp Pendleton. Instructor pilot and student killed when T-34C "Turbo Mentor" of Training Squadron 10, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, crashed in Alabama. Two PBY-2 seaplanes collided and crashed off southern California, killing 3 officers and 8 enlisted men. Battleship No. For instance, in Korea in 1950, Seabees landed with the first . Chief Boatswain's Mate Eugene Leonard Danley killed, and 11 enlisted wounded, following accidental discharge of a machine gun on wing of VS-7 seaplane moored to stern of USS Concord (CL-10). In 1922, 202 sailors died from disease (mainly Pneumonia and Tuberculosis), 73 from drowning, 62 killed in aviation accidents, 20 from poisoning, and 8 from other injury. Side wheel steamer USS Philadelphia Seaman William Palmer killed in ordnance accident. 82 USS Gregory was fatally injured when the shell exploded. During 1926, 20 sailors died from disease, 22 killed in flight accidents, 48 died from injury or drowning, and 3 from poisoning. During routine gunnery practice, Battleship No. Battleship No. The crew was evacuated by small boat to another Navy vessel. 73 USS Stockton #2 turbo-generator steam belt exploded while it was being connected. 22 USS Minnesota steam accident while cruising with the Great White Fleet. Battleship No. In 1911, 253 sailors were killed in accidents or died from diseases. 2 Appendix, Main Navy Building: Its Construction and Original Occupants, Manual of Information Concerning Employments for the Panama Canal Service, Master File Drawings of German Naval Vessels, Matthew Fontaine Maury: Benefactor of Mankind, Mers-el-Kebir Port Instructions for Merchant Vessels [1942], Midway in Retrospect: The Still Under Appreciated Victory, Midways Operational Lesson: The Need For More Carriers, Military Service Records and Unit Histories, Miscellaneous Actions in the South Pacific, More Bang for the Buck: U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Missile Development 1945-1965, Naming of Streets, Facilities and Areas On Naval Installations, Narrative of Captain W.S. 12 July 1865. 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. Civil Engineer Corps History Photographs. Collier USS Herman Frasch sank after a collision with tanker USS George D. Henry. Motorboat Elizabeth sank in collision with steamship Northland in Norfolk Harbor. Richard Somers. 3 USS Chauncey sank in collision with British civilian merchant steamer Rose off Gibralter. 2 December 1864. Inchon had commenced a scheduled six-month Mediterranean Sea deployment on 5 January 10 January 1994. Fireman 2 class James H. Eaton, Water Tender Bartholomew Glynn and Fireman 1 class Everett Harmon killed. 98 killed. Lance Corporal Bryan N. Taylor died after being shot by an Iraqi Army soldier on a coalition base near Al Qaim, Iraq. Marine Corporal Evan James and Sergeant Bradley Korthaus drowned in southern Iraq attempting to cross the Saddam Canal, which runs parallel to the Euphrates River, without a safety line while wearing heavy gear and rifles. 20 USS Vermont steam accident. The three hospitalized Marines are in good condition, with most serious injuries shrapnel wounds and one Marine who had the tip of the little finger amputated. 18 February 1937. UH-1N Huey from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 crashed at Camp Pendleton, CA. 127 (1869) List of Types of Officers to Mess in Second Ward Room, General Order No. Fireman apprentice on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk fell from the top bunk rack and died from a head injury. 19 December 1960. 11 September 1970. A Marine recruit fell out of a 1. 6 April 1914. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd FSSG, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). Ensign Malcolm Dulaney drowned following crash near Naval Air Station, San Diego. The truck jerked backwards pinning him between the truck and the loading ramp. 20 June 1990. 29 June 1909. 21 March 1991. 18 USS Connecticut Gunners Mate George W. Fairey drowned while trying to recover a torpedo in about 80-feet of water. 2 September 1799. 12 December 1965. While in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, a crane accident killed two USS Oriskany (CVA-34) sailors and injured another. The pilot, CAPT Michael P. Jeffries ejected prior to the crash and suffered minor injuries. Ship-of-the-Line USS Independence seaman William Oaty accidentally killed by pistol shot. Marine Corps pilot and co-pilot suffered minor injuries when their AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed near Samarra, Iraq. The injured personnel were members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Three other sailors, including Fitzgerald's commanding officer CDR Bryce Benson, were evacuated to the US Navy hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. 17 May 1918. All 11 crew members were treated for minor injuries after rescue by Oman Air Force helicopters. Both pilots ejected; Navy LT. Mark Sharp was killed and Marine 1st LT Carl Hogsett sustained broken bones and a serious head injury. 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). 29 USS North Dakota boiler explosion resulted in the drowning in New York's East River of Coal Passer Fred Streter Hoyt, who either jumped or fell overboard. Arkin, William M. and Handler, Joshua. 47 killed, 11 minor injuries. 558 died from influenza in 1919; and 278 in 1920. US Navy. 9 December 1918. 44 USS Cummings. A T-2 Buckeye assigned to VT-19, NAS Meridian, Tenn., crashed shortly after takeoff from NAS Oceana, VA. Aviation Machinist's Mate 2 class Ira Ovel Wilson died of injuries after walking into propeller of Boeing F3B carrier fighter on flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1). Oliver Walton Bagby struck in the chest and killed by 12-inch shell splinters during fragmentation experiments at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. Jones was the 3rd Battalion supply chief for the 1st Marine Division. 18 October 1799. Hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13) rammed and sunk by freighter Mary Luckenbach near San Francisco Bay. 33 drowned. Instructor pilot LT David J. Huber killed, and student pilot ENS Joseph W. Moorehouse seriously injured. SBU-1 dive bomber engine fire kills pilot Lt. Oliver E. White; Radioman 2 class James W. LeCompte parachute's to safety. 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. CPL fell out of PT formation run and fell to the ground; died of an aneurysm. Injuries resulted in death. Beverly Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repairs; Rep. Virgil Maxey of Maryland; Rep. David Gardiner of New York; and a servant of the President killed. Pilot ejected and recovered with minor injuries. Nassau launched helicopters in support of the search, and a US Coast Guard C-130 Search and Rescue aircraft joined the search. David Moore drowned, 10 September 1889. 24 January 1870. 5 - Decorations Awarded By Foreign Governments, Pt. 5 April 1919. 26 June 2003. 17 August 1918. 23(?) 19 January 1915. Four killed. 47 USS Aylwin explosion (probably the port drum of #1 boiler) in forward fireroom. 10 May 1997. Marine Corporal Travis J. Bradachnall, assigned to Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was killed in an explosion during a mine clearing operation near the city of Karbala, Iraq. Chief Water Tender Jacob Peter Windness died from burns. 22 August 1918. 4 July 1945. Armored Cruiser No. Only a few of these accidents are listed above, however, primarily owing to the lack of easy access to detailed information. 25 March 1915. 27 September 2000. 4 October 1918. 204 killed. During the unsuccessful pursuit of HMS Belvidera, one of frigate President's bow chasers exploded, wounding 16 men. Airplane accident at Pensacola, Fla., mortally injured Ensign Louis J. Bergen. 15 vols. An F-8J Crusader from VF-211 crashed into the flight deck of USS Hancock (CVA-19), killing LT. G. J. Carloni. 30 June 1814. 9 June 1936. MA1 suffered cardiac arrest during department physical training and died shortly thereafter. 12 March 1920. Aviation Metalsmith 1 class Thomas Allen Daniels killed, and Chief Aviation Pilot Garland L. Williams injured, by accidental explosion of a projectile at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. Lt. (j. g. ) Frank F. Foss died of injuries the following day. 31 July 1998. Both aviators killed when T-34C "Turbo-Mentor" of Fighter Attack Squadron 125, crashed near Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. 9 May 2003. 20 April 1863. Destroyers USS Hull (DD-350), USS Spence (DD-512), and USS Monaghan (DD-354) capsized and sank, at least 28 other vessels damaged. 193 died. Lance CPL Kevin B. Joyce drowned after falling into the Pech River while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan. 26 October 1900. 12 killed. 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. He was a boatswain's mate on the USS Essex at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan. Commander A. L. Wilderman, CO of USS Plunger (SSN-595), lost overboard in a storm just off San Francisco. Three crew members were lost at sea. Battleship No. 27 January 1926. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. 4 May 1961. Sloop-of-War USS Levant disappeared on voyage to Panama. Possible causes include faulty wiring or FM signals from a nearby transmitter. 68 USS Shaw collided with HMS Acquitania while zig-zagging in convoy. 105 (1869) North & South Pacific Squadrons Combined into Pacific Station, General Order No. 10 September 2002. Command Pilot Captain Matthew W. Bancroft, Co-Pilot Captain Daniel G. McCollum, Flight Engineer Gunnery Sergeant Stephen L. Bryson, Loadmaster Staff Sergeant Scott N. Germosen, Flight Mechanic Sergeant Nathan P. Hays, Flight Navigator Lance Corporal Bryan P. Bertrand, Radio Operator Sergeant Jeannette L. Winters killed. Naval Armed Guard Service in World War II, Naval Gun Factory (Washington Navy Yard) Facilities Data: World War II, Naval Memorial Service, Casting Flowers on the Sea in Honor of the Naval Dead, Naval Yarns by Captain Bartlett [manuscript], Navy and Defense Reform: A Short History and Reference Chronology, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual [Rev.

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