SMITH, JAMES STUART JR, Lieutenant Commander (no. O-059677), USS Atlanta, US Navy, †13/11/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart and Ethel May Smith
Wife, Mrs. Tanya Rous Smith, 221 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH
MIA, date of loss 13/11/1942 - USS Atlanta (CL-51) during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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USS ATLANTA - Battle off Savo November 13, 1942
USS Atlanta (CL-51) was a United States Navy Light Cruiser of 6,000 tons sunk during the Guadalcanal Landings by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Akaksuki and from shells from the battleship Hiei. The ATLANTA ran into the line of fire from the USS San Francisco and received another nineteen 8 inch shells before the mistake was discovered. Fired at from both sides, the cruiser was soon ablaze throughout her whole length, her crumpled decks strewn with dead bodies including that of her commander, Admiral Scott. The commander of the San Francisco, Admiral Callaghan, was killed minutes later by a 14 inch shell from the Hiei. Of the ATLANTA's complement of 735, a total of 172 men were killed and 79 wounded. The decision was taken to scuttle the ship by demolition charges and the ATLANTA now lies at the bottom of Savo Sound, 3 miles W of Lunga Point in 30 fathoms.
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32103
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Husband of Tanya Rous Smith.
James served as a Lieutenant Commander, USS Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Belknap County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Atlanta was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war. He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.
Service # 0-059677
( Bottom bio: by Russ Pickett )
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart and Ethel May Smith
Wife, Mrs. Tanya Rous Smith, 221 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH
MIA, date of loss 13/11/1942 - USS Atlanta (CL-51) during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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USS ATLANTA - Battle off Savo November 13, 1942
USS Atlanta (CL-51) was a United States Navy Light Cruiser of 6,000 tons sunk during the Guadalcanal Landings by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Akaksuki and from shells from the battleship Hiei. The ATLANTA ran into the line of fire from the USS San Francisco and received another nineteen 8 inch shells before the mistake was discovered. Fired at from both sides, the cruiser was soon ablaze throughout her whole length, her crumpled decks strewn with dead bodies including that of her commander, Admiral Scott. The commander of the San Francisco, Admiral Callaghan, was killed minutes later by a 14 inch shell from the Hiei. Of the ATLANTA's complement of 735, a total of 172 men were killed and 79 wounded. The decision was taken to scuttle the ship by demolition charges and the ATLANTA now lies at the bottom of Savo Sound, 3 miles W of Lunga Point in 30 fathoms.
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32103
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Husband of Tanya Rous Smith.
James served as a Lieutenant Commander, USS Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Belknap County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Atlanta was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war. He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.
Service # 0-059677
( Bottom bio: by Russ Pickett )
SMITH, JAMES STUART JR, Lieutenant Commander (no. O-059677), USS Atlanta, US Navy, †13/11/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart and Ethel May Smith
Wife, Mrs. Tanya Rous Smith, 221 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH
MIA, date of loss 13/11/1942 - USS Atlanta (CL-51) during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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USS ATLANTA - Battle off Savo November 13, 1942
USS Atlanta (CL-51) was a United States Navy Light Cruiser of 6,000 tons sunk during the Guadalcanal Landings by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Akaksuki and from shells from the battleship Hiei. The ATLANTA ran into the line of fire from the USS San Francisco and received another nineteen 8 inch shells before the mistake was discovered. Fired at from both sides, the cruiser was soon ablaze throughout her whole length, her crumpled decks strewn with dead bodies including that of her commander, Admiral Scott. The commander of the San Francisco, Admiral Callaghan, was killed minutes later by a 14 inch shell from the Hiei. Of the ATLANTA's complement of 735, a total of 172 men were killed and 79 wounded. The decision was taken to scuttle the ship by demolition charges and the ATLANTA now lies at the bottom of Savo Sound, 3 miles W of Lunga Point in 30 fathoms.
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32103
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Husband of Tanya Rous Smith.
James served as a Lieutenant Commander, USS Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Belknap County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Atlanta was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war. He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.
Service # 0-059677
( Bottom bio: by Russ Pickett )
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart and Ethel May Smith
Wife, Mrs. Tanya Rous Smith, 221 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH
MIA, date of loss 13/11/1942 - USS Atlanta (CL-51) during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
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USS ATLANTA - Battle off Savo November 13, 1942
USS Atlanta (CL-51) was a United States Navy Light Cruiser of 6,000 tons sunk during the Guadalcanal Landings by a torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Akaksuki and from shells from the battleship Hiei. The ATLANTA ran into the line of fire from the USS San Francisco and received another nineteen 8 inch shells before the mistake was discovered. Fired at from both sides, the cruiser was soon ablaze throughout her whole length, her crumpled decks strewn with dead bodies including that of her commander, Admiral Scott. The commander of the San Francisco, Admiral Callaghan, was killed minutes later by a 14 inch shell from the Hiei. Of the ATLANTA's complement of 735, a total of 172 men were killed and 79 wounded. The decision was taken to scuttle the ship by demolition charges and the ATLANTA now lies at the bottom of Savo Sound, 3 miles W of Lunga Point in 30 fathoms.
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32103
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Husband of Tanya Rous Smith.
James served as a Lieutenant Commander, USS Atlanta (CL-51), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Belknap County, New Hampshire prior to the war.
James was declared "Missing In Action" when the Atlanta was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal during the war. He was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.
Service # 0-059677
( Bottom bio: by Russ Pickett )
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