US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class, Frank P. Abasta MIA/KIA SS
Hometown: California to Hermillado Abasta and Mercedes Abasta (born Cabrara) .
Hermillado was born in Mexico. Mercedes was born in Azusa, Ca..
Frank had 3 siblings: Trinidad Abasta and 2 other siblings.
Official Date of death: 2-Jul-43
Service # 3828290
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Master William Raymond MacDonough
Ship: S.S. Warrior Steam merchant
Mission: Freighter
Mission Date: 1-Jul-42
Location: 10.54N, 61.02W - Grid ED 9951
Fate: Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer)
Complement: 56 (7 dead and 49 survivors).
NAVY ARMED GUARD FRANK PATRICK ABASTA
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Frank Patrick Abasta (3828290), Apprentice Seaman, U.S. Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a member of the Armed Guard on board the S.S. Warrior when his ship was attacked on 1 July 1942. Apprentice Seaman Abasta remained at the side of his Commanding Officer after the rest of the crew had abandoned the vessel following a torpedoing, despite the fact that the ship began settling by the stern immediately after the first explosion. From a precarious position on the sloping deck Apprentice Seaman Abasta continued to man a 3-inch gun with utter disregard for his own personal safety. Too intent upon directing fire at the threatening submarine to consider his own plight, Apprentice Seaman Abasta waited until the ship had completely upended before putting on a life belt, then lost his footing, fell from the platform, and slid into the sea. By his unyielding loyalty in the face of imminent, ever-increasing danger he helped prevent the full surfacing of the attacking submarine and subsequent possibility of further casualties.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 309 (December 1942)
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At 18.31 hours on 1 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Warrior was hit on the port side by two torpedoes from U-126 about 125 miles east of Trinidad. The first hit abaft the bridge and the second struck in the #5 hatch, breaking the main shaft and killing three crewmen on watch below. The ship settled rapidly by the stern and sank within 5 minutes. Despite this, the four armed guards from the forward 3in gun fired four rounds but went down with the ship. The most of the eight officers, 34 crewmen and 14 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) on board abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were picked up after four hours by USS Herbert (DD 160) and taken to Trinidad.
USN Personnel associated with S.S. Warrior
Frank P. Abasta
Alfred W. Anderson
Edgar V. Pickern
Edgar V. Pickern
Frank C. Stetz
Merchant Marine
John Joseph Ash
Stephen Henry David
William Raymond MacDonough
Charles Douglas Schermer
Seaman 2nd Class, Frank P. Abasta MIA/KIA SS
Hometown: California to Hermillado Abasta and Mercedes Abasta (born Cabrara) .
Hermillado was born in Mexico. Mercedes was born in Azusa, Ca..
Frank had 3 siblings: Trinidad Abasta and 2 other siblings.
Official Date of death: 2-Jul-43
Service # 3828290
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Master William Raymond MacDonough
Ship: S.S. Warrior Steam merchant
Mission: Freighter
Mission Date: 1-Jul-42
Location: 10.54N, 61.02W - Grid ED 9951
Fate: Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer)
Complement: 56 (7 dead and 49 survivors).
NAVY ARMED GUARD FRANK PATRICK ABASTA
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Frank Patrick Abasta (3828290), Apprentice Seaman, U.S. Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a member of the Armed Guard on board the S.S. Warrior when his ship was attacked on 1 July 1942. Apprentice Seaman Abasta remained at the side of his Commanding Officer after the rest of the crew had abandoned the vessel following a torpedoing, despite the fact that the ship began settling by the stern immediately after the first explosion. From a precarious position on the sloping deck Apprentice Seaman Abasta continued to man a 3-inch gun with utter disregard for his own personal safety. Too intent upon directing fire at the threatening submarine to consider his own plight, Apprentice Seaman Abasta waited until the ship had completely upended before putting on a life belt, then lost his footing, fell from the platform, and slid into the sea. By his unyielding loyalty in the face of imminent, ever-increasing danger he helped prevent the full surfacing of the attacking submarine and subsequent possibility of further casualties.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 309 (December 1942)
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At 18.31 hours on 1 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Warrior was hit on the port side by two torpedoes from U-126 about 125 miles east of Trinidad. The first hit abaft the bridge and the second struck in the #5 hatch, breaking the main shaft and killing three crewmen on watch below. The ship settled rapidly by the stern and sank within 5 minutes. Despite this, the four armed guards from the forward 3in gun fired four rounds but went down with the ship. The most of the eight officers, 34 crewmen and 14 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) on board abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were picked up after four hours by USS Herbert (DD 160) and taken to Trinidad.
USN Personnel associated with S.S. Warrior
Frank P. Abasta
Alfred W. Anderson
Edgar V. Pickern
Edgar V. Pickern
Frank C. Stetz
Merchant Marine
John Joseph Ash
Stephen Henry David
William Raymond MacDonough
Charles Douglas Schermer
US NAVY WORLD WAR II
Seaman 2nd Class, Frank P. Abasta MIA/KIA SS
Hometown: California to Hermillado Abasta and Mercedes Abasta (born Cabrara) .
Hermillado was born in Mexico. Mercedes was born in Azusa, Ca..
Frank had 3 siblings: Trinidad Abasta and 2 other siblings.
Official Date of death: 2-Jul-43
Service # 3828290
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Master William Raymond MacDonough
Ship: S.S. Warrior Steam merchant
Mission: Freighter
Mission Date: 1-Jul-42
Location: 10.54N, 61.02W - Grid ED 9951
Fate: Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer)
Complement: 56 (7 dead and 49 survivors).
NAVY ARMED GUARD FRANK PATRICK ABASTA
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Frank Patrick Abasta (3828290), Apprentice Seaman, U.S. Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a member of the Armed Guard on board the S.S. Warrior when his ship was attacked on 1 July 1942. Apprentice Seaman Abasta remained at the side of his Commanding Officer after the rest of the crew had abandoned the vessel following a torpedoing, despite the fact that the ship began settling by the stern immediately after the first explosion. From a precarious position on the sloping deck Apprentice Seaman Abasta continued to man a 3-inch gun with utter disregard for his own personal safety. Too intent upon directing fire at the threatening submarine to consider his own plight, Apprentice Seaman Abasta waited until the ship had completely upended before putting on a life belt, then lost his footing, fell from the platform, and slid into the sea. By his unyielding loyalty in the face of imminent, ever-increasing danger he helped prevent the full surfacing of the attacking submarine and subsequent possibility of further casualties.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 309 (December 1942)
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At 18.31 hours on 1 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Warrior was hit on the port side by two torpedoes from U-126 about 125 miles east of Trinidad. The first hit abaft the bridge and the second struck in the #5 hatch, breaking the main shaft and killing three crewmen on watch below. The ship settled rapidly by the stern and sank within 5 minutes. Despite this, the four armed guards from the forward 3in gun fired four rounds but went down with the ship. The most of the eight officers, 34 crewmen and 14 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) on board abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were picked up after four hours by USS Herbert (DD 160) and taken to Trinidad.
USN Personnel associated with S.S. Warrior
Frank P. Abasta
Alfred W. Anderson
Edgar V. Pickern
Edgar V. Pickern
Frank C. Stetz
Merchant Marine
John Joseph Ash
Stephen Henry David
William Raymond MacDonough
Charles Douglas Schermer
Seaman 2nd Class, Frank P. Abasta MIA/KIA SS
Hometown: California to Hermillado Abasta and Mercedes Abasta (born Cabrara) .
Hermillado was born in Mexico. Mercedes was born in Azusa, Ca..
Frank had 3 siblings: Trinidad Abasta and 2 other siblings.
Official Date of death: 2-Jul-43
Service # 3828290
Awards: Silver Star, Purple Heart
Master William Raymond MacDonough
Ship: S.S. Warrior Steam merchant
Mission: Freighter
Mission Date: 1-Jul-42
Location: 10.54N, 61.02W - Grid ED 9951
Fate: Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer)
Complement: 56 (7 dead and 49 survivors).
NAVY ARMED GUARD FRANK PATRICK ABASTA
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Frank Patrick Abasta (3828290), Apprentice Seaman, U.S. Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a member of the Armed Guard on board the S.S. Warrior when his ship was attacked on 1 July 1942. Apprentice Seaman Abasta remained at the side of his Commanding Officer after the rest of the crew had abandoned the vessel following a torpedoing, despite the fact that the ship began settling by the stern immediately after the first explosion. From a precarious position on the sloping deck Apprentice Seaman Abasta continued to man a 3-inch gun with utter disregard for his own personal safety. Too intent upon directing fire at the threatening submarine to consider his own plight, Apprentice Seaman Abasta waited until the ship had completely upended before putting on a life belt, then lost his footing, fell from the platform, and slid into the sea. By his unyielding loyalty in the face of imminent, ever-increasing danger he helped prevent the full surfacing of the attacking submarine and subsequent possibility of further casualties.
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 309 (December 1942)
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At 18.31 hours on 1 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Warrior was hit on the port side by two torpedoes from U-126 about 125 miles east of Trinidad. The first hit abaft the bridge and the second struck in the #5 hatch, breaking the main shaft and killing three crewmen on watch below. The ship settled rapidly by the stern and sank within 5 minutes. Despite this, the four armed guards from the forward 3in gun fired four rounds but went down with the ship. The most of the eight officers, 34 crewmen and 14 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) on board abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were picked up after four hours by USS Herbert (DD 160) and taken to Trinidad.
USN Personnel associated with S.S. Warrior
Frank P. Abasta
Alfred W. Anderson
Edgar V. Pickern
Edgar V. Pickern
Frank C. Stetz
Merchant Marine
John Joseph Ash
Stephen Henry David
William Raymond MacDonough
Charles Douglas Schermer
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