USS Nashville (CL-43) was a Brooklyn-class cruiser. She was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 2 October 1937 and commissioned on 6 June 1938 .
On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island, Philippines. The aircraft crashed into her port 5 in/127mm gun mount, with both bombs exploding about 10 ft (3 m) off her deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made her midships area an inferno, but although 133 sailors were killed and 190 wounded, her remaining 5 in (127 mm) guns continued to provide anti-aircraft fire.
S/O Anna L (Cisewska) & Walter J. Zbylicki
Service # 6399149
Unit United States Naval Reserve
★ Purple Heart
Rank Quartermaster Third Class U.S. Navy
ZBYLICKI, Raymond J, QM3, 6399149, USS Nashville, Mindoro Landings, December 13, 1944, (CasCode121) killed in combat, dd December 13, ZBYLICKI, Raymond, QM3c, USN, Nashville CL-43, December 13, 1944.
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Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island, Philippines. The aircraft crashed into her port 5 in/127mm gun mount, with both bombs exploding about 10 ft (3 m) off her deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made her midships area an inferno, but although 133 sailors were killed and 190 wounded, her remaining 5 in (127 mm) guns continued to provide anti-aircraft fire.
S/O Anna L (Cisewska) & Walter J. Zbylicki
Service # 6399149
Unit United States Naval Reserve
★ Purple Heart
Rank Quartermaster Third Class U.S. Navy
ZBYLICKI, Raymond J, QM3, 6399149, USS Nashville, Mindoro Landings, December 13, 1944, (CasCode121) killed in combat, dd December 13, ZBYLICKI, Raymond, QM3c, USN, Nashville CL-43, December 13, 1944.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Nashville (CL-43) was a Brooklyn-class cruiser. She was laid down on 24 January 1935 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 2 October 1937 and commissioned on 6 June 1938 .
On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island, Philippines. The aircraft crashed into her port 5 in/127mm gun mount, with both bombs exploding about 10 ft (3 m) off her deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made her midships area an inferno, but although 133 sailors were killed and 190 wounded, her remaining 5 in (127 mm) guns continued to provide anti-aircraft fire.
S/O Anna L (Cisewska) & Walter J. Zbylicki
Service # 6399149
Unit United States Naval Reserve
★ Purple Heart
Rank Quartermaster Third Class U.S. Navy
ZBYLICKI, Raymond J, QM3, 6399149, USS Nashville, Mindoro Landings, December 13, 1944, (CasCode121) killed in combat, dd December 13, ZBYLICKI, Raymond, QM3c, USN, Nashville CL-43, December 13, 1944.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island, Philippines. The aircraft crashed into her port 5 in/127mm gun mount, with both bombs exploding about 10 ft (3 m) off her deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made her midships area an inferno, but although 133 sailors were killed and 190 wounded, her remaining 5 in (127 mm) guns continued to provide anti-aircraft fire.
S/O Anna L (Cisewska) & Walter J. Zbylicki
Service # 6399149
Unit United States Naval Reserve
★ Purple Heart
Rank Quartermaster Third Class U.S. Navy
ZBYLICKI, Raymond J, QM3, 6399149, USS Nashville, Mindoro Landings, December 13, 1944, (CasCode121) killed in combat, dd December 13, ZBYLICKI, Raymond, QM3c, USN, Nashville CL-43, December 13, 1944.
Source material from multiple public domain websites.
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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Entered the service from Minnesota.
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