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Frederick was working selling magazines to support his family, which had now grown to include three daughters; Pauline B. born about 1925, June J. born about 1927, Blanche P. born about 1930, and son Alvin Paul born about 1931, all having been born in Akron, Ohio. After return from Far Eastern waters Pennsylvania saw South American duties and she cruised off Chile and Peru. But the Pittsburgh proved to be the better-suited ship and this was never done and the Pittsburgh would still serve the fleet for many years to come. Many of those whom we had known well and been fond of were carried off and the streets of Rio de Janeiro, generally gay and vivid with movement and color, were deserted and motionless. Feb 12: At Sea. At an unknown time during his duty with the Navy while serving in the Pacific he met Rufina Wilson of Guam. The fire now threatened to ignite the powder supply and that could have caused a devastating and possibly fatal explosion to the men as well as to the ship. Lynhurst loved to tinker with things and it was told that he hooked up a system of pulley’s and ropes to open a door and window in his garage to let his dog Midnight outside without Lynhurst getting out of his bed. Being that Butte was now available to help with the workload Governor General Davis felt that he now had and or needed the time to travel. The following day 33 cases in the flagship, with the numbers ashore increasing alarmingly. Chief Gunner Peterson was then transferred to served aboard the USS Pittsburgh, which was then also serving duty in the Mediterranean Sea. It was reported that on October 9, 1906 all 4 cruisers were anchored in the harbor at Port Said, Egypt having made their voyage there from Phalerum Bay, Greece. He had once been in command of a fleet of six torpedo boats that steamed the treacherous waters from the Atlantic around Cape Horn and up the Pacific side of South America to Mare Island Navy Yard. Judge Lucas of the Kangaroo Court sentenced Hermie the “Village Villain” to 4-days in the cold storage plant for eating Bill Harris’s pork chop while on watch. Add Your Name to the CA-72 Crew Roster . Profit by the Bumboat competition and remember a dollar is worth two so don’t get stung. Deemed obsolete by the Navy Huron was ordered home for the last time. During the court martial on November 26, Captain Todd was absolved of blame for the grounding, however the navigator and watch officer were to be tried for this incident. After her historic crossing (and barnacle-relieving) trip through the Canal, USS Jupiter supplied coal to combat and logistical forces on both sides of the Atlantic through World War I. Langley being converted from a collier to an aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1921. One such sailor was Chief Boatswains Mate Michael James Matthews who got to know Susannah R. Kitching. She was a mestizo, which is a term used to describe people of mixed and foreign ancestry. Arriving in San Francisco, California on 4 May 1928 he disembarked the Henderson on 5 May and was quartered at the Marine Barracks at the Naval Ammunition Depot, Mare Island. Commander Freeman announced to those in attendance that he would be engaged to Miss Smith. Frederick was listed as working in a Bank. That evening at 8:00 PM a smoker was held on the deck of the Frederick in which Vice Admiral Huse and his staff were the guests. These new recruits were absorbed into the crew of the Pittsburgh where most got their first taste of Navy life. He was a sickly gray when he came before the Captain. Joseph C. Chambers like his father who served in the Union Navy during the Civil War, also felt the call of the sea and joined the navy at some point in his life and was according to the 1920 Federal Census on the armored cruiser. Pittsburgh (armoured cruiser - above), at the time of an accidental explosion of ammunition on that vessel. When the French occupation of Tunisia in 1880, France gained control of the port of Bizerta and built a large naval harbor in the city. In October of 1923, five years after his death his body was removed from the cemetery in Rio and brought back to America where he was buried in Arlington on November 2, 1923. And in so he wanted to have an additional force of ships in the Southern Pacific areas just in case his Great White Fleet of Battleship needed assistance if hostile conditions warranted. These were immediately quartered on the Ilha des Cobras again with the insistence and courtesy of the Brazilians. Oh you “Pennsy!”. This is known by several photos that are identified with the Pittsburgh and Utah being coaled in the Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta. She was also on her second marriage having been divorced from Joseph Perry Silvia. Passed Pellew Island about midnight. I. D. Renfro, WT, USN As the Pittsburgh is anchored in Constantinople on Christmas day 1922 Mrs. Elsie White of Grinnell, Iowa who was then an American Relief Worker gathers up several hundreds of refugee orphans in the streets of Constantinople in order to bring them some American Christmas cheer. During late 1912 Pittsburgh lay in reduced commission at the Bremerton Navy Yard where the Pittsburgh was to serve as flagship of the Pacific Reserve Fleet under command of Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds. This is a photo from Paul L. Webb who was a sailor serving on the Pittsburgh while she was in Venice. As a new recruit Seaman Martin would have witnessed his first burial at sea when on July 25, 1917 Gunner’s Mate Lyle, who was killed in the explosion was buried at sea. Both Andrews and Welles had as their assistant Chief of Staff a future WWII famous Admiral. She reached Sheerness at 10:00 O’clock in the morning on the 23 of September 1920. ‘Now remember,’ I heard the skipper say to the Officer of the Deck, ‘we have a ship of the Royal Navy on the towline. Mail steamer arrived, but alias no mail for the fleet. Paul had sent a post card with a photo of the Pittsburgh while at Danzig and he did not mail it until the Pittsburgh reached her next port of call in Libau, Latvia. At an unknown age Frederick French felt he must strike out into the world and enlisted into the United States Navy. In Las Palmas they replenished the bunkers with coal, and then four days later proceeded on to Gibraltar which was 55-hour’s steaming time away. And the first child born to Clayton and Irine was a son named John W. born sometime during 1917. Dec. 13, 1909: Hong Kong, China. The Pittsburgh as she enters a floating dry-dock in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sometime during 1917-1918. The President aboard the West Virginia was convoyed through the Gulf of Mexico and up the Atlantic East coast with the rest of the Armored Cruiser Squadron consisting of the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Dec. 6 1909: Olongapo, P. I. After the Flag was transferred, on November 8th they preceded eastward across the Mediterranean Sea to Constantinople, Turkey, which they reached on November 16, 1922, after a 163-hour, 50-minunite run, which was eight days after she left Gibraltar according to the Associated Press. The second USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) was an armored cruiser that served during WWI, and a third USS Pittsburgh (CA 72) was a Baltimore-class ⦠Taking stores from Glacier. Coolidge gave express orders to Admiral Williams that he was to act swiftly if it was deemed that American lives were in danger. During 1925-1926 Pittsburgh was under the command of Captain Frank Taylor Evans, USN. More nearly did they take to heart our sorrow than they did their own. By the next day, the 11th, there were 418 cases of influenza in the flagship, so that her activities for any duty were becoming handicapped. In light of the many new green sailors aboard the Pittsburgh, Ensign Stryker describes the events of towing the Wakakura, “I relieved the Junior Officer of the Watch shortly before midnight. The second USS Pittsburgh (CA 4) was an armored cruiser that served during WWI, and a third USS Pittsburgh (CA 72) was a Baltimore-class cruiser that served during WWII â supporting the landing at Iwo Jima. Montague sought out the local French officials and gained permission to use a target range on the plains near the famous city of Carthage. However, stamped at the top is “Jan 4 1921Victory button issued Recruiting station 34 East 23rd St., N.Y.” On the War Service certificate, it lists the USS St. Helena, Receiving Ship at Norfolk; USS Hanover Receiving Ship at New Orleans. Passed Midshipman Kidd first served on USS Columbia, which carried the Marine Expeditionary Force to the Canal Zone. At Hampton Roads, Virginia on May 16, 1917, the USS Nebraska (BB-14) departed for Montevideo, Uruguay carrying the body of the late Carlos M. DePena, Envoy Extraordinaire and accompanied by Minister Plenipotentiary from Uruguay, with full honors. USS Kidd (DD-661) and USS Kidd (DDG-993) were both named for Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr., one of the first American naval heroes of World War II. Orbia sometimes also went by the first name of Joseph, and he joined the navy at an unknown date but was prior to 1915. Holliday on the left, unidentified on the right. Speed: 22.44 knots. His next of kin was his mother, Quintina Echave of Natividad, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands. Also in this photo standing next to the first cross on the right is a US Naval Officer dressed in a white uniform that appears to be an Admiral and could be Admiral Caperton or Admiral Bryan. The crew of the Preston returned fire from their machine guns and then the Chinese forts along the river opened fire on the Preston. He turned in his resignation that day. 46. SS China leaves for the U. S. with mail. Shells began to fall in and around Emplame while the Pittsburgh and Glacier conducted evacuation operations under hurried conditions. It is very likely that when he was discharged from the Pittsburgh he also may have mustered out of the navy, because in 1927 Frederick French married. It seemed that Lt. It reads as follows; Package of Cigarettes Saves Life Of Head of Recruiting Station When Attacked in Constantinople. 5 A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK USE FILM NO. All the lettering on the coin was preserved on the inside of the ring. The Pittsburgh entered the history books on Jan. 18, 1911, when, as the USS Pennsylvania, Eugene Ely conducted the first complete landing and take-off cycle from the armored cruiserâs makeshift flight deck. Peterson would retire from active service in the navy on August 31, 1921. These men were of practically no assistance to us and we were finally compelled to dig the graves for our own dead shipmates. At that time the Pittsburgh was being sent to the area of Gibraltar where she met up with the USS Utah where Vice Admiral A.T. Long came aboard to make the Pittsburgh his flagship. View on board USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) during the typhoon which broke off her bow, 5 June 1945. A great concert was given by Wentzel’s and Sanford’s Dungaree Band at Stamps Sanitarium on the Boulevard De Galley. The Navy Department gave orders on 9 December 1929 to Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr. to take his fleet from Manila to Shanghai with all haste to protect American life if necessary as they had done 2 years previous. Since he enjoyed photography, “Joe” Gibson made a little extra income while at sea with a postcard camera, taking pictures of other sailors on board which they could send home. Willis attended Hamlin University, St. Paul, Minneapolis, before attending the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Brigadier General Smedley Butler, USMC already had a force of 1,500 Marines in the city under his command and the lack of violence the Pittsburgh’s marine detachment was not needed. Now the crew, many of who were life-long friends would be split up and their home would be sent to the cutting torches. On 15 August 1902 Rollie Crumpton Holliday was born in Alabama. Webb was David's Great Grandmother's brother, and he doesn't remember ever meeting him. This was when Admiral Clarence Williams transferred his powers of Commander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet to Admiral Mark L. Bristol, due to the retirement of Admiral Williams on October 7, 1927 at the age of 64 years. Both the national flags of England and the United States were hung from the organ casing in honor of the ship, her crew and the friendship between nations. Starboard watch liberty commencing at 10:00 AM Taking stores aboard and painting ship. During times of relative calm in the life of a naval vessel there is ample time for the officers to host parties aboard ship, which in their course can produce blossoming romances between single bachelor officers and the available society single women. His family moved from Victor, New York to Honeoye Falls where he attended Public Schools there. To the right of the word, "Uruguay" is the year 1917 upside down, which was the year in which the Pittsburgh anchored there for the transfer of the body of the late Uruguayan dignitary Carlos M. DePena. By the seventh the Pittsburgh reported a few cases and the disease was incapacitating hundreds daily in Rio de Janeiro, while the Lage Brothers shipyard was almost shut down. In the big public hospital which had the contract for burying the city's dead, hundreds of naked bodies lay thrown upon each other like cord wood and at least one instance was known of a live man being dragged out from the piles. Emmett was at the time in charge of the shipping department of the Shelby Steel Tube Company, located in Greenville, PA. During the latter parts of the summer and early fall of 1906 the Armored Cruiser Squadron, under command of Rear Admiral Brownson sailed to Mediterranean waters. In it he thanks the Dean for various events during the two and a half months that the Pittsburgh was in dry dock at Chatham. In the early hours of the 10th, in accordance with the previous arrangements, and in view of the probability of the Pittsburgh going out upon the high sea patrol for an extended time, she entered the floating dry dock. By October 1913 Pittsburgh under command of Captain Gilmer was helping San Francisco celebrate its Portola Festival. During this time of interdiction of German Commerce raiders in the South Atlantic Pittsburgh was under the command of Captain George “Blackjack” Bradshaw. On July 20, 1921 Captain Reeves brought the Pittsburgh with Vice-Admiral Albert P. Niblack to Le Harve, France where they would participate in the French Navy Week celebrations. On the trip down months before these crewmen were participating in the ancient rites of the Crossing the Line celebrations with the remaining crew, so this crossing would be somewhat different that any previous on the Pittsburgh. Matthews was a career sailor and had served during the Spanish-American War, WWI and would also serve in the Navy during WWII. But the Army found a way to place orders from Norden for his bombsights. The USS Pennsylvania in the Dewey Drydock at Olongapo, Philippines. The Chewink sailed from Boston, Massachusetts in May of 1919 for Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, arriving in early July. This was also the beginning of the start of the Pittsburgh’s tour as Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet from 1926-1931. In 1920 Chief Gunner Peterson was the 12th ranking Chief Gunner in the navy, and his signal number was 12294. Ten years later French was still serving in the navy. F. S. French was in fact Frederick Shelden French born on September 21, 1889 to Emma and Frederick S. French Sr. in Providence, Rhode Island. The inscription on the 20-foot granite monument reads: “Erected by the crew of the USS Pittsburgh, in memory of their shipmates who died from the influenza, October-November 1918.”, This photo was taken in May of 2017 by Gustavo Glielmo of Brazil who stopped and took the time to remember and pay homage to the fallen Pittsburgh Sailors. USA â 46 battleships The development of WW1 era American battleship really started with the USS Texas in 1890. Then, if unable to carry out the Department's order, the Pueblo [Armored Cruiser No.7 USS Colorado] would be ordered to Rio with Da Gama. When the Federal Census was taken at the Reams farm in January 1920 there was living in the home Freelin who was farming, his 7-year old daughter Larue, his 5-year old son Leo, Freelin’s 22-year old sister Nettie and her 4-year old son Burl. And the drizzle and the rain which had set in during the early days of the epidemic continued fitfully, rendering it difficult to find room for the cots of the sick who had been kept on deck in the open, during the good weather. Visible signs of the recent vaccinations are in evidence. Michael Matthews would pass away on March 16, 1955 in Brooklyn, NY and his wife Susan would live on another five years. Many friendships were formed with the church folks and the crew of the Pittsburgh, so much so that shortly before the Pittsburgh was repaired and was to steam out to sea again the Dean of the Rochester Cathedral held a special service at the cathedral for the officers and men of the ship. After returning from Mexican waters on May 28, 1913 the USS Colorado is officially placed in reserve status and her crew is disbursed to 9 different ships, the bulk of which went to the Pittsburgh where on the 30th of May she sailed south to Guaymas, Mexico from the Bremerton Navy Yard. It is a bittersweet time for the crew when on March 27, 1919 she crosses the equator at 40 degrees west longitude just off the Brazilian coast. So he and Irine would have married after he was out of the navy. USS Maryland/Frederick WWI Armored Cruiser and the USS Maryland/Frederick Ships Musterpage USS Colorado/Pueblo WWI Armored Cruiser and the USS Pueblo during WWIpage USS West Virginia/HuntingtonWWI Armored Cruiser USS California/San DiegoThe only major US Warship lost to enemy action during WWI USS Pennsylvania/USS PittsburghCruiser that was the first ship that an airpl⦠On December 23, 1913 Rear Admiral Cowles and Captain Gilmer arrived via train to the interior city of Hermosillo to meet with Felipe Riveros for the express purpose of the safety and release of W. S. Windham and J. M. Dunn, the two Americans being held by the Constitutionalists forces. The baseball team from the USS Pittsburgh was known also as the Pirates and they to were champions. By the 31st of October there had been 58 fatal cases, but great improvement was shown throughout the ship and many men were returned to duty. Voge served with the landing forces from the Pittsburgh ashore during April and March of 1927 defending the American's in the International Settlement area of Shanghai. Frederick French Sr. passed away on January 4, 1902 and it is assumed that young Frederick continued to live with his aunt Ella Blauchard in Warwick, Rhode Island. Chief Matthews during the 1930’s returned to civilian life for a time living in Brooklyn with his wife Susannah or Susan, as she was more commonly known. In 1878, he married Genevieve “Jennie” Ideson in North Bloomfield, New York. Great Britain had the largest number of ships in Chinese waters numbering 76 ships followed by Japan with 40 ships, The United States with 30 ships, France with 10 ships and Italy with 4 ships followed with Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands with one ship each. On 28 March 1928 Pittsburgh was in Hong Kong, China according to post cards mailed from the ship and cancelled with a Hong Kong postmark. 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