Oral history interview with Frank Townsend, 1974 July 6.

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Oral history interview with Frank Townsend, 1974 July 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173305085

Interview with Frank Townsend, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

61 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 6921221

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Navy) Oral History Project.

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Pennsylvania (Battleship)

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The third Pennsylvania (BB-38) was laid down 27 October 1913 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 16 March 1915; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Kolb; and commissioned 12 June 1916, Capt. H. B. Wilson in command. Pennsylvania was attached to the Atlantic Fleet. On 12 October 1916 she became flagship of Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, when Admiral Henry T. Mayo shifted his flag from Wyoming to Pennsylvania. In January 1917, Pennsylv ania steamed f...

Marcello, Ronald E.

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Townsend, Frank, 1920-

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...