s/o Louis J and Mary Ellen
In 1867, served aboard the bark "Arnolda"
Congressional Medal Recipient
Crew member of USS Jeannette departed San Francisco on July 8,1879 on an Arctic expedition, Captain George W De Long commanding. On September 9, 1879, ship became trapped in ice near Herald Island, Siberian coast. Ship subsequently was crushed and sank June 12, 1881. Louis Noros departed vessel in one of three cutters with Captain De Long and twelve other crewman, eventually arriving at Lena Delta where they made land-fall. On October 9, 1881, Louis Noros and William F C Nindemann were sent inland to seek assistance. The two men were picked up near Belun by Chief Engineer George W Melville who had departed USS Jeannette in one of the other three cutters. It was later discovered that Captain De Long and the remaining eleven crew members accompanying him had perished. The third cutter commanded by Lt Charles W Chipp was never found. Seaman Nindemann also received a Congressional Medal.
The known gravesites of the crew of the USS Jeannette;
George Washington De Long
Charles Winans Chipp
George Wallace Melville
Lieut. John Wilson Danenhower
James Markham Marshall Ambler
Jerome J. Collins
William Dunbar
William F. C. Nindemann
Adolph Dressler
Walter Lee
Hans H. Erichson
Carl A. Gortz
Neils Iverson
Heinrick H. Kaack
Herbert W. Leach
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Alfred Sweetman
Walter Sharvell
Edward Starr
Peter E. Johnson
Albert Kuehne
James H. Bartlett
Henry D. Warren
Frank E Manson
John Cole
For further details, see:
'In the Lena Delta'
by George W Melville (1892)
'Hell on Ice; The Saga of Jeannette'
by Edward Ellsberg (1938)
'In the Kingdom of Ice'
by Hampton Sides (2014)
Also, Fall River Evening Herald, April 4, 1927 edition, pages one and two
In 1867, served aboard the bark "Arnolda"
Congressional Medal Recipient
Crew member of USS Jeannette departed San Francisco on July 8,1879 on an Arctic expedition, Captain George W De Long commanding. On September 9, 1879, ship became trapped in ice near Herald Island, Siberian coast. Ship subsequently was crushed and sank June 12, 1881. Louis Noros departed vessel in one of three cutters with Captain De Long and twelve other crewman, eventually arriving at Lena Delta where they made land-fall. On October 9, 1881, Louis Noros and William F C Nindemann were sent inland to seek assistance. The two men were picked up near Belun by Chief Engineer George W Melville who had departed USS Jeannette in one of the other three cutters. It was later discovered that Captain De Long and the remaining eleven crew members accompanying him had perished. The third cutter commanded by Lt Charles W Chipp was never found. Seaman Nindemann also received a Congressional Medal.
The known gravesites of the crew of the USS Jeannette;
George Washington De Long
Charles Winans Chipp
George Wallace Melville
Lieut. John Wilson Danenhower
James Markham Marshall Ambler
Jerome J. Collins
William Dunbar
William F. C. Nindemann
Adolph Dressler
Walter Lee
Hans H. Erichson
Carl A. Gortz
Neils Iverson
Heinrick H. Kaack
Herbert W. Leach
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Alfred Sweetman
Walter Sharvell
Edward Starr
Peter E. Johnson
Albert Kuehne
James H. Bartlett
Henry D. Warren
Frank E Manson
John Cole
For further details, see:
'In the Lena Delta'
by George W Melville (1892)
'Hell on Ice; The Saga of Jeannette'
by Edward Ellsberg (1938)
'In the Kingdom of Ice'
by Hampton Sides (2014)
Also, Fall River Evening Herald, April 4, 1927 edition, pages one and two
s/o Louis J and Mary Ellen
In 1867, served aboard the bark "Arnolda"
Congressional Medal Recipient
Crew member of USS Jeannette departed San Francisco on July 8,1879 on an Arctic expedition, Captain George W De Long commanding. On September 9, 1879, ship became trapped in ice near Herald Island, Siberian coast. Ship subsequently was crushed and sank June 12, 1881. Louis Noros departed vessel in one of three cutters with Captain De Long and twelve other crewman, eventually arriving at Lena Delta where they made land-fall. On October 9, 1881, Louis Noros and William F C Nindemann were sent inland to seek assistance. The two men were picked up near Belun by Chief Engineer George W Melville who had departed USS Jeannette in one of the other three cutters. It was later discovered that Captain De Long and the remaining eleven crew members accompanying him had perished. The third cutter commanded by Lt Charles W Chipp was never found. Seaman Nindemann also received a Congressional Medal.
The known gravesites of the crew of the USS Jeannette;
George Washington De Long
Charles Winans Chipp
George Wallace Melville
Lieut. John Wilson Danenhower
James Markham Marshall Ambler
Jerome J. Collins
William Dunbar
William F. C. Nindemann
Adolph Dressler
Walter Lee
Hans H. Erichson
Carl A. Gortz
Neils Iverson
Heinrick H. Kaack
Herbert W. Leach
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Alfred Sweetman
Walter Sharvell
Edward Starr
Peter E. Johnson
Albert Kuehne
James H. Bartlett
Henry D. Warren
Frank E Manson
John Cole
For further details, see:
'In the Lena Delta'
by George W Melville (1892)
'Hell on Ice; The Saga of Jeannette'
by Edward Ellsberg (1938)
'In the Kingdom of Ice'
by Hampton Sides (2014)
Also, Fall River Evening Herald, April 4, 1927 edition, pages one and two
In 1867, served aboard the bark "Arnolda"
Congressional Medal Recipient
Crew member of USS Jeannette departed San Francisco on July 8,1879 on an Arctic expedition, Captain George W De Long commanding. On September 9, 1879, ship became trapped in ice near Herald Island, Siberian coast. Ship subsequently was crushed and sank June 12, 1881. Louis Noros departed vessel in one of three cutters with Captain De Long and twelve other crewman, eventually arriving at Lena Delta where they made land-fall. On October 9, 1881, Louis Noros and William F C Nindemann were sent inland to seek assistance. The two men were picked up near Belun by Chief Engineer George W Melville who had departed USS Jeannette in one of the other three cutters. It was later discovered that Captain De Long and the remaining eleven crew members accompanying him had perished. The third cutter commanded by Lt Charles W Chipp was never found. Seaman Nindemann also received a Congressional Medal.
The known gravesites of the crew of the USS Jeannette;
George Washington De Long
Charles Winans Chipp
George Wallace Melville
Lieut. John Wilson Danenhower
James Markham Marshall Ambler
Jerome J. Collins
William Dunbar
William F. C. Nindemann
Adolph Dressler
Walter Lee
Hans H. Erichson
Carl A. Gortz
Neils Iverson
Heinrick H. Kaack
Herbert W. Leach
Raymond Lee Newcomb
Alfred Sweetman
Walter Sharvell
Edward Starr
Peter E. Johnson
Albert Kuehne
James H. Bartlett
Henry D. Warren
Frank E Manson
John Cole
For further details, see:
'In the Lena Delta'
by George W Melville (1892)
'Hell on Ice; The Saga of Jeannette'
by Edward Ellsberg (1938)
'In the Kingdom of Ice'
by Hampton Sides (2014)
Also, Fall River Evening Herald, April 4, 1927 edition, pages one and two
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