1. Information is in order - Date of death, Vessel or Base, Incident, Name, Rank, Service other than USN, Cause of death
2. Main abbreviations: , BN - original Bureau of Navigation publication, DOI - died of injuries, DOW - died of wounds, G - General, JG - junior grade,  USNRF - US Naval Reserve Force
3.  Ranks of US Navy Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men
4. US Navy Casualties by Name

 

1915

 

 

March 25, 1915

 

 

US Submarine F-4 (Skate, No.23) (above), sank during routine training off Honolulu Harbor

 ASHCROFT, GEORGE T, Gunner’s Mate, 1st class

 BUCK, CLARK GEORGE, Gunner’s Mate, 2nd class

 CAUVIN, ERNEST C, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 COLWELL, HARLEY, Chief Electrician's Mate

 COVINGTON, WALTER F, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 DEETH, GEORGE L, Electrician's Mate, 1st class,

 EDE, ALFRED LOUIS, Lieutenant (JG) (Commanding Officer)

 GILMAN, FREDERICK, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 GRINDLE, ALISTON H, Chief Electrician's Mate

 HERZOG, FRANK N, Electrician, 2nd class

 HILL, EDWIN S, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 HUGHSON, FRANCIS M, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 JENNIE, ALBERT F, Electrician, 2nd class

 LUNGER, ARCHIE H, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 MAHAN, IVAN L, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 MOORE, HORACE L, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 NELSON, WILLIAM S, Chief Machinist's Mate

 PARKER, TIMOTHY A, Ensign (Executive Officer)

 PIERARD, FRANK C, Chief Gunner's Mate

 WELLS, CHARLES H, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

Note: Chief Gunner's Mate Frank Crilley was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving another diver working on the wreck of F-4 on April 17, 1915

 

 

 

1916

 

 

January 15, 1916

 

US Submarine E-2 (No.25, later SS-25), refitting, battery explosion in New York Navy Yard (four killed, one DOW)

 names of those killed not known - see also 16th for two of the casualties

 

 

January 16, 1916

 

US Submarine E-2 (No.25, later SS-25), refitting, battery explosion in New York Navy Yard on 15th

 CLARK, GUY H, Jr, Machinist's Mate, injured, died in Navy Hospital, New York

 MILES, E L, Chief Electrician, in Navy Hospital, N Y, unlikely to recover as of 16th, not known if died

 

 

 

1917

 

 

July 25, 1917

 

 

US Submarine A-7 (ex-Shark, later SS-8) (above), patrols off Manila, P I, internal gasoline explosion and fire in Manila Bay on 24th, all died of burns and smoke inhalation at Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 CURRIE, JESSE MELLON, Chief Electrician

 HIXON, IRA DELL, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 HOPEWELL, OTHO, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class (G)

 KUNZ, JOSEPH ANTHONY, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LANG, HAROLD HOLDEN, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 MARCUS, ARNOLD, Lieutenant (JG)

 

 

July 28, 1917

 

Submarine Base, New London, Conn, both drowned (not known if submarine-related)

 NEALE, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Seaman, USNRF

 TERRILL, GEORGE LEONIAL, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class

 

 

August 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, PI (presumably US Submarine A-7, internal gasoline explosion and fire in Manila Bay on July 24)

 JACOBS, ARTHUR MARTIN, Fireman, 2nd class, gasoline explosion, DOI

 

 

October 10, 1917

 

Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 MILLER, EARL LOUIS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned (not known if submarine-related)

 

 

December 9, 1917

 

Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 McCRARY, HARRY LEE, Electrician, 1st class, injured, DOI (not known if submarine-related)

 

 

December 17, 1917

 

 

US Submarine F-1 (ex-Carp, No.20) (above), underway off California, sank in collision with sister boat F-3, all drowned

 BELT, JOHN ROBERT, Seaman,

 BERNARD, FRANK MATTHEW, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM LESTER, Seaman

 CORSON, HARRY LE ROY, Chief Electrician (G)

 GOONAN, JAMES, Chief Gunners' Mate

 GREENBERG, SIMON, Electrician, 1st class

 HALL, EDWARD EMERSON, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LOVELY, LYMAN FREDERICK, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 McCLUER, RALPH EDGAR, Electrician, 2nd class (G)

 McRAE, DUNCAN ARCHIE, Electrician, 1st class

 MESSANG, JOHN PETER ALBERT, Chief Machinist's Mate

 METZ, GROVER EDWIN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 SCOTT, RAY ELSWORTH, Electrician, 1st class

 SMITH, ELBERT PESHINE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 STEWART, GUY RAYMOND, Chief Machinist's Mate

 STOUGH, DUDLEY, Chief Gunner's Mate (T)

 VINCENT, CHARLES FRIDLEY, Electrician, 2nd class (G)

 WALSH, THOMAS ALFRED, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 WYATT, CLYDE WILLIAM, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 

 

 

1918

 

 

January 24, 1918

 

US Submarine L-10 (later SS-50), either on passage from Azores to southern Ireland or operating off Irish coast

 LEESE, ROYAL ALLEN, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, fell overboard and drowned

 

 

March 2, 1918

 

HM Submarine H.5, accidentally rammed by British SS Rutherglen in Irish Sea (all on board lost) (BN - 7th)

 CHILDS, EARL W F, Lieutenant, serving as observer

 

 

June 8, 1918

 

US Submarine AL-3, L-class, designated AL to avoid confusion with British L-class, based at Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland

 WHITAKER, HORACE ELMER, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, washed overboard

 

 

July 19, 1918

 

Submarine Base, New London, Conn

 STENERSON, WILLIAM NICHOLS, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned (not known if submarine-related)

 

 

September 25, 1918

 

Torpedo Range, Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 SHARP, JOSEPH THOMAS, Coxswain, drowned (not known if submarine-related)

 

 

October 5, 1918

 

 

US Submarine O-5 (later SS-66) (above), post-commissioning trials following completion by Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincy, Mass, explosion in after battery room

 SHARKEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Lieutenant (JG), trying to prevent explosion, killed

 

 

October 14, 1918

 

US Submarine O-5 (later SS-66) (above), post-commissioning trials following completion by Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincy, Mass, explosion in after battery room on 5th

 TREVER, GEORGE ARTHUR, Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer, severe, multiple injuries, (BN - injuries extreme, gas submarine), died at Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

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