DOB/DOD: April 2, 1922 (New York, NY) – October 18, 1944; 22 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Parsonage Lane, GreenwichSERVICE NUMBER: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Herman S. (1884-1959) and Dorothy V. Lynch Crossman (1899-1988). Two sisters, Jeanette K. (1918-1989) and Doris Crossman Barton (1920-2013). One twin brother, George W. [U.S. Army veteran 1942-1945] (1922-1996). TheContinue reading “CHIEF MATE RICHARD TERENCE CROSSMAN”
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FIRST ENGINEER JOSEPH MICHAEL COOPER
DOB/DOD: January 30, 1900 (West Ham, London, England) – February 23, 1943; 43 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Isabel T. “Belle” Makonis (1918-1951) in 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Isabel later married William Von Winkle of Hamden, Connecticut, in April 1944.LOCAL ADDRESS: 1 Smith Street, West HavenSERVICE NUMBER: Z-172822 FAMILY: Born to Joseph (1863-1915) and Ellen LovettContinue reading “FIRST ENGINEER JOSEPH MICHAEL COOPER”
JUNIOR THIRD MATE HARRY ALLEN COOKE, III
DOB/DOD: November 26, 1920 (New London, CT) – January 1, 1943; 22 years old MARITAL STATUS: Married Barbara A. Rice (1921-1999) on October 3, 1942, in Prince George, Maryland. Barbara remarried to John H. Freeman (1919-1999) in 1945.LOCAL ADDRESS: 49 Shirley Lane, New LondonENLISTMENT: 1942SERVICE NUMBER: Z-238553 FAMILY: Born to Harry Allen (1897-1969) and IsabelContinue reading “JUNIOR THIRD MATE HARRY ALLEN COOKE, III”
ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS CUSHMAN COLLINS, JR.
DOB/DOD: February 28, 1900 (Middleborough, MA) – May 12, 1942; 42 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnknownLOCAL ADDRESS: GlastonburySERVICE NUMBER: Z-019292 FAMILY: Born to Wallace C. (1870-1908) and Mary E. Flinn Collins (1877-1951). Thomas was their only child. CIRCUMSTANCES: Died when his ship, the SS Virginia, a tanker, was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico. At 2203Continue reading “ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS CUSHMAN COLLINS, JR.”
BOATSWAIN PATRICK DANIEL COLEMAN
DOB/DOD: 1903 (Connecticut) – September 24, 1942; 35 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Mae Coleman. No other information could be found.LOCAL ADDRESS: 33 Hickory Street, WaterburySERVICE NUMBER: Z-097275 FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: The SS Losmar was torpedoed and sunk about 250 miles west of Cape Comorin, India, by Japanese submarine I-165. 25 Merchant Mariners and 2Continue reading “BOATSWAIN PATRICK DANIEL COLEMAN”
MATE CLETUS ARTHUR CHILCOTE
DOB/DOD: August 15, 1905 (Orrville, OH) – January 9, 1942; 36 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Ruth V. Barbour Bingham Bachmann (1913-1981) on April 6, 1932, in Norwich, CT. Divorced in February 1938. Married Delcini Louise Daniels (1918-1990) on March 5, 1938, in New London, CT.CHILDREN: One daughter, unnamed, only lived a few hours and wasContinue reading “MATE CLETUS ARTHUR CHILCOTE”
DECK CADET DENNISTON CHARLTON, JR.
DOB/DOD: December 28, 1923 (West Haven, CT) – January 1, 1943; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: CanterburySERVICE NUMBER: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Denniston (1892-1930) and Louisa M. Wibberly Charlton (1893-1991). One sister, Lois E. Charlton Woodell Lemond Plassman (1920-2000) CIRCUMSTANCES: Cadet Dennis Charlton, Jr. was a deck cadet at the United States Merchant MarineContinue reading “DECK CADET DENNISTON CHARLTON, JR.”
THIRD ENGINEER OTTO CERABONE
DOB/DOD: March 27, 1903 (Brooklyn, New York) – March 3, 1942; 38 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnknownLOCAL ADDRESS: BridgeportSERVICE NUMBER: Unknown FAMILY: Born to Joseph A. (1873-1963) and Margaret M. Scheuerle Cerabone (1879-1953). Two brothers, Louis A. (1898-1946) and Victor J. (1911-1966). One sister, Rose M. Cerabone Rush (1908-2003). CIRCUMSTANCES: The steam tanker SS Otho wasContinue reading “THIRD ENGINEER OTTO CERABONE”
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER JAMES ALBERT BUTTS
DOB/DOD: August 28, 1916 (Tullahoma, TN) – July 9, 1942; 25 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Darien (mother)SERVICE NUMBER: Z-055921 FAMILY: Born to Wendell M. [WWI hero; see NOTE below] (1893-1932) and Mary B. Whitmore Schulze (1894-1975). One brother, Francis (1918-1975). One sister, Shirley Butts Norberg Seaver Hesse (1921-2007). NOTE: Lieutenant Wendell M. Butts wasContinue reading “FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER JAMES ALBERT BUTTS”
OILER RUDOLPH EDWARD BROEDLIN
DOB/DOD: August 29, 1916 (Bridgeport, CT) – November 2, 1944; 26 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Christine Glynn (1919-1998) on April 10, 1941, in East Hartford. After Rudolph’s death, she remarried in 1946 to Charles McCarthy.CHILDREN: One son, Dennis E. (1943 -).LOCAL ADDRESS: 975 Grand Street, BridgeportSERVICE NUMBER: Z-481720 FAMILY: Born to Rudolf J. (1894-1976) andContinue reading “OILER RUDOLPH EDWARD BROEDLIN”