Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number 641 60 07
Birth Date December 17, 1924
From Nashville, Tennessee
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date October 7, 1943
Location Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by Japanese destroyer

USS S-44 (SS-155)

S-42 Class Submarine: Laid down, 14 January 1921, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 27 October 1923; Commissioned, USS S-44 (SS-155), 16 February 1925; Final Disposition, lost 7 October 1943, as a result of enemy surface action en route to patrol area in Kuriles. S-44 was sunk by IJNS Ishigaki, a Shimushu class escort. S-44 earned two battle stars during World War II.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 903 t., Submerged: 1126 t..; Length 225' 3"; Beam 20' 8"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed, surfaced 14.5 kts, submerged 11 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, 12 torpedoes, one 4"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel electric engines, New London Ship and Engine Co., diesel engines, 1,200 hp, Fuel Capacity, 46,363 gal.; Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, 1,200 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number 641 60 07
Birth Date December 17, 1924
From Nashville, Tennessee
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date October 7, 1943
Location Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by Japanese destroyer

USS S-44 (SS-155)

S-42 Class Submarine: Laid down, 14 January 1921, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 27 October 1923; Commissioned, USS S-44 (SS-155), 16 February 1925; Final Disposition, lost 7 October 1943, as a result of enemy surface action en route to patrol area in Kuriles. S-44 was sunk by IJNS Ishigaki, a Shimushu class escort. S-44 earned two battle stars during World War II.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 903 t., Submerged: 1126 t..; Length 225' 3"; Beam 20' 8"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed, surfaced 14.5 kts, submerged 11 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, 12 torpedoes, one 4"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel electric engines, New London Ship and Engine Co., diesel engines, 1,200 hp, Fuel Capacity, 46,363 gal.; Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, 1,200 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.