trying to locate information on grandfather. crew member on the u.s.s
wisconsin in the 1920 when the ship visited Japan. |
Request for Question Clarification by
wlk115-ga
on
06 Jun 2003 22:44 PDT
Are you sure it was the U.S.S. Wisconsin?
I can find no mention of this ship being in Japan in the 1920's.
The US Navy's has a history on the U.S.S. Wisconsin from the time it
was first commissioned on 4 February 1901 until it was decommissioned
15 May 1920.
This is from the US Navy's web page on the U.S.S. Wisconsin.
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/battleships/wisconsin/bb09-wisc.html
"...Getting underway again on 6 June 1918, Wisconsin arrived at
Annapolis on the following day. On the next day, the battleship
embarked 175 third class midshipmen and got underway for the York
River. The ship conducted training evolutions in the Chesapeake Bay
region until 29 August, when she returned to Annapolis and disembarked
midshipmen. Underway for Yorktown on the 30th, Wisconsin there
embarked 217 men for training as firemen, water tenders, engineers,
steersmen and signalmen, resumed her training duties, and continued
the task through the signing of the armistice on 11 November.
She completed her training activities on 20 December, sailed north,
and reached New York City three days before Christmas. Wisconsin was
among the ships reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
from the deck of the yacht USS Mayflower and by Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt from USS Aztec (SP-590) on the day
after Christmas, 26 December.
Wisconsin cruised with the fleet in Cuban waters that winter and, in
the summer of 1919, made a midshipman training cruise to the
Caribbean.
Placed out of commission on 15 May 1920, Wisconsin was reclassified
BB-9 on 17 July 1920, while awaiting disposition. She was sold for
scrap on 26 January 1922 as a result of the Washington Treaty."
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Clarification of Question by
happydiablo-ga
on
07 Jun 2003 09:19 PDT
i had a picture of my grandfather in a u.s. navy uniform with the name
USS wisconsin across his hat. the picture had been taken in a studio
in Yokohama Japan. i see by some information you sent on me to check,
the ship visited Jokahama and other jap ports around june 12, 1903.
this could be the cruse, and it looks like i just had my dates mixed
up.
the reason this is happening is because my family returned to england
in 1938 and were all killed during the war in 43. past family
history went with them. i was returned to the U.S.A in 1943 to live
with relatives now deceased. i've tried ancestry.com but just spun my
wheels, and had given up, until i ran across this google service, and
thought i would give it a try
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
08 Jun 2003 08:47 PDT
May I know the name of your grandfather who you are seeking
information about? Or are you trying to find out the name since you
don't know?
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Clarification of Question by
happydiablo-ga
on
08 Jun 2003 10:15 PDT
charles follis
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
09 Jun 2003 11:03 PDT
Hmmm... my search on the web does not give any result of Charles
Follis as the crew member of a US battleship. Rather, a sports figure,
the first black professional football player, named Charles Follis, is
the one found during the time period you gave.
I'll let other researchers take a shot at this. They might have access
to resources that are not on the Internet.
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