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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Valentine Klemann|nick=John V. Klemann|appt=16 December, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Valentine Klemann|nick=John V. Klemann|appt=16 December, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William King Riddle|nick=William K. Riddle|appt=2 June, 1917{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William King Riddle|nick=William K. Riddle|appt=2 June, 1917{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}} |
Revision as of 08:44, 22 September 2015
U.S.S. Vestal (1908) | |
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Hull Number: | AR-4[1] |
Builder: | New York NYd[2] |
Ordered: | 1904[3] |
Laid down: | 25 Mar, 1907[4] |
Launched: | 9 May, 1908[5] |
Commissioned: | 4 Oct, 1909[6] |
Decommissioned: | 14 Aug, 1946 |
Stricken: | 25 Sep, 1946 |
Sold: | 28 Jul, 1950 |
Fate: | Broken up |
Service
Vestal was berthed outboard of the battleship Arizona on December 7, 1941, and survived the fatal magazine explosion which destroyed the battleship. Her commanding officer, Commander Cassin Young, was thrown overboard by the force of the explosion, but was able to swim back to the Vestal and resume command, ordering her clear of the inferno on her port side. Commander Young earned the Medal of Honor for his courage and dedication to duty that day.
Captains
- Commander Ernest L. Bennett, 30 April, 1914, 1914[7]
- Commander John V. Klemann, 16 December, 1916[8]
- Captain William K. Riddle, 2 June, 1917[9]
- Commander Cassin Young, before December, 1941
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
- Naval Heritage and History Command: USS Vestal during the during the Pearl Harbor Attack
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