Submarine USS E-2 battery explosion while in New York Navy Yard. 17 June 1982. Washington DC: Naval Historical Center, 1959-1991. Seaman Charles R. Leavett killed. Lance CPL Nicholas H. Anderson died in a vehicle incident while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. USS Wyoming small boat swamped in collision with USS Ironclad. One crew member killed and another injured. Battleship No. Cunningham, US Navy Relative to events on Wake Island in December 1941, and subsequent related events, Narrative of Joshua Davis an American Citizen 1811, Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Escape of Capt. 17 January 1933. Frigate storeship USS Brandywine Landsman James Bromley killed in ordnance accident. 1 February 2003. 29 January 1935. Screw sloop USS Hartford acting Master's Mate Herbert Judson killed in ordnance accident. 5 Dec 2009. David Darling, Ships' Boy, USS Constitution, fell from the booms into the hold and was killed by the fall. He was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 2 vols. Dummy training shell fired from a destroyer accidentally strikes USS Opportune (ARS-41), injuring four sailors. 36 USS Nevada Seaman Thomas G. Canter crushed to death in the shell handling room of turret #4 when his head was caught between turret track and powder compartment. US Navy. 6 January 1919. 29 March 2004. 11 Feb. 2009. 8 May 2002. Sgt. 20 February 1955. 6 April 2005. F/A-18C "Hornet" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 crashed during a night landing on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the north Pacific. 9 killed. Airborne aircraft were diverted to Italian airfields and flight deck aircraft were moved from danger. Fireman 2 class John Henry Clear scalded. Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate died of non-hostile causes at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. 6 October 1943. 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CH-46 "Sea Knight" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 deployed aboard USNS Sirius (TAF 8) crashed while conducting vertical replenishment with USS Stump (DD-978) in the Mediterranean. (National . Camp Pendleton, California. Data are based on incomplete and sometimes conflicting sources. The other nine Marines in the vehicle were students at Camp Geiger. Seven others wounded. After being relieved of watch in PK-1 seaplane moored at French Frigate Shoals, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Boyd W. Orrell slept in aft-compartment with canvas cover pulled over station to keep the rain out. Expedition took place between January -March 1854. Marine PFC Chad E. Bales was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident during convoy operations east of Ash Shahin, Iraq. 22 May 1968. 18 May 2003. 248 (1880) Correct and General Understanding of Signals, General Order No. Gunner Thomas L. Murphy died in hospital in Ravenna after a seaplane accident at Porto Corsini, Italy. 27 July 2002. 25 September 1925. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) fire in a supply store room asphyxiated eight men, injured four more. Structural failure in the tail assembly resulted in the crash of a Douglas PD-1 flying boat off Pearl Harbor, killing 2 officers and 3 enlisted men. USS Mount Hood (AE-11), with a cargo of 3,800 tons of ordnance, suddenly exploded in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, creating a mushroom cloud that rose 7,000 feet into the air. Following manual takeoff, they were supposed to parachute out over the English Channel while the radio-controlled explosive-filled drone proceeded to attack a German V-2 missile-launching site. 24 March 2003. He was driving a High-Mobility, Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of a convoy to Camp Coyote in Kuwait when his vehicle struck a parked trailer. 28 April 1919. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. A helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 2 was performing search-and-rescue (SAR) operations for the flight cycle and arrived on scene immediately. 25 May 1865. You Should Also Know, Is the Navy getting rid of Seabees? 11 September 1952. The pilot was safely recovered with only minor injuries. Boatswain William Whiting killed accidentally in Woosung, China, 1 April 1855. 15 October 1953. 18 killed. Training aircraft ??? 13 February 2002. 30 October 1936. 25 October 1996. 17 October 1891. 26 January 2005. 13 June 2002. 31 October 1937. 7 May 1919. This office provided Navy and Marine Corps casualty statistics for Operation Iraqi Freedom (major combat phase from 19 Mar. Protected cruiser USS Boston steam accident during the repair of the safety valve on boiler H. Machinist 2 class Edward Lee Baker died on way to the Naval Hospital, Mare Island CA. 30 December 1902. 14 USS Maumee steam exhaust burned Fireman 3 class William Conrad Steinhilber who died 11 days later at Chelsea MA Naval Hospital. 3 October 1995. 29 October 1990. 30 June 2005. 22 April 2003. While off Narragansett Bay, a catapult hydraulic fluid explosion, followed by secondary explosions, killed 103 aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) crewmen and injured 201 others. Coal Passer William George Winklehaken killed as a result of burns from evaporator explosion. Lance CPL Jeffrey Lam died as a result of a non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Heavy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 4, crashed on land approximately 10 miles west southwest of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella near Palagonia, Sicily, during a routine training mission. USS Texas cutter fell on Seaman Frans Kaa Kransen and killed him. Seven members of his battalion 'NMCB 14 were killed in 2004. Index of Vietnam War Casualties by Unit of Assignment - Virtual Wall 1902. Two S2E Trackers from USS Randolph (CVS-15) collided midair and exploded off the bow during CQ flight operations while southeast of Norfolk, Va. 47 (1935) Precedence of Forces in Parades, General Orders for the Regulation of the Navy Yard Washington, D.C. - 1833-1850, German Commanders Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl on the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, German Report on the Allied Invasion of Normandy, German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast, Glossary of U.S. During pre-deployment exercises out of San Diego, an attack bomber explodes on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19). 23 Jul 1917. Coal Passer Joseph Anderson, Seaman George Aubel, Fireman 1 class William Davis, Apprentice 1 class Jacob L. Mehaffey and Coxswain Frank Swanson drowned. Seaman Apprentice George C. Schultz died from burn injuries sustained in an accident after he fell into a utility trench housing steam pipes at Naval Station Norfolk. The sailor was forward-deployed to Beach Master Unit One, Detachment Western Pacific, at Sasebo, Japan. 541, the Office of Naval Operations established standard nomenclature for naval vessels. US Navy C-1A Trader cargo plane crashes in Crete, 11 killed. 10 March 1999. Babcock was assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station in Bahrain. 9 died of disease and exposure. 13 April 1906. 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During a storm off Virginia, destroyer USS Daly (DD-519) was caught in a huge swell, killing one sailor and sweeping five others over board. The pilot, LT Adam Kaff, was rescued by helicopter, treated for minor injuries and released. 18 February 1937. The pilot, CAPT Dale W. Mulkey, USMC, was killed. LT. 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Cessna 172 with four VA-165 sailors based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Battleship No. 25 October 1994. Seaman 2 class Henry A. Gaddis severely burned during a fire in the ordnance oil locker inside submarine tender USS Rainbow (AS-7) and died of these injuries 13 days later. 7 USS Hull boiler tube blew out killing Fireman 2 class Benjamin Filmore King. Fireman 2 class Benjamin James McCleary severely burned, dying two days later. Last seen in Hawaii on 18 September 1861. Coal Passer John W. Crew, Yeoman Gustave Adolph Mewis, Apprentice 1 class John Henry W. Smith and Coxswain Carl Walske drowned. 163 killed and 396 injured. US Marine Corps. 12 March 1920. 22 October 1911. AD2 Nelson R. Cole, from aviation Squadron VX-6, died from burns received in a helicopter crash in vicinity of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. 20 January 1865. The aircrew of an F/A-18F Super Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 ejected safely when the aircraft departed the flight deck on Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Some crewmembers had injuries that Cmdr. 98 killed. Battleship No. How a Navy Seabee Was Awarded the Medal of Honor Alongside a Green Beret. 4 killed. Lance CPL. 19 February 1916. 40 New Mexico Seaman Alfred Austin Byxbee was crushed to death between #1 14-inch turret and the shell stowage area within the turret structure. 2 August 2005. All four crew members are believed dead after their CH-46 Sea Knight 50 miles off the Virginia coast near Cape Henry. 24 April 1912. USS Chicago steamer being lowered into cradles when hook carried away and killed Harry Oak. Transport Nopatin #6 boiler explosion killed Firemen 2 class Roger Hackett and Thomas Willis Benham. 13 July 1921. 29 March 2003. An explosion during an ordnance experiment at the Washington Navy Yard killed two workers. 14 October 1994. Destroyer No. Screw sloop USS Omaha Seaman Carl Emanuelson and John E. Kirk killed after premature discharge of #5 gun. 14 December 1932. 17 October 2005. Two aviators killed when TAV-8B "Harrier II" of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Engine room fire in radar picket ship USS Searcher (YAGR-4) off Cape May, NJ. 22 Dec 2009. 3 March 2006. Patrol vessel USS Eagle while making passage up Delaware River was struck by a squall and capsized. Schooner USS Sylph probably sank in a storm in August 1831. 1970: NMCB 1 main body, with Cmdr. 3 October 1934. 13 December 2005. 10 May 1996. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Side wheel steamer USS Somerset Coal Heaver Robert Cliett killed in ordnance accident. Armored cruiser No. Engine in motor dory exploded causing the boat to catch fire. 4 February 2002. 12 May 1898. 16 September 1951. 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Aircrew members injured when AH-1W "Sea Cobra" from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 261 impacted the ground during a training flight in Jordan. 30 March 2003. 25 January 1987. Cooney, David M. A Chronology of the US. 29 Jul 1907. Submarine USS S-5 flooded and sank off Delaware Capes. Bass, Gallagher, Sandoval-Flores and St. Germain were assigned to elements of the 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 27 January 1900. 23(?) Two T-45 Goshawks from VT-21, flying as part of a four-plane formation, collided in midair near NAS Kingsville, TX. Navy Casualties: Ordnance Accidents, 18171941; Aviation Accidents, 19321941; Miscellaneous Accidents, 19281940. Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 - June 15, 1985) was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847. 20 September 1995. A Petty Officer 2d Class died at Port Hueneme, California, during a physical training run. The student pilot, 1st LT Michael Warda, was killed. Grounded at Rhodes, Greece, by heavy winds and seas, destroyer USS Bache (DD-470) is abandoned and later broken up for salvage. Ironclad monitor USS Neosho Seaman Timothy Coleman killed in ordnance accident. During a memorial ceremony held May 15, 2004 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq,. During combat flight operations off Vietnam, USS Ranger (CVA-61) suffered a fuel line fire in her No. 10 April 1999. 1 killed and 15 injured. During dive bombing practice at Border Field, San Diego, the left wings of an F3F1 tore off at 1,500 feet and the aircraft plunged into the ground, killing Lt (jg). Lt. (jg)s John Grafton Burgess and Oscar Willis Pate killed when FF-1 plane crashed and burned near Millsap, Tex. Four killed. 2 June 1914. W.K. William W. White of 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was killed in a vehicle accident in Iraq. 9 October 1864. Chief Machinist Mate Lawrence Lenehan drowned. Monitor USS Monadnock Seaman William H. Pugh crushed to death between 10-inch gun and turret beam overhead. Naval Aviation News. Both slightly injured pilots were recovered by a SAR swimmer and transported to Constellation. Milton G. Stephens. During 1920, 1,000 sailors died from disease and accidents. 23 August 1937. USS Trenton (CL-11) Seaman 1 class Eldon Wayne Cupp killed by accidental explosion of a primer charge during night battle practice. Ensign Melvin Edward Greaney died of injuries following plane crash at Alamo, Calif. 29 August 1932. 17 December 1928. We at Khe Sanh can't thank them enough and we hold them in very high esteem. 11 July 2000. One Kennedy crewman killed, seven Belknap crewmen killed and 47 injured. 2 June 1891. Navy Seaman Pablito Pena Briones, Jr died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Fallujah, Iraq. 19 January 1918. 2 November 1960. 14 May 2002. Both pilots ejected; Navy LT. Mark Sharp was killed and Marine 1st LT Carl Hogsett sustained broken bones and a serious head injury. 41 drowned. Lance CPL Richard P. Slocum died due to a non-combat related vehicle accident near Abu Gharib, Iraq.
Submarine USS E-2 battery explosion while in New York Navy Yard. 17 June 1982. Washington DC: Naval Historical Center, 1959-1991. Seaman Charles R. Leavett killed. Lance CPL Nicholas H. Anderson died in a vehicle incident while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. USS Wyoming small boat swamped in collision with USS Ironclad. One crew member killed and another injured. Battleship No. Cunningham, US Navy Relative to events on Wake Island in December 1941, and subsequent related events, Narrative of Joshua Davis an American Citizen 1811, Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Escape of Capt. 17 January 1933. Frigate storeship USS Brandywine Landsman James Bromley killed in ordnance accident. 1 February 2003. 29 January 1935. Screw sloop USS Hartford acting Master's Mate Herbert Judson killed in ordnance accident. 5 Dec 2009. David Darling, Ships' Boy, USS Constitution, fell from the booms into the hold and was killed by the fall. He was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 2 vols. Dummy training shell fired from a destroyer accidentally strikes USS Opportune (ARS-41), injuring four sailors. 36 USS Nevada Seaman Thomas G. Canter crushed to death in the shell handling room of turret #4 when his head was caught between turret track and powder compartment. US Navy. 6 January 1919. 29 March 2004. 11 Feb. 2009. 8 May 2002. Sgt. 20 February 1955. 6 April 2005. F/A-18C "Hornet" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 crashed during a night landing on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the north Pacific. 9 killed. Airborne aircraft were diverted to Italian airfields and flight deck aircraft were moved from danger. Fireman 2 class John Henry Clear scalded. Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate died of non-hostile causes at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. 6 October 1943. 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High-Mobility, Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HUMMWV) rolled over at Camp Lejeune during rehearsal preparations for a live fire exercise. Midshipman 2d Class Jay Michael Dixon apparently fell to his death from a campus dormitory at the Naval Academy. Two F-14 Tomcats from Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) collided off the North Carolina coast while conducting a routine training mission. 25 New Hampshire pierced port side of Louisiana. Navy Seabees Vietnam Memorial Inscription. 8 September 1981. Three Marines were killed and seven injured when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization training malfunctioned. Low-flying P-3 Orion from VP-??? 27 August 1994. USS Belknap (DLG-26) collides with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in the Mediterranean. USS S-37 (SS-142) battery explosion in harbor at San Pedro CA. 16 May 1996. 25 March 1915. CH-46 "Sea Knight" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 deployed aboard USNS Sirius (TAF 8) crashed while conducting vertical replenishment with USS Stump (DD-978) in the Mediterranean. (National . Camp Pendleton, California. Data are based on incomplete and sometimes conflicting sources. The other nine Marines in the vehicle were students at Camp Geiger. Seven others wounded. After being relieved of watch in PK-1 seaplane moored at French Frigate Shoals, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Boyd W. Orrell slept in aft-compartment with canvas cover pulled over station to keep the rain out. Expedition took place between January -March 1854. Marine PFC Chad E. Bales was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident during convoy operations east of Ash Shahin, Iraq. 22 May 1968. 18 May 2003. 248 (1880) Correct and General Understanding of Signals, General Order No. Gunner Thomas L. Murphy died in hospital in Ravenna after a seaplane accident at Porto Corsini, Italy. 27 July 2002. 25 September 1925. USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) fire in a supply store room asphyxiated eight men, injured four more. Structural failure in the tail assembly resulted in the crash of a Douglas PD-1 flying boat off Pearl Harbor, killing 2 officers and 3 enlisted men. USS Mount Hood (AE-11), with a cargo of 3,800 tons of ordnance, suddenly exploded in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, creating a mushroom cloud that rose 7,000 feet into the air. Following manual takeoff, they were supposed to parachute out over the English Channel while the radio-controlled explosive-filled drone proceeded to attack a German V-2 missile-launching site. 24 March 2003. He was driving a High-Mobility, Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of a convoy to Camp Coyote in Kuwait when his vehicle struck a parked trailer. 28 April 1919. 41, USS O'Brien DD415 War Damage Report No. A helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 2 was performing search-and-rescue (SAR) operations for the flight cycle and arrived on scene immediately. 25 May 1865. You Should Also Know, Is the Navy getting rid of Seabees? 11 September 1952. The pilot was safely recovered with only minor injuries. Boatswain William Whiting killed accidentally in Woosung, China, 1 April 1855. 15 October 1953. 18 killed. Training aircraft ??? 13 February 2002. 30 October 1936. 25 October 1996. 17 October 1891. 26 January 2005. 13 June 2002. 31 October 1937. 7 May 1919. This office provided Navy and Marine Corps casualty statistics for Operation Iraqi Freedom (major combat phase from 19 Mar. Protected cruiser USS Boston steam accident during the repair of the safety valve on boiler H. Machinist 2 class Edward Lee Baker died on way to the Naval Hospital, Mare Island CA. 30 December 1902. 14 USS Maumee steam exhaust burned Fireman 3 class William Conrad Steinhilber who died 11 days later at Chelsea MA Naval Hospital. 3 October 1995. 29 October 1990. 30 June 2005. 22 April 2003. While off Narragansett Bay, a catapult hydraulic fluid explosion, followed by secondary explosions, killed 103 aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) crewmen and injured 201 others. Coal Passer William George Winklehaken killed as a result of burns from evaporator explosion. Lance CPL Jeffrey Lam died as a result of a non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Heavy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 4, crashed on land approximately 10 miles west southwest of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella near Palagonia, Sicily, during a routine training mission. USS Texas cutter fell on Seaman Frans Kaa Kransen and killed him. Seven members of his battalion 'NMCB 14 were killed in 2004. Index of Vietnam War Casualties by Unit of Assignment - Virtual Wall 1902. Two S2E Trackers from USS Randolph (CVS-15) collided midair and exploded off the bow during CQ flight operations while southeast of Norfolk, Va. 47 (1935) Precedence of Forces in Parades, General Orders for the Regulation of the Navy Yard Washington, D.C. - 1833-1850, German Commanders Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl on the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, German Report on the Allied Invasion of Normandy, German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast, Glossary of U.S. During pre-deployment exercises out of San Diego, an attack bomber explodes on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19). 23 Jul 1917. Coal Passer Joseph Anderson, Seaman George Aubel, Fireman 1 class William Davis, Apprentice 1 class Jacob L. Mehaffey and Coxswain Frank Swanson drowned. Seaman Apprentice George C. Schultz died from burn injuries sustained in an accident after he fell into a utility trench housing steam pipes at Naval Station Norfolk. The sailor was forward-deployed to Beach Master Unit One, Detachment Western Pacific, at Sasebo, Japan. 541, the Office of Naval Operations established standard nomenclature for naval vessels. US Navy C-1A Trader cargo plane crashes in Crete, 11 killed. 10 March 1999. Babcock was assigned to the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station in Bahrain. 9 died of disease and exposure. 13 April 1906. 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During a storm off Virginia, destroyer USS Daly (DD-519) was caught in a huge swell, killing one sailor and sweeping five others over board. The pilot, LT Adam Kaff, was rescued by helicopter, treated for minor injuries and released. 18 February 1937. The pilot, CAPT Dale W. Mulkey, USMC, was killed. LT. 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Cessna 172 with four VA-165 sailors based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Battleship No. 25 October 1994. Seaman 2 class Henry A. Gaddis severely burned during a fire in the ordnance oil locker inside submarine tender USS Rainbow (AS-7) and died of these injuries 13 days later. 7 USS Hull boiler tube blew out killing Fireman 2 class Benjamin Filmore King. Fireman 2 class Benjamin James McCleary severely burned, dying two days later. Last seen in Hawaii on 18 September 1861. Coal Passer John W. Crew, Yeoman Gustave Adolph Mewis, Apprentice 1 class John Henry W. Smith and Coxswain Carl Walske drowned. 163 killed and 396 injured. US Marine Corps. 12 March 1920. 22 October 1911. AD2 Nelson R. Cole, from aviation Squadron VX-6, died from burns received in a helicopter crash in vicinity of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. 20 January 1865. The aircrew of an F/A-18F Super Hornet of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 ejected safely when the aircraft departed the flight deck on Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Some crewmembers had injuries that Cmdr. 98 killed. Battleship No. How a Navy Seabee Was Awarded the Medal of Honor Alongside a Green Beret. 4 killed. Lance CPL. 19 February 1916. 40 New Mexico Seaman Alfred Austin Byxbee was crushed to death between #1 14-inch turret and the shell stowage area within the turret structure. 2 August 2005. All four crew members are believed dead after their CH-46 Sea Knight 50 miles off the Virginia coast near Cape Henry. 24 April 1912. USS Chicago steamer being lowered into cradles when hook carried away and killed Harry Oak. Transport Nopatin #6 boiler explosion killed Firemen 2 class Roger Hackett and Thomas Willis Benham. 13 July 1921. 29 March 2003. An explosion during an ordnance experiment at the Washington Navy Yard killed two workers. 14 October 1994. Destroyer No. Screw sloop USS Omaha Seaman Carl Emanuelson and John E. Kirk killed after premature discharge of #5 gun. 14 December 1932. 17 October 2005. Two aviators killed when TAV-8B "Harrier II" of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Engine room fire in radar picket ship USS Searcher (YAGR-4) off Cape May, NJ. 22 Dec 2009. 3 March 2006. Patrol vessel USS Eagle while making passage up Delaware River was struck by a squall and capsized. Schooner USS Sylph probably sank in a storm in August 1831. 1970: NMCB 1 main body, with Cmdr. 3 October 1934. 13 December 2005. 10 May 1996. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Side wheel steamer USS Somerset Coal Heaver Robert Cliett killed in ordnance accident. Armored cruiser No. Engine in motor dory exploded causing the boat to catch fire. 4 February 2002. 12 May 1898. 16 September 1951. USS Dolphin (AGSS-555), a Navy research submarine that holds the record diving depth caught fire and partly flooded off San Diego, California, but the 43 people aboard were rescued. 15 July 2003. 16 November 1933. 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. 7 November 1914. 16 October 1943. PFC Michael Anthony Jordan died in an automobile accident in Manama, Bahrain. Annual Reports of the Navy Department. Steam frigate USS Fulton, used as a receiving ship, destroyed by gunpowder explosion. 28 Oct 2009. 12 March 1862. 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