Historical Collections of The Hawaiian Islands - Part 3 - USS California ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: by Darlen6 E. Kelley October 27, 2006 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 Historical Collections of Hawaii Keepers of the Culture A Day in Infamy Part 3 - USS California USS Chew - USS Curtiss -USS Dobbin- USS Downes. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * Note ** The USS California ( BB-44 ) the flagship of the Battle Force, was hit forward and aft by two Japanese torpedoes in the early minutes of the Pearl harbor raid. She again later was hit by a bomb and near missed by another, which caused additional flooding. Though her design included very good protection against underwater damage, California's actual condition was much less satisfactory, with many watertight compatments open and some design details proving unable to resist the effects of torpedo warheads. The California had steam up and was nearly ready to get underway when a large mass of burning oil, drifting down battlship row, threatened to set the ship afire. She was ordered abandoned, and when her crew returned on board sometime later, it was impossible to control her flooding. Despite strenous efforts, she slowly settled to the bottom of Pearl Harbor, coming to rest on December 10. The Battleship was raised in March 1942 and received repairs and modernization work that lasted until January 1944, over two years after she was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Nearly a hundred of her officers and men were killed in action during the Pearl Harbor attack. Those aboard who received the Medal of Honor for heroism were Ensign Herbert C. Jones; Chief Radioman Thomas James Reeves; and Machinist's Mate First Class Robert R. Scott. +++++++++++++++++ USS California -- Howard L. Adkins F1c Moses A. Allen MATT1c Thomas B. Allen GM2c Wilbur H. Bailey S1c Glen Baker S2c James W. Ball F2c Harold W. Bandemer S1c Michael L. Bazetti S1c Albert Q. Beal RM2c Thomas S. Beckwith SF3c Henry W. Blankenship PhM1c Edward D. Bowden F2c Robert K. Bowers Ens(VO-2) Robert L. Brewer S1c Samuel J. Bush MATT1c James W. Butler F2c Elmer L. Carpenter BM1c Cullen B. Clark F1c Francis E. Cole Msmth2c Kenneth J. Cooper FC2c Herbert S. Curtis, Jr. S2c Lloyd H. Cutrer S2c Edward H. Davis SK1c John W. Deetz GM3c Marshall L. Dompier SK2c Norman W. Douglas S1c Guy Dugger F1c Billie J. Dukes S1c Thomas R. Durning, Jr. S2c Robert W. Ernest S2c Alfred J. Farley S2c Marvin L. Ferguson, Jr. AS Stanley C. Galaszewski S2c Robert S. Garcia SK3c Thomas J. Gary S2c George H. Gilbert Esn Tom Gilbert S1c Helmer A. Hanson S2c Gilbert A. Henderson MATT2c John A. Hildebrand, Jr. F1c Merle C.J. Hillman PhM2c Paul E. Holley S1c Richard F. Jacobs SF3c Ira W. Jeffrey Ens Melvin G. Johnson RM3c Ernest Jones MATT3c Harry Kaufman BM1c Arlie G. Keener SK3c Harry W. Kramer F1c John T. Lancaster PhM3c Donald C.V. Larsen RM3c John E. Lewis SK1c James E. London Sk1c Howard E. Manges FC3c John W. Martin F3c George V. McGraw F1c Clyde C McMeans S1c Aaron L. McMurtrey S1c James L. Milner F1c James D. Minter S2c Bernard J. Mirello S1c William A. Montgomery GM1c Marlyn W. Nelson F1c Wayne E. Newton S1c June W. Parker QM3c Kenneth E. Payne S1c George E. Pendarvis F3c Lewis W. Pitts, Jr. S2c Alexander J. Przybysz Prtr2c Roy A. Pullen S2c Edward S. Racisz S1c Thomas J. Reeves CRM(PA) Joseph L. Richey Ens(Vo-2) Edwin H. Ripley S2c Earl R. Roberts S1c Alfred A. Rosenthal RM3c Joe B. Ross RM2c Frank W. Royse RM3c Morris F. Saffell F1c Robert R. Scott MM1c Erwin L. Searle GM3c Russell K. Shelly, Jr. MUS2c Frank L. Simmons MATT2c Tceollyar Simmons S2c Lloyd G. Smith S2c Gordon W. Stafford S2c Leo Stapler MATT1c Charles E. Sweany EM1c Edward F. Szurgot SK3c Frank P. Treanor RM3c Pete Turk S2c George V. Ulrich F1c George E. Vining MATT2c David Walker MATT3c Milton S. Wilson F3c Steven J. Wodarski S1c John C. Wydila SF3c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USS CHEW DD-106 Destroyer Matthew Agola S2c Killed on the Pennslvania Clarence A. Wise F3c +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USS Curtis AV-4, Seaplane Tender Joseph I. Caro F1c Lee H. Duke S2c Clifton E. Edmonds S1c John W. Frazier Cox Nickolas S. Ganas S2c George H. Guy S2c Kenneth J. Hartley F1c Edward S. Haven, Jr. S1c Anthony Hawkins, Jr. MATT2c Thomas Hembree AS Andrew King AS Robert S. Lowe S2c James E. Massey AS Maurice Mastrototaro S1c Jesse K. Milbourne AS Dean B. Orwick RM2c William J. Powell MATT2c William A. Rice S1c Howard A. Rosenau S2c Benjamin Schlect RM2c Joseph Sperling SF1c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USS Dobbin AD-3, Destroyer Tender J.W.Baker TM3c Howard F. Carter Cox Roy A. Gross F1c Andrew M. Marze GM1c Killed on the Pennsylvania +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USS Downes DD-375, Destroyer James E. Bailey RM3c Benjamin L. Brown S2c Marvin L. Clapp SC3c Thomas W. Collins F3c Edward C. Daly Cox Albert J. Hitrik F2c George E. Jones RM3c John A Marshall WT2c Nolan E. Pummill MM2c William H. Silva S2c Perry W.Strickland S1c James Vinson F3c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Con't in part 4 - A Day in Infamy - USS Enterprise.