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by Date and Ship/Base - September 1917

Some of the crew of USS Tampa in 1918. All onboard were lost September 26, 1918 (US Coast Guard, click to enlarge)

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1. Information is in order - Date of death, Ship, Base or Location, Incident, Name, Rank, Service other than USN, Cause of death. (For Next of kin and  Appointment/Enlistment information, see lists by Name)
2. Main abbreviations:
A - Aviation, DOI - died of injuries, DOW - died of wounds, F - Female, G - General, JG - junior grade, NNV - National Naval Volunteers, R - Radio, USNRF - US Naval Reserve Force, USNRC - United States Naval Reserve Corps
3.  Ranks of US Navy Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men

4. See also Casualties by Name, starting at Abbate and ending at Zwieseland


 

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

September 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 RIETHMILLER, THEODORE JOHN, Yeoman, 1st class, illness/disease       

 

 

September 2, 1917

 

USS Apache, ex-motor boat, patrol and despatch craft (SP-729) Boston, Mass

 LANG, GOTTFRIED, Jr, Seaman, drowned  

 

USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser (No.3, later CA-3), Asiatic Station

 GOFF, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Oiler, drowned      

 

 

September 3, 1917

 

Shangai Isolation Hospital, Shangai, China

 McGHEE, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, Pharmacist, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

USS Colfax, ex-USCG side-wheel steamer, station ship, Baltimore, Md

 PAUL, JOHN HENRY, Painter, 2nd class, USCG, illness/disease, died at Marine Hospital, Baltimore         

 

 

September 5, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 RITTER, EDWARD HENRY, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

SS Kansas City, freighter (British-owned), sailing New York for Bristol, ship went missing on this date in North Atlantic, possibly foundered in storm (around 30 lost)

 MUIR, JOSEPH HALL ALLISON, Seaman, 1st class, USNRF, assigned as signalman from USS Albany (BN - drowned)      

 

USS Panther, destroyer tender (later AD-6), at Porta Delgada, Azores

 ALLEN, DAVID GORDON, past Assistant Surgeon, food poisoning     

 

 

September 8, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 DEMING, FRED PINCHARD, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, drowned

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 MEYERS, HAROLD M, Lieutenant (JG), illness/disease  

 

 

September 10, 1917

 

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

 MATHESON, CHARLES B, Mess Attendant, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease   

 

 

September 11, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 VELHAGE, FRANCIS BUCKLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV, respiratory disease  

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 LARSEN, HARRY INGVALD, Chief Turret Captain, automobile accident       

 

 

September 12, 1917

 

Portsmouth, Va

 TOERPE, ARTHUR B, Gunner, accidentally drowned      

 

USS Newport News, ex-German Odenwald, freighter (later AK-3)

 SCHMAY, SIDNEY STEPHEN, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease       

 

USS Pennsylvania, dreadnought battleship (later BB-38)

 WILLIAMSON, LEMUEL LOYD, Seaman, 2nd class, died        

 

 

September 13, 1917

 

USS North Dakota, dreadnought battleship (later BB-29)

 BARNUM, ROBERT RAYMOND, Fireman, 3rd class, heat exhaustion         

 

USS Wilkes, destroyer (later DD-67)

 SMITH, STANLEY HARTWELL, Yeoman, 2nd class, accidentally drowned   

 

 

September 14, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 LIVINGSTON, ORVAL FRANK, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

 

September 15, 1917

 

automobile accident between Tonawanda and Niagara, N Y

 WORRALL, BENJAMIN WARD J, Lieutenant (JG) (Medical Corps), USNRF, accident, died           

 

Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla

 LE COMPTE, PAXSON, Chief Yeoman, wounded, but not in action     

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 DALE, ROBERT RADFORD, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

SS Platuria, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U.63 west of Gibraltar

 WAGSTAFF, ROSCOE EARLE, Seaman, 2nd class

 

 

September 16, 1917

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 HETHERINGTON JAMES HENRY, Commander (retired), illness/disease      

 

 

September 17, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 FOURNIER, WILLIAM JAMES, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 HORTON, WILLIAM JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 

USS Glacier, stores ship (later AF-4)

 CRAWFORD, EARL HASTINGS, Fireman, 3rd class, injured    

 

USS Navajo, tug (later AT-52), based at Pearl Harbor

 REID, PAUL WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

 

September 19, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 LONG, EMMET JAMES, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 MARTIN, HERALD VERNON, Yeoman, 3rd class, illness/disease      

 

USS Houston, ex-German Liebenfels, freighter

 ALBERT, HARRY SIDNEY, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease

 

 

September 20, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 SMITH, JAMES HARRISON, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 QUINLAN, JOHN JAMES, Chief Water Tender, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 ZELLMAN, OTTO THEO HENRY, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease 

 

Norfolk, Va

 CEASE, LOUIS VERN, Seaman, 2nd class, fall, died     

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 CROSS, CHARLES EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

USS Wyoming, dreadnought battleship (later BB-31)

 WILLIAMS, EARNEST, Mess Attendant, 2nd class, drowned    

 

 

September 21, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York

 PULVER, HAROLD LESLIE, Seaman, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease      

 

USS Cheyenne, ex-monitor Wyoming (No.10), submarine tender, Gulf of Mexico area

 WADE, PHILIP THEODORE, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

USS Prometheus, ex-collier (No.2), repair ship (No.3, later AR-3), believed stationed at Bermuda

 KENDRICK, THOMAS BRYAN, Fireman, 3rd class, suffocation          

 

 

September 22, 1917

 

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, engine explosion and fire in motor dory

 GASH, ANDREW JACKSON, Apprentice Seaman, escaped overboard and drowned         

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 TIMMERMAN, CLAUDE DEAN, Oiler, illness/disease     

 

USS Itasca Estelle (not identified, possibly motor boat Itasca (SP-810), hospital boat at Norfolk, Va)

 ENSOR, RICHARD MORRIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned  

 

 

September 23, 1917

 

Holy Family Hospital, New York, N Y

 GUNN, HARKY C, Chief Boatswain (retired), accidentally injured        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 FERGUSON, HARRY AQUILLA, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

Receiving Ship, Washington, D C

 PERKINS, RUPERT JACKSON, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease 

 

USS DeKalb or De Kalb, ex-German liner Prinz Eitel Friedrich, troop transport (ID-3010)

 RAHTZ, ALBAN, Fireman, 1st class, drowned       

 

 

September 24, 1917

 

Camp Hingham, Hingham, Mass

 SEVERSEN, SEGUR D, Musician, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), struck by train         

Naval Hospital, New York

 ROTH, LEO, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 ASHMAN, WILBUR S, Electrician, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 THEISS, EMIL Captain, illness/disease       

 

 

September 26, 1917

 

USS Sultana, yacht, patrol vessel (SP-134), patrol and escort duties, French west coast

 WALKER, ERNEST DORANDO, Wardroom Cook, USNRF, accidentally drowned 

 

 

September 27, 1917

 

SS Rochester, freighter

 GADROW, HENRY ARTHUR, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease         

 

 

September 28, 1917

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 MEANS, LAWRENCE ALICESON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease       

 

USS Utah, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)

 SCHOWALTER, NICHOLAS HENRY RIGHTOR, Seaman, illness/disease    

 

 

September 29, 1917

 

USS Culgoa, refrigerated supply ship (later AF-3), motor sailer being launched

 LAUGHEY, JOSEPH LINWOOD, Seaman, killed   

 

 

September 30, 1917

 

Boston, Mass

 SAVILLE, JOHN W, passed Assistant Engineer (retired), illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 SIMPSON, WILLIAM HENRY, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease

 

USS Jouett, destroyer (later DD-41)

 MAJEWSKI, CASIMIR, ANDREW MATTHEW, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned        

 

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