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''Vestal'' was berthed outboard of the {{US-Arizona|f=t}} on December 7, 1941, and survived the fatal magazine explosion which destroyed the battleship.  Her commanding officer, {{CommUS}} [[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.<ref>USS Vestal Report of Pearl Harbor Attack 11 December, 1941</ref>  Commander Young earned the Medal of Honor for his courage and dedication to duty that day.
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Urban Tigner Holmes|nick=Urban T. Holmes|appt=17 December, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}|end=July, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 14}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Ernest Linwood Bennett|nick=Ernest L. Bennett|appt=1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Valentine Klemann|nick=John V. Klemann|appt=16 December, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Raymond Stedman Keyes|nick=Raymond S. Keyes|appt=before 1 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 22-23}}|end=1919{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 22-23}}{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Joseph Hyland|nick=John J. Hyland|appt=1 June, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 14-15}}|end=June, 1923{{USOfficerReg1924|pp. 16-17}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William King Riddle|nick=William K. Riddle|appt=1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}|end=after 1 January, 1925{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 16-17}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Kenneth Galleher Castleman|nick=Kenneth G. Castleman|appt=1926{{USOfficerReg1927|p. 14}}|end=June, 1927<ref>''News-Pilot'' (San Pedro, CA) 28 June, 1927 p. 14.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Wilbur Rice Van Auken|nick=Wilbur R. Van Auken|appt=22 June, 1929{{USOfficerReg1930|pp. 16, 17}}|end=26 June, 1931<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/25/2504.htm NavSource]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harold Cecil Train|nick=Harold C. Train|appt=12 June, 1925|end=8 June, 1936<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/25/2504.htm NavSource]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Robert Grimes Coman|nick=Robert G. Coman|appt=8 June, 1936|end=31 May, 1938<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/25/2504.htm  NavSource]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Cassin Young|nick=Cassin Young|appt=November, 1941|end=6 November, 1942<ref>USS Vestal War Diary 6 November, 1942</ref>}}
 
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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-ve.htm Naval Heritage and History Command: USS ''Vestal'' during the during the Pearl Harbor Attack]
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Latest revision as of 10:12, 19 April 2022

U.S.S. Vestal (1908)
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
U.S.S. Vestal was one of two Vestal Class repair ships completed for the U.S. Navy.

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.[7] Commander Young earned the Medal of Honor for his courage and dedication to duty that day.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  7. ↑ USS Vestal Report of Pearl Harbor Attack 11 December, 1941
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 22-23.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 22-23.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 14-15.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1924. pp. 16-17.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 16-17.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1927. p. 14.
  20. ↑ News-Pilot (San Pedro, CA) 28 June, 1927 p. 14.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 16, 17.
  22. ↑ NavSource
  23. ↑ NavSource
  24. ↑ NavSource
  25. ↑ USS Vestal War Diary 6 November, 1942

Bibliography


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