US Navy World War I
Lambreth Hardy KIA at Sea
Hometown: Mississippi
Son of J.B. and L.A. Hardy
service#
Awards: Purple Heart
Cenotaph buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Details of career here.
4 August 1914, at sea after departing New York, she turned around and put into Bar Harbor, Maine, where she later was interned by the neutral United States. After that country entered the war in April 1917, the ship was seized and turned over to the United States Navy, and renamed USS Mount Vernon (ID-4508). While serving as a troop transport, Mount Vernon was torpedoed in September 1918. On 5 September 1918 the 29,650-ton transport Mount Vernon was enroute back to the United States after delivering troops to the European war zone. While underway in convoy some 200 miles west of France, she spotted a periscope and opened fire. However, unlike many such incidents, this time the periscope was real, belonging to the German submarine U-82, which launched a torpedo. Though she attempted to evade, Mount Vernon was hit amidships. The resulting explosion blew a large hole in her side, putting half her boilers out of action. Thirty-six of her crew were killed and another thirteen injured, but damage control efforts contained her flooding and kept her underway. The transport to returned to Brest under her own power for temporary repairs before proceeding to Boston for permanent ones. The casualties were buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Lambreth Hardy KIA at Sea
Hometown: Mississippi
Son of J.B. and L.A. Hardy
service#
Awards: Purple Heart
Cenotaph buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Details of career here.
4 August 1914, at sea after departing New York, she turned around and put into Bar Harbor, Maine, where she later was interned by the neutral United States. After that country entered the war in April 1917, the ship was seized and turned over to the United States Navy, and renamed USS Mount Vernon (ID-4508). While serving as a troop transport, Mount Vernon was torpedoed in September 1918. On 5 September 1918 the 29,650-ton transport Mount Vernon was enroute back to the United States after delivering troops to the European war zone. While underway in convoy some 200 miles west of France, she spotted a periscope and opened fire. However, unlike many such incidents, this time the periscope was real, belonging to the German submarine U-82, which launched a torpedo. Though she attempted to evade, Mount Vernon was hit amidships. The resulting explosion blew a large hole in her side, putting half her boilers out of action. Thirty-six of her crew were killed and another thirteen injured, but damage control efforts contained her flooding and kept her underway. The transport to returned to Brest under her own power for temporary repairs before proceeding to Boston for permanent ones. The casualties were buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
US Navy World War I
Lambreth Hardy KIA at Sea
Hometown: Mississippi
Son of J.B. and L.A. Hardy
service#
Awards: Purple Heart
Cenotaph buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Details of career here.
4 August 1914, at sea after departing New York, she turned around and put into Bar Harbor, Maine, where she later was interned by the neutral United States. After that country entered the war in April 1917, the ship was seized and turned over to the United States Navy, and renamed USS Mount Vernon (ID-4508). While serving as a troop transport, Mount Vernon was torpedoed in September 1918. On 5 September 1918 the 29,650-ton transport Mount Vernon was enroute back to the United States after delivering troops to the European war zone. While underway in convoy some 200 miles west of France, she spotted a periscope and opened fire. However, unlike many such incidents, this time the periscope was real, belonging to the German submarine U-82, which launched a torpedo. Though she attempted to evade, Mount Vernon was hit amidships. The resulting explosion blew a large hole in her side, putting half her boilers out of action. Thirty-six of her crew were killed and another thirteen injured, but damage control efforts contained her flooding and kept her underway. The transport to returned to Brest under her own power for temporary repairs before proceeding to Boston for permanent ones. The casualties were buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Lambreth Hardy KIA at Sea
Hometown: Mississippi
Son of J.B. and L.A. Hardy
service#
Awards: Purple Heart
Cenotaph buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
Details of career here.
4 August 1914, at sea after departing New York, she turned around and put into Bar Harbor, Maine, where she later was interned by the neutral United States. After that country entered the war in April 1917, the ship was seized and turned over to the United States Navy, and renamed USS Mount Vernon (ID-4508). While serving as a troop transport, Mount Vernon was torpedoed in September 1918. On 5 September 1918 the 29,650-ton transport Mount Vernon was enroute back to the United States after delivering troops to the European war zone. While underway in convoy some 200 miles west of France, she spotted a periscope and opened fire. However, unlike many such incidents, this time the periscope was real, belonging to the German submarine U-82, which launched a torpedo. Though she attempted to evade, Mount Vernon was hit amidships. The resulting explosion blew a large hole in her side, putting half her boilers out of action. Thirty-six of her crew were killed and another thirteen injured, but damage control efforts contained her flooding and kept her underway. The transport to returned to Brest under her own power for temporary repairs before proceeding to Boston for permanent ones. The casualties were buried in a cemetery in Brest France.
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Killed when U.S.S. Mount Vernon was torpedoed Sept. 5, 1918.
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