Linney, Wm. Alfred survey sheet - handwritten Date of Enlistment: May 10, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Naval Training Station, Bensonhurst, N.Y.
Units to which belonged:
* U.S. Naval Reserve Force
Date of trip overseas: --
Service there:
* 5 months chief machinist mate aboard Sub Chaser # 137
* 9 months at Naval Base # 24 at Bermuda
Date of return: Feb 1, 1919
Date of demobilization: Mar 3, 1919
Honors received: Balance of time spent at Columbia University & Norfolk, Va. & Bensonhurst Training Stat[ion]. NOTES Besch, Michael D. "Section Bases of District Three." A Navy Second to None:
The History of U.S. Naval Training in World War I. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2002: p. 128.
http://books.google.com/books?id=HoZ47RQbQagC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=bensonhurst,+base+six,+wwi&source=bl&ots=N2vYPZ0hwK&sig=YvmjnpLuXs8o5y47_gGAkITKn1A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nkoFUs2PIsSEyAHNtoCoCw&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bensonhurst%2C%20base%20six%2C%20wwi&f=false
Subchaser Archives (The Archives)
http://www.subchaser.org/
Hull Number: SC 137 (The Subchaser Archives)
http://www.subchaser.org/sc137 |
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