But the sailors placed an unrecognizable shipmate into the Miller and sped back to the destroyer. 3 killed. 13 November 1900. In 1936, 367 sailors died in accidents; 56 in motor vehicles, 41 by drowning. A sailor collapsed while performing mandatory physical training at Pearl Harbor. During a storm in the Atlantic, one officer is swept off the bridge of submarine USS Cutlass (SS-478) and drowned. 9 August 1996. 16 September 1976. The driver and tractor were swallowed by the ice. A Navy spokesperson said Alkonis remains on active duty and that the Navy has provided him and his family "with the whole-person care and support they need." 28 October 1918. 19 April 1989. Wish died as a result of injury received from a falling small pair of shears at the New York Navy Yard. A target drone plane accidentally crashed light carrier USS Wright (CVL-49), 3 killed, 4 injured. The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. EA-6B Prowler crashed into flight deck of USS Nimitz (CVN-68) during a night landing, 14 sailors and marines killed, and 45 injured. Jordan was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 50, Bahrain. SW1 Orlan F. John, USN, killed in accidental explosion at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Ironclad screw steamer USS Galena Ordinary Seaman Jacob Meyers accidentally shot himself. Naval Special Warfare Sailor Killed, Several Injured in Vehicle Accident 03 June 2022 CORONADO, Calif. - One Sailor was killed and four were injured at approximately 10 a.m. PDT June 3 following. A 2014 AP investigation found that at U.S. military bases in Japan, most service members judged culpable in sex crimes in recent years did not go to prison, with offenders instead routinely punished by demotions, fines or removal from the military. 15 died. Schooner USS Lynx disappeared en route from St. Mary's GA to Jamaica. 248 drowned. to 1 May 2003). 19 November 1917. Seaman John Robson, fell from frigate USS Constitution's main yard into the sea and drowned. 20 January 2002. 47 USS Aylwin explosion (probably the port drum of #1 boiler) in forward fireroom. Despite search by H-60 "Seahawks" from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 3, the sailor was not located. 9 December 1999. The entire crew including five officers and nine enlisted men, killed. Typhoon passes within 15 miles of Okinawa, severely damaging ships in Buckner Bay anchorage. Radioman killed when depth charge activated and exploded. For months, they'd hoped a judge at an appeals court would. While the Wasp turned into the wind to recover aircraft, Hobson crossed the carrier's bow from starboard to port and was struck amidship breaking Hobson in two. Fireman 1 class Thomas W. Gabbitt and Water Tenders William Oscar Milton, John William McCaffrey and James Charles Dalton killed. Inquest heard after they passed . David Moore drowned, 10 September 1889. LT Charles Luttrell and LT Derrick Busse were injured. Lance Corporal Darin T. Settle died from a non-hostile motor vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 74 (1908) Establishing Ship Post Offices, General Order No. "This was many, many hard-working, ordinary people who gave what they could. 21 July 1995. 46 killed. Fireman 2 class Benjamin James McCleary severely burned, dying two days later. 30 December 1902. Crew of 86 less the prize crew drowned. By The Associated Press. Submarine Tender USS Fulton explosion in firebox of boiler. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. 28 January 1833. 18 March 1864. SU-1 from VS-2B on board USS Saratoga (CV-3) crashed during flight operations, killing Ensign Cleon H. Felton. What they're saying: "I was there the night that they pronounced the three-year sentence. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 7 April 1932. 5 August 1918. LCPL Cedric E. Bruns, assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Kuwait. 3 deaths and 3 serious injuries. Commissioned in 1968, it set a record test depth of more than 3,000 feet. 14 March 1934. 230 (1877) Special Shore Service and Duty, General Order No. 3 February 2001. 11 September 2003. Three Marines were killed and seven injured when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization training malfunctioned. 3 died. 34 USS Tingey bursting of boiler tubes. 24 March 1995. Pilot parachuted to safety. 14 April 1919. Brig USS Porpoise disappeared, presumably sinking during a typhoon. In Japan, its customary to offer extrajudicial compensation for damages or injuries in an effort to apologize. In 1929, 196 sailors died from disease (many from cerebrospinal meningitis), 26 from flight accidents, 44 from naval and military hazards, and 14 from poisonings. 73 USS Stockton #2 turbo-generator steam belt exploded while it was being connected. US Navy. The laboratory is spread over several hundred acres; the explosion was in two buildings identified as the solid propellant pilot plant. When the officers wife, Brittany Alkonis, 35, attended the State of the Union address at the invitation of a Republican congressman, Mr. Biden told her afterward that the United States would not give up on the case. Screw Steamer USS Anacostia Landsman John J. Burger killed by accidental discharge of musket. 30 May 2006. USS S-51 (SS-162) sank off Block Island, N. Y. after collision with SS City of Rome. Space shuttle Challenger (Mission STS-51-L) exploded during launch killing CDR Michael Smith, USN, and 6 other non-Navy astronauts. Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull died on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Arabian Gulf after being medically evacuated to the carrier for a non-combat related incident. During flight operations in the Tonkin Gulf, an accidental Zuni rocket ignition in USS Coral Sea (CV-43) injured nine sailors. 32 sailors were killed in flight accidents during 1939. Sloop of war Preble steam accident. 2023 Stars and Stripes. EA-6B "Prowler" from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135 crashed during a routine flight from USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). He was so out of it, they say, that neither his daughter's screams to wake up nor the impact of the collision roused him. During carrier operations, an FJ Fury crashed USS Essex (CV-9) flight deck, killing two men, injuring 21, and destroying five other planes. USS Atka (AGB-3) helicopter pilot LT John P. Moore killed in helicopter crash at Kainan Bay near Little America, Antarctica. 5 drowned. F11C-2 from VF-1B on board USS Saratoga (CV-3) crashed three miles west of La Jolla, Calif., killing Lt. (jg) William S. Arthur. A forklift overturned, trapping the Marine driver underneath. 17 July 2003. R6D Douglas Liftmaster from Fleet Tactical Support Squadron One (VR-1) involved in mid-air collision with a Brasilian Real Airlines aircraft over Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, during President Eisenhower's 3-day tour of Brasil. Aaron Fowler . Chief Special Warfare Operator Michael T. Ernst. 1 killed, 12 injured. Armored Cruiser No. F-14A overboard on landing, John C. Stennis (CVN 74). 23 August 1937. In an exclusive interview, Alkonis' wife told CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer that she hadn't understood the verdict when it was read out in court. 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St. Germain, and Staff Sergeant Abraham G. Twitchell, died when the seven-ton truck they were riding in rolled over in a flash flood near Al Asad, Iraq. 19, USS South Dakota BB57 War Damage Report No. Ironclad river gunboat Cairo steam accident. Three Parris Island drill instructors might have taken training too far, leading to the collapse of a recruit. 9 February 1997. Its often called a pivot turn in the fleet but was referred to as a donut by the sailors in the report. No one will ever know for sure why Alkonis passed out. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. Major fell out of training run and was taken to the hospital where he later died. As examples of data not included, according to the Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy, in 1937, 378 sailors died in accidents; 67 in motor vehicles, and 43 by drowning. Chief Gunner's Mate Rudolph Hersey Wiggin, while working at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, was killed in a freak accident when a loose wing nut was blown out of the compressed air charging valve bushing of a Mark VIII torpedo. An explosion in aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CV-38) injures three near Valparaiso, Chile. Schooner USS Sea Gull disappeared, presumably sinking in a storm between Tierra del Fuego and Valpariso. ", Copy of talk given by Captain B.E. [For casualty list see 2 June 1948 New York Times, page 58, column 4. 23 February 1982. In 1914, 281 sailors died from disease and accidents. Fireman 2 class Albert Grau died. 25 March 1915. Lieutenant Alkoniss supporters in Congress argue that he should be allowed to serve out his sentence in the United States. 21 June 1994. 11 December 2000. Alkonis has maintained that he suffered from acute mountain sickness as he was driving down from Mount Fuji with his family on May 29, 2021, and fell unconscious behind the wheel, leading to the. Still, his years of experience shouldve "been enough to preclude him from making such a high risk maneuver, the investigator determined. 64 USS Rowan explosion of Dynamo Turbine Casing #2 Generator killed Carpenter's Mate Willis Martin Goodrow. Subchaser 297 gasoline explosion burned Gunners Mate 2 class Edward John Gaynor who died 14 days later, and Machinists Mate 1 class Joseph P. Chadderon who died two days later. Two personnel were injured and one killed when a TH-57B Sea Ranger of Helicopter Training Squadron 8 crashed at Spencer Outlying Field, Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. 28 March 2002. An armored troop carrier rolled over while making a turn resulting in the death of Cpl. 7 July 1918. 12 May 1953. The tremendous explosion ripped a 300 foot long, 50 foot wide, and 40 foot deep crater into the ocean floor. Machinist's Mate 2 class Lambert Frederick Beckman killed by escaping steam. 1 September 1932. 15 March 2002. He's expected to report to prison at 1 p.m. on July 25, Brittany said. 15 July 1907. 9 September 1915. 22 March 1865. This is a selected list of incidents not directly the result of enemy action which resulted in US naval personnel casualties, typically while these personnel were on official duty. Ryan R. Cox, of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, died as a result of wounds received from a non-combat weapon discharge near An Najaf, Iraq. 10 July 1968. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. PBM-5 crash in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. A premature explosion of a shell from #2 5-inch gun killed Mess Attendant 3d Class Ercell W. Martin, Fireman 3d class Valentine Przybylski, and Seaman 2 class Emmette J. Shields during this action. 4 April 1933. 4 November 1966. Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal fell to his death from the seventh floor of the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Md. William R. McCuddy and Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Jack C. Wilson both killed. 4 May 1918. Metal fragments caused many casualties and severe damage to nearby ships and twenty-two small boats and landing craft were sunk, destroyed, or damaged beyond repair. 30 April 1997. 3 April 1982. 5 November 1931. The upcoming hearing is the latest development in the case against Alkonis, 34, a specialist in underseas warfare and acoustic engineering who has spent nearly seven years in Japan as a civilian volunteer and naval officer. 41 drowned. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Seaman 2 class Peter Joseph Carini killed inside #1 turret when 14-inch gun hydraulic recoil system failed, crushing him between gun breech and shell loading platform. 6 April 2005. 50 died. 25 New Hampshire pierced port side of Louisiana. Taxiing helo's main rotor hit a parked/turning helo's tail rotor. A Navy SEAL commanding officer died Tuesday from injuries sustained during a weekend training session, military officials said. HH-46D "Sea Knight" helicopter crashed in Atlantic Ocean during a search and rescue mission. CPL fell out of PT formation run and fell to the ground; died of an aneurysm. Cory Ryan Geurin, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, died as a result of injuries received in Babylon, Iraq, when he fell 60 feet from a palace roof where he was standing guard duty. Beverly Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repairs; Rep. Virgil Maxey of Maryland; Rep. David Gardiner of New York; and a servant of the President killed. The other 364 days of the year, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians and Officers are doing all they can to prevent them. The ship was saved further damage by quick-responding damage control parties who rapidly dumped hot ammunition over the side. 15 vols. 14 January 2006. 10 February 2003. Fireman 1 class Robert Earl Taylor killed. One crewmember injured and a civilian killed when a UH-1N "Huey" from Naval Air Station Lenmoore, California, made an emergency landing during a search and rescue hoist. Annual Reports of the Navy Department. 47 killed, 11 minor injuries. 3 USS Baltimore steam accident burned Machinist's Mate 2 class John Henry Stich who died three days later in the Naval Hospital at Norfolk VA. 25 May 1919. 15 November 1918. Over 80 drowned. 26 July 2002. Petty Officer Third Class Joseph K. Kauffmann assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14, lost overboard on 26 January 2001. 1 November 1912. 10 October 1923. USS Colorado sailor Frederick Newman knocked overboard and killed by coal bag. An active-duty sailor was apprehended late Friday morning after he crashed on a San Diego freeway following a . Fleet Hospital Eight treated 1380 patients; 1 died. 19 March 2002. Flight deck explosion on Ranger (CVA-61) kills two crewmen during training operations off San Francisco. Lt. Robert W. Larson and Aviation Machinist's Mate Sidney L. Harris both killed. 9 July 1917. 11 December 1973. The aircraft was part of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 163(C). The bursting of the boiler tube in the fire-room during a full power trial resulted in the death of George Dare Wamer who died on board the USS Franklin the day after the accident. strikes cable and crashes at Pago Pago, American Samoa. 21 killed. Alkonis, who is full of remorse, has apologized. Two F/A-18D "Hornets" of Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron 242, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, collided in midair near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. 21 June 2000. This wasnt supposed to happen. MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Heavy Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 4, crashed on land approximately 10 miles west southwest of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella near Palagonia, Sicily, during a routine training mission. Monitor USS Monadnock Seaman William H. Pugh crushed to death between 10-inch gun and turret beam overhead. 28 December 2004. He was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Arabian Sea. Battleship No. Brian E. Anderson was killed in a non-hostile accident west of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. Sen. Mike Lee demanded that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida return an imprisoned Navy officer to the United States. 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CH-53E helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq in a sandstorm in western Iraq while ferrying personnel from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force; as well as Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, CA. 2 December 1973. The pilot died. Official US Navy sources have been used when they are available in the collection of the Navy Department Library. Fireman 1 class Edgar M. Robey severely burned, dying the next day. 23 September 2002. 26 May 2003. When she made it to the top, the waiting corpsman confronted severe injuries that exceeded what could be treated on board the destroyer. 15 June 2003. Alex Wilson covers the U.S. Navy and other services from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Mess Attendant 1 class Jutaro Okomoto traveling on Monroe while on leave was drowned. 15 January 1864. 47 (1935) Precedence of Forces in Parades, General Orders for the Regulation of the Navy Yard Washington, D.C. - 1833-1850, German Commanders Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl on the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, German Report on the Allied Invasion of Normandy, German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast, Glossary of U.S. A VS-33 S-3B, on a routine training mission from Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed into the Pacific. 7 April 2005. The Navy declined to respond to specific allegations, but a spokeswoman, Cmdr. Torpedo Boat No. Munitions explosion on Pier #1 at US Naval Magazine, Port Chicago CA. Battleship No. Paris: 19:07. Rayburn Hudman, USMC; LT David W. Carey, USNR; AT1 Charles S. Miller, USN; and AD1 Marian O. Marze, USN, died. 9 October 1918. 7 drowned. WASHINGTON -- For Ridge Alkonis, a U.S. Navy lieutenant living in Japan, a springtime trip with his wife and three children to Mount Fuji was intended as fun and leisurely family time before an expected deployment. Suggested additions or corrections with photocopied supporting documentation should be mailed to: Navy Department Library, Naval History and Heritage Command, 805 Kidder Breese Street, Washington Navy Yard DC 20024-3805. 4 December 1996. 24 September 1918. USS Solar (DE-221), commanded by LCDR Eugene R. LaRocque, destroyed in ordnance accident at Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, NJ. SH-60F "Seahawk" from HS-14 assigned to USS Independence (CV-62) crashed at night 110 miles off the east coast of Japan. Office of the Historian and Navy Medicine Magazine (M09H). 21 May 1935. Screw gunboat USS Yantic Coxswain Patrick Murphy killed by premature explosion as he was ramming home gun charge. Palmisano was assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. MAJ. Kevin G. Nave of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was killed and another injured when a US armored vehicle ran over them at night in Southern Iraq. 25 February 1930. In 1912, 253 sailors were killed in accidents or died from diseases. 48 killed. Fireman 1 class Jens K. Petersen killed. The trial judge refused to consider the medical episode or the settlement Alkonis paid to the victims' family the largest private settlement by a U.S. service member in Japan's history as mitigating factors. 54, USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. Kevin A. Bianchi, LT. Peter Ober, Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Brian P. Gibson, and Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Samuel Cox . F-4 **** crashes in the Chesapeake Bay, two killed. Airplane accident at Iletudy, Italy, killed Ensign Edwin S. Pou. 27 February 1906. 1953], Pt. Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet Interim Evaluation Reports. 01:54 - Source: CNN. New York to Key West. Lance CPL Dustin R. Fitzgerald died, in a non-combat related vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 27 killed. Sign up to receive a daily email of today's top military news stories from Stars and Stripes and top news outlets Military officials tell 10 On Your Side that 43-year-old Cmdr. 17 July 2005. Edward Allen Brown, Lt. Herman Conrad Schrader, Chief Gunner Joseph Mathias Gately, and Pharmacist's Mate Harry Christian Brown. He later testified to feeling sudden mountain sickness -- a finding supported by a neurologist's June 2021 diagnosis -- but the judge said such a sensation should have abated as Alkonis drove down the mountain. USS Midway (CV-41) and Panamanian-registered cargo ship Cactus collide, two sailors killed and three injured. The bottom of the high pressure cylinder blew out killing Chief Machinist Mate Harry Frank Bock and Oilers Almo Miller and Richard Curtis Smith. Aviation Pilot 1 class Charles Edward Walwork killed, and Lt. (jg) Frank M. Nichols injured, in crash of O2U-4 seaplane in 40 fathoms of water off Makapuu Point, Oahu, Hawaii. 29 Jul 1907. The search for her was called off after 28 hours. A TBF Avenger splashed on takeoff from USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) in the eastern Pacific. US Navy. LT Jerry Seagle and an Air Force officer were treated for mild hypothermia. 28 Oct 2009. It's a system that gives particular focus to serving the interests of victims. Cessna 172 with four VA-165 sailors based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Airplane accident at Pensacola, Fla., killed Ensign Joy C. Bournique. In a collision near Cape Henry between destroyer escort USS Darby (DE-218) and ore ship Soya-Atlantic, two sailors were killed and several others injured. 13 January 2006. 26 June 2003. Two Navy personnel killed when a T-34C crashed during a VFR training flight out of Corpus Christi, Texas. 19 June 1941. Seaplane accident at Pensacola, Fla., drowned Ensigns Michael J. Delehanty and Thomas W. M. Draper. Lt. (jg) Robert C. Haven fatally injured when BF2C-1 from VB-5B flying out of the Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., crashed during night flight training. 20 February 1955. Two propeller-driven Extra 300L aircraft from a test pilot school crashed into each other during a formation takeoff at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD. We were asked who the victim was and thats when I saw her coveralls and belt buckle and saw that it was ENS Mitchell, one sailor recalled. 22 January 2003. The initial explosion was in a fourth-deck storeroom, a second explosion occurred in the same store room 45 minutes later. 11 September 2000. He was assigned to the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group. 9 September 1909. "But he wasn't tired," Brittany Alkonis told CBS News. 73 - 1905 April 18 Travel Pay, Specifications for Ship and Motor Boat Bells, Stalin's Cold War Military Machine: A New Evaluation, The Story Of The Confederate States' Ship Virginia, Strait Comparison: Lessons Learned from the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign, Strategic Concepts of the U.S. Navy (NWP 1 A), Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During WWII, Study of the General Board of the U.S. Navy, 1929-1933, Submarine Activities Connected with Guerrilla Organizations, Surprised at Tet: U.S. 12 May 2003. Midshipman 2d Class Jay Michael Dixon apparently fell to his death from a campus dormitory at the Naval Academy. Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. Naval Special Warfare Command said Wednesday . 14 Oct 2009. Aviation Machinist's Mate 2 class Ira Ovel Wilson died of injuries after walking into propeller of Boeing F3B carrier fighter on flight deck of USS Langley (CV-1). The lead investigator later questioned what the Dunhams crew had been told about how to ride a RHIB. None of the injuries were life threatening, but one Marine was evacuated to an Army field hospital in Kuwait for treatment of a serious arm injury; the others were treated aboard. 2 June 1891. 17 April 1918. Available online at http://www.centcom.mil]. 13 USS Stewart. 10 April 1999. Battleship No. Osceola WI: MBI Publishing, 1998. 14 January 1914. 5 - Decorations Awarded By Foreign Governments, Pt. JF-3 amphibian crashed near Oakland, Calif., shortly after takeoff, killing Lt (jg). Ive tried to do everything I can to help those who had been hurt, he said. Radioman 1 class Ernest Edwin Dailey and Mess Attendant 1 class Florentino Edquiba killed. Last seen between Formosa and China on 21 September 1854. Landing Craft From Troy to Tokio, Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish, Slapton Sands: The Cover-up That Never Was, Smith, Melancton Rear Admiral USN A Memoir, Smoker Sat., July 27, 1918 U.S.S. 18 November 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/world/asia/ridge-alkonis-navy-japan-crash.html. "It is unlikely that the defendant suffered serious altitude sickness at the time," the. 36 ships damaged. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. 6 killed. The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo said the State Department was working with the Pentagon to provide all appropriate assistance.. 27 February 1997. 17 October 2005. 3 machinery room suffocated two sailors. D-8 tractor driven by CD1 Max R. Kiel, USN, was swallowed by a 100 foot-deep "V" shaped crevasse while filling a crevasse 110 miles east of Little America, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze I. Neptune Papers, No. She said that Alkonis ran toward the victims to help, saying he was sorry, but her sister saw him with his family standing away from the victims when the ambulance arrived. One aircraft safely landed. 4 killed. They were on their way to eat pizza and ice cream after visiting Mount Fuji. 1902. 23 January 1961. 40 sailors killed in flight accidents during 1940. 10 killed. 1 million. 20 October 1924. First outbreak in Navy occurred in January 1918 on USS Minneapolis in Philadelphia Navy Yard, subsequently spreading throughout the Navy, particularly during the outbreak of September/October 1918: 4,907 died and 146,446 sick (influenza, bronchitis and all forms of pneumonia included) 1918. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The reports author also determined that a busy tempo of operations that day and task saturation contributed to lackadaisical planning for the exercise. Gunboat No. Battleship No. The pilot was killed. 258 (1917) SecNav Announces Death of Admiral Dewey, General Order No. 29 January 2005. Three sailors were killed, 24 were treated at area hospitals, and 47 suffered minor injuries. 15 July 2003. Perez Jr., died as a result of non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. 27 September 2000. 23 June 1962. 10 June 1936. LT. Lewis S. Jordan killed in an accident in tug USS Undaunted. One pilot was killed. During a trench clearing live fire operation, a Marine threw a grenade which bounced back and detonated in close proximity to the Marines in Hawaii's Pohakuloa Training Area, Range 10. A junior officer's failure to complete a landing checklist during a specialized maneuver last year caused a fifth-generation fighter to crash into an aircraft carrier, injuring six sailors and . 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