

Clonmel Graveyard, Cobh, (formerly Queenstown), Co.Cork
This list is a conservative estimate of losses of US Naval personnel based in Ireland during World War One. The casualties are mainly based on the postwar publication Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Naval Service Who Died During the World War. This book was published by the Department of the Navy in 1920. That publication is limited, in that deaths after November 11, 1918, are not included. Records of other deaths have been recorded from news reports and archived Honour Rolls
This was the the time of the second, and most fatal wave of the so-called Spanish Flu Pandemic. There were still United States naval personnel based in Cork, Ireland, until July 1919. There may be many victims not included in this list.
One particularly ironic post-war death was that of Boatswain Gibson. He died in a loading accident, on board the USS Malang , at Deepwater Quay, Queenstown, on January 4th 1919. He had previously survived the torpedoing and sinking of USS Jacob Jones , on December 6th, 1917.
Some remains,such as some those lost in action, were not recovered. Those USS Manley victims recovered, appear to have been immediately shipped home to the USA.

A USS Manley victim is unloaded at Philadelphia from the USS Camden
The remainder were interred, mainly, in the Old graveyard in Queenstown (Cobh) - known as Clonmel, Old Graveyard . This is the graveyard where many of the Lusitania victims lie. It also contains the graves of many Royal Navy personnel.

Graves of USS Utah servicemen (Armistice Day, 1919)
In November, 1919. The US Naval vessel USS Yankton (a hired steam yacht), visited Queenstown. Under the direction of Dr Clarke Andrew, the remains of US personnel interred in Clonmel Old Graveyard, were exhumed. These bodies were then transported back to the USA for re-burial. In 1919. In total, thirty two bodies of US servicemen were taken from Ireland, and re-interred in the USA.

USS Yankton
For an account of US Naval Hospitals in Ireland, see HERE

Funeral of US serviceman on board USS Utah, Berehaven Harbour, Ireland, 1918.
(There is another flag draped coffin in the background).
Casualties List
Name and Rank | Date Deceased | Cause Given |
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ANDERSEN, HENRY.P. Gunners Mate, Second Class, USN |
Dec 06 1917 | Lost when USS Jacob Jones was torpedoed |
ANDERSON, WALFRED ALLEN, Electrician, Third Class, (R.)USN |
October 22, 1918 | USNAS Whiddy Island, Killed in seaplane accident. |
BAXTER, CORTLANDT, B. Seaman, USN. |
October 15, 1918 | USS Utah (Cause not given) |
BAKER, WILLIAM PRATT, Seaman, Second Class, USN |
October 23, 1917 | USS Wainwright, Drowned. |
BIELATOWICZ, JOHN, WILLIAM, Seaman , Second Class, USN |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones, Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
BLACK, JOHN BALMER Gunners Mate, Second Class, USN |
October 10, 1918 | RMS Leinster. Lost when vessel was sunk |
BOSSIDY,JOHN, EDWARD. Chief Electrician, USN. |
January 27, 1919 | Base 6, Naval Training Barracks, Queenstown. Disease |
BOURKE, CHARLES EDWARD. Water Tender, USN. |
January 19, 1918 | USS Burrows. Died in fire on board |
BOYLAN, THOMAS MICHAEL. Gunners Mate, Second Class, USN. |
April 21, 1918. | USS Melville. Bright's disease. |
BRAMMALL, JOHN, THOMAS, Jr. Chief Water Tender, USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones, Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
BRANNIGAN, JAMES. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
December 6, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
BRAY, EDWARD, FRANK. Seaman, Secoond Class, USN. |
October, 09, 1918 | USS. Shaw. Lost his life when vessel collided with another vessel. |
BREWER, EDWARD ELIAS. Gunners Mate, Second Class, USN. |
March 19. 1918. | USS Manley. Due to explosion on board. |
BRYAN, GEORGE FREDERICK. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 6, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
BUCKLEY, LEO JOSEPH. Seaman, USNRF |
June 11, 1918 | USS Dixie. Drowned. |
BUERGER, WILLIAM EMIL. Seaman, USN. |
March 09, 1918 | USS Burrows. Fractured Skull. |
BURKE, CHARLES EDWARD. Water Tender, USN. |
January 19, 1918. | USS Burrows. Killed in fire on board ship. |
BURKE. RICHARD. Water Tender, USN. |
March 19. 1918. | USS Manley. Injuries received in explosion. |
BURNS, WILLIAM JOSEPH. Machinist's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
July 25, 1918. | USS Sampson. Poison, arsenobienzal (acute). |
BUSH, JAMES HENRY,
(AKA Rodenbush). Fireman, Third Class, USN. |
August 4, 1917. | USS. Wainwright. Drowned. |
BUTLER, JOHN EDWARD. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
CARROTHERS,GEORGE, LOVE. Chief Carpenters Mate, USN |
October 9, 1918. | USS. Shaw. Lost his life when vessel was sunk ( *note vessel not sunk). |
CASKEY, GARDNER LENNON. Commander,USN. |
November, 02, 1918. | Garrison Hospital, Berehaven, Co.Cork. Disease (pneumonia, broncho). |
CHAPPIE, FRANK WILLIAM. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
CHILDS, EARL W. F. Lieutenant,USN. |
March, 07, 1918 | At Sea, on board HMS H5. Drowned. |
CLARK, EUGENE HENRY. Seaman, USN. |
October 7. 1918. | USS Shaw. Drowned. |
COHEN, LOUIS. Boatswain's Mate, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918 | USS Manley. Result of explosion on ship. |
COONEY JOHN, J. Chief Water Tender, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
COLE, PATRICK MICHAEL. Seaman, Second Class, USN. | October 09, 1918. | USS Shaw. Killed in collision. |
CORCORAN, TIMOTHY FRANCIS. Seaman, USN. |
March 19, 1918 | USS Manley. Result of injuries received in explosion. |
CORNER, THOMAS, Le ROY. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
January 22, 1918. | USS Aylwin. Lost Overboard. |
CORTRIGHT, Wm,ABRAM, Jr,. Ensign, USNRF. |
October 31, 1918. | Base Hospital No 4, Queenstown, Ireland. Disease (Broncho-pneumonia). |
COSTIGAN, MAURICE, JOSEPH. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
CROSS, JAMES FRANK MORISON. Gunner's Mate, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
CUMMINGS, JAMES. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in battle with enemy submarine. |
DAVIS, GEORGE THOMAS. Yeoman, Second Class, USN. |
January 04, 1918. | USS Aylwin. Drowned at Sea . |
DAVIS, OSCAR. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
October 08, 1917. | USS Jarvis. Drowning . |
DE PALMA, FRANK. Water Tender, USN. |
October 23, 1918 | USS Nevada. Pneumonia, lobar. |
DERSEN, HENRY, P. Gunner's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Lost when vessel was torpedoed. |
DETTLAFF, JOSEPH, ROMAN. Fireman, Third Class, USNRF. |
October 23, 1918. | USS Oklahoma. Pneumonia. |
DISMUKE, EDWARD TOM. Gunner's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Lost life in sinking of vessel. |
DOLEZAL, GEORGE. Water Tender, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
DONOVAN. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS. Boiler Maker, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
DREJA, NICHOLAS MICHAEL. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918 | USS Manley. Explosion on board. |
DUCHARME, WILFRED. Carpenters Mate, Third Class, USNRF. |
November 04, 1918 | Naval base hospital Number. 4,Queenstown. Cause not given. |
DYBDHAL, BIRGER. Chief Yeoman, USNRF. |
October 11, 1918. | Base No 6, Queenstown. Broncho-pneumonia. |
EADES, LAWRENCE HARVEY. Water Tender, USN. |
October 25, 1918. | USS Utah. Pneumonia, broncho. |
ERISCH, CARL, G. Quartermaster, Third Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in battle with enemy submarine. |
EDDS, WILLIAM,W. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918 | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
EDWARDS, JOHN DAVIS. Lieutenant, USN. |
October 09, 1918 | USS. Shaw. Accident (multiple injuries, extreme, collision). |
ELLIOT, RICHARD McC., Jr. Lieutenant Commander (t), USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Accident, Fracture of Skull. |
FAVREAU, HENRY PHILIPPE. Machinist's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
FISHER, REGINALD JOHN. Seaman, Second Class, USN. | December 06,1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action by submarine. |
FITZGERALD, JAMES STEPHEN. Gunner's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
December 06,1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
FLAHERTY, JOHN JAMES. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
December 06,1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Lost life when vessel was torpedoed and sunk. |
FLANAGAN. THOMAS HENRY. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06,1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
FLEMING, ALLEN, Jr. Seaman, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed by explosion. |
FRANCIS, JAMES ALVA. Electrician, Third Class, USN. |
December 06, 1918. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
FRENCH, CHARLES. Fireman, First Class, USNRF. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
GAFFNEY, JAMES, H. Engineman Second Class, USNRF. |
November 24, 1918. | US Navy Base Hospital No 4, Queenstown. Not given. |
GAPINSKI, MICHAEL, Jr. Water Tender, USN. |
September 22, 1918. | USS Fanning. Shot by a shipmate. |
GIBSON H.L. Boatswain, USN. |
January 04, 1918. | USS Malang. Killed in accident loading ship (Survivor of USS Jacob Jones) |
GIFFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS. Fireman, Second Class USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
GOODROW, WILLIS, MARTIN. Chief Machinist's Mate, USN. |
January 13, 1918. | USS Rowan. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
GREGORY, SCHUYLER. Coppersmith, USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. | GRIFFITH, MARK, AMOS. Seaman, Second Class USN. |
October 29, 1918. | USS Utah. Pneumonia, lobar. |
GRINNELL, CLIFTON STEPHEN. Seaman, Second Class USN. |
December 6, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
HALL, CECIL. Seaman, USN |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Died from injuries received in explosion. |
HANSON, LLOYD CHRISTOPHER. (Hannon in some reports) Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN |
October 09, 1918 | USS Shaw. Lost life in collision |
HARLEY, JOSEPH, EARL. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
January 11, 1918 | USS Winslow. Lost overboard |
HARTMAN, GEORGE CLYDE. Electrician, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of injuries received in explosion on vessel. |
HARTMAN, LESTER ORIN. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
HAWKINS, GORDON ERNEST. Seaman, USN |
October 13, 1918. | Submarine chaser No. 271. Pneumonia. |
HAYNES, TAYLOR, NUNLEY. Seaman, Second Class,USNRF. |
October 28, 1918. | USS Nevada. Broncho-pneumonia. |
HEARD, CLAUDE, HARWOOD. Machinist's Mate, Second Class, USN. |
October 09, 1918. | USS. Shaw. Lost life in collision. |
HENIUS, CYRIL. Machinist's Mate, Second Class, USNRF. |
September 22, 1918. | Base Hospital No. 4, Queenstown. Multiple Injuries. |
HERDMAN, ALBERT, VAN HULTON. Coxwain, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of explosion on board. |
HICKEY, EARL DAVID. Fireman, Third Class, USN. |
July 29, 1918. | USS Allen. Influenza . |
HIGGINSON, LE ROY, CHESTER. Carpenter's Mate, First Class, USN. |
June 17, 1918. | Naval air station, Queenstown, Ireland. Paralysis, acute. |
HIGHET, LELAND, MCKEAND. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1918. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action . |
HILL, LUTHER. fireman, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1918. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
HOGAN, JOSEPH, LEO. Quartermaster, Second Class, USN. |
October 10, 1918. | RMS Leinster Lost life in sinking of ship. |
HOLLEHAN, ASA, CALVIN. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
June 23, 1918. | USS Wilkes Poison |
HOLMES, JOHN, CHARLES. Carpenter's Mate, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of injuries received in explosion on board ship. |
HOOD, HARRY, R. Gunner, USN. |
Thursday 6 December 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Enemy action. |
HUMMER, GEORGE, JOSEPH. Chief Boatswain's Mate, USN. |
July 08, 1918. | USS Melville Fracture of right femur. |
HUSBAND, HAROLD, A. Quartermaster, First Class, (a), USN. |
August 12, 1918. | USSC 325. Fell Overboard. |
HYRE, HAROLD, GUSTAVE. Seaman, USN. |
October 21, 1918. | USS Nevada. Bronchial pneumonia. |
INGRAM, OSMOND, KELLY. Gunner's Mate, First Class, USN. |
October 15, 1917 | USS Cassin. Drowned when vessel was attacked by enemy submarine. |
ISHUM, ELMER, CLARK. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of explosion on board. |
JASKOLSKI, FRANCIS, JOHN. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
JOHNSON, ALBERT, L. Oiler, USNRF. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in an explosion on board ship. |
JOHNSON, DOCK. Cabin Cook, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
JONES, CLARENCE, ELLIS. Fireman, Third Class, USN. |
Friday 19 April 1918 | USS Paulding. Drowned. |
JONES, JULIUS,ROBERT. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in an explosion on board ship. |
KALK, STANTON, F. Lieutenant (j.g.),USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Enemy action (exposure after torpedoing of U. S. S. Jacob Jones). |
KEARNEY, WILLIAM, HIRST. Oiler, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
KELLY, WILLIAM, EDWARD. Boiler Maker, USNRF. |
September 18, 1918. | Lough Foyle, Ireland. Drowned. |
KLAHRE, CHARLES, HERBERT. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of explosion on board ship. |
KUEDT, MARTIN, CHARLES. Chief Machinist's Mate |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion. |
KURTENBACH, WILLIAM, FREDERICK. Molder, Second Class, USN |
October 10, 1918. | USS Dixie. Pneumonia. |
LACOMBE, HENRY, JOSEPH. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
LASKON, WILLIAM, FRANK. Fireman, First Class, USN |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
LEACH, RUFUS, EARL. Seaman, USN. |
October 09, 1918. | USS. Shaw. Killed in collision |
LEEDY,ARCHIE. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917 | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in battle with enemy submarine. |
LEESE, ROYAL, ALLEN. Gunners Mate, First Class, USN. |
January 24, 1918. | USS L10. Fell overboard and was drowned. |
LENTZ, HERBERT, PAUL. Fireman, Second Class, USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
LOBMEYER, HENRY, FREDERICK. Mchinist's Mate, Second Class, USN |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Result of explosion on board ship. |
LOGSDON, CHARLES. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
October 23, 1918. | USS Oklahoma. Pneumonia. |
LOWDER, JOHN, DAVID, Jr. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
LUSSO, WILLIAM. Seaman, econd Class, USN. |
January 16, 1918. | USS Jenkins. Killed by shell from steamship New York. |
MATHIS, LEON, ABBOTT. Ensign, USNRF |
October 28, 1918. | At Monkstown Hospital, Kingstown, Ireland. Disease (pneumonia) |
MCGINTY, JOHN, WILLIAM. Water Tender, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
MCGOWAN, MICHAEL, FRANCIS. Blacksmith, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
MoKEOWN, BERNARD,JOSEPH. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
MAGENHEIMER, FREDERICK. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
MAGONI, CHARLES. Water Tender, USN |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Died as result of explosion on board ship. |
MALEWITZ, JOSEPH WALTER. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
MANN, CLAUDE. Oiler, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board ship. |
MANSFIELD, WILLIAM, HENRY. Seaman, Second Class, USNRF. |
October 26, 1918. | USS Utah. Pneumonia. |
MARSH, FRANK. Mess Attendant, Thhird Class, USN. |
November 10, 1918. | USS Melville. Tuberculosis, Meningitis. |
MENDES, JOSE, ANTHONY. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
MERKEL, GEORGE, CHRISTIAN. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
MICHALEO, JOHN. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Lost life when vessel was torpedoed. |
MILLER, WILLIAM, HARRISON. Boiler Maker, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed by explosion on board ship. |
MILLIO, CHRIST. Ship's Cook, First Class, USNRF. |
October 09. 1918. | USS. Shaw. Killed by explosion on board ship. (Lost life when USS Shaw collided with steamship Aquitania ) . |
MITCHELL, EUGENE, DAVIS. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Lost life as result of explosion. |
MONTGOMERY, JOHN, WILLIAM. Quartermaster, Second Class (A), USNRF. |
October 09, 1918. | USS Shaw. Lost life when USS Shaw collided with steamship Aquitania. |
MONTIEL, ALFONSO. Mess Attendant, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action. |
MOOK, ORRIR,CLAIR. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
October 25, 1918. | USS Utah. Bronchial pneumonia. |
MOON, ALBERT, TILTON. Landsman for Yeoman, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in Action. |
MORGAN, EUGENE, JOHN. Yeoman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in Action. |
MORRISSETTE, WALTER. Ship's Cook, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Multiple injuries. |
MULLEN, JAMES, CONRAD. Water Tender, USN. |
July 23, 1918. | USS Jenkins. Pneumonia. |
MURPHY, JOSEPH, PATRICK. Fireman, Third Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Multiple injuries. |
MURPHY, SIMON, THOMAS. Fireman, Third Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in Action. |
MURRAY, STEPHEN ALPHONSE. Electrician, Third Class, USN. |
October 21, 1918. | USS Nevada. Broncho - Pneumonia. |
NATION, FRED, BLACKSHAW. Gunners Mate, Third Class, USN. |
October 31, 1918. | USS Oklahoma. Bronchial pneumonia. |
NEE, MARTIN, JOSEPH. Chief Machinist's Mate, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
NICHOLS, SHEPLEY. Quartermaster, First Class, USNRF. |
August 21, 1918. | USSC 325 Lost at Sea |
NICKLAS, BERNARD, EGBERT. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
October 22, 1918 | USS Nevada Bronchial pneumonia. |
NOLAN, JAMES ,ALBERT. Gunners Mate, Third Class, USNRF. |
August 08, 1917. | USS Wainwright Lobar pneumonia. |
O'CALLAGHAN, MARTIN. Water Tender, USN. |
January 19, 1918. | USS Burrows Result of fire on board ship. |
O'DONNELL, JOHN, JOSEPH. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley Explosion on board ship. |
PARROTT, GEORGE FOUNTAIN, Jr. Lieutenant Commander, USN | October 09, 1918 | USS. Shaw. Accident (collision). |
PAYTAL, FRANK. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
April 10, 1918. | USS Melville Appendicitis |
PETERSON, ARTHUR, JOSEPH. Quartermaster, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Lost life when vessel was sunk. |
PHILLIPS,ADOLPH. Water Tender, USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones Killed in action |
PLANT, HOWARD, WILLIAM. Electrician, Third Class (R),USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
POTE, GEORGE, WASHINGTON. Oiler, USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
POTTS, HARRY. Seaman, Second Class, USN |
Wednesday 9 October 1918 | USS Shaw. Lost life in collision |
QUEEN, DUDLEY W. Assistant Surgeon, USNRF | Tuesday 20 November 1917 | At Royal Naval Hospital, Haubowline. Disease (cerebrospinal fever). |
Reed Charles, E. Ensign, USNRF |
Friday 13 August 1918 | USN Kite Balloon
Section
Berehaven Drowned in Kite Balloon Accident |
REILLY, EDWARD, JOSEPH. Carpenter's Mate, First Class, USNRF |
August 31, 1918 | Lough Foyle, Ireland. Pneumonia |
ROGERS, COIT, SEYMOUR. Fireman, Third Class, USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
ROGERS, GEORGE, FRANCIS,HENRY. Fireman, Third Class, USN |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
ROSS, ALBERT, ANDREW. Seaman, USNRF |
March 19, 1918 | USS Manley. Lost life by explosion on ship |
ROTH, CHARLES, LEWIS. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
August 18, 1918. | USS Cassin Drowned. |
ROZANSKI, MARTIN. Seaman, USN |
March 19. 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion on board USS Manley |
SANDFORD, CHARLIE, HEIDEL. Ship's Cook, Third Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine |
SCHOFIELD, THURLOW, TOMLINSON. Carpenter's Mate, Second Class, USNRF. |
August 14, 1918. | Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland. Cerebospinal Fever |
SCHOWALTER, NICHOLAS, HENRY,RIGHTOR. Seaman, USN. |
September 24, 1918. | USS Utah Spinal meningitis |
SCHRADER, WILLIAM, GUSTAV. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
October 28, 1918 | USS Nevada Analobar pneumonia |
SHAW, LAMORN. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
March 19. 1918. | USS Manley. Explosion on USS Manley . |
SILBREISEN, CHARLES, ROLAND. Seaman, USN. |
October 30, 1918 | USS Nevada Respiratory disease |
SIMMONS, CHARLES, ROBERT. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones Killed in accident (given the ship and the date, a casualty of the sinking) |
SIMPSON, WALLACE. Cabin Steward, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones | Killed in action |
SMITH, STANLEY, HARTWELL. Yeoman, Second Class, USN. |
September 13, 1917. | USS Wilkes Accidental drowning. |
SMITH, THOMAS. Oiler, USN |
July 04, 1917 | USS Melville Edema of lung, acute. |
SOHN, WILLIAM, HENRY. Chief Machinist's Mate, USN. |
December 06, 1918. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine |
SPAVEN. JOHN STUART. Ensign, USN |
October 17, 1918. | At Royal Naval Hospital, Haulbowline. Disease (broncho-pneumonia). |
STARK, RICHARD, JOSEPH. Quartermaster, First Class, USN. |
December,06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones Killed in action with enemy submarine |
STEINER, SIMON. Chief Quartermaster, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
STEWART, MELVIN, SWIFT. Fireman, Second Class, USN. |
October 09, 1918. | USS. Shaw. Lost life when U. S. S. Shaw collided with steamship Aquitania. |
SULLIVAN, EDWARD, VINCENT. Coppersmith, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley injuries |
SWEENEY, JAMES, TEREANCE. Oiler, USN. |
December 06. 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
TAYLOR, RODERICK, PERRY. Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF. |
October 10, 1918 | RMS Leinster Drowned. |
THOMAS, CHARLES, GEORGE. Water Tender, USN. |
November 13, 1918, | US Navy Base Hospital No 4, Queenstown. Cause Not given. |
THOMPSON, WALTER, MICHAEL. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
September 02, 1918. | Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland. Cerebospinal fever. |
THRIFT, POWELL, ELLIOTTE. Machinist's Mate, First Class, USN. |
October 26, 1918, | USS Nevada Pneumonia, lobar. |
TOWNSEND, LEON, GERALD. Electrician, Third Class (G), USN. |
November 03, 1918. | USS Nevada. Pneumonia |
TUFTS, JOHN , THOMAS. Blacksmith, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
TURNER, ALLEN, EMMET. Ship's Cook, Fourth Class, USN. |
November 04, 1918 | USS Nevada. Pneumonia, Bronchial. |
WARD, CHARLIE. Fireman, First Class, USN. |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Killed in explosion at sea. |
WATSON, RALPH, CARELTON. Engineman, Second Class, USN |
March 19, 1918. | USS Manley. Explosion. |
WETZEL, LEON, JOSEPH. Seaman, Second Class, USN. |
December 06, 1917. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action with enemy submarine. |
WHITAKER, HORACE, ELMER. Gunner's Mate, Third Class, USN |
June 08, 1918. | USS L3 (AKA AL3) Washed overboard |
WILLIAMS, RALPH, BURGEE. Seaman, USN. |
December 06, 1918. | USS Jacob Jones. Killed in action |
WILLIAMSON, JOHN, AVIDSON. Seaman, USNRF. |
October 08, 1918 | USSC 271. Pneumonia |
WILLIS, JAMES HENRY, Jr. Mess Attendant, Third Class, USN |
October 15, 1918 | USS Fanning. Drowned |
WISE, EDWARD, McLEISH. Yeoman, Third Class, USNRF. |
January 31, 1918 | USS Fanning. Intestinal Obstruction |
WOOD, WILLIAM, HENRY. Gunner's Mate, Second Class (T), USN. |
Tuesday 19 March 1918 | USS Manley. Killed in explosion |
WOODY, BENEDICT. Fireman, Third Class, USNRF. |
October 21, 1918. | USS Oklahoma. Pneumonia |
SOURCES
There have been a number of publications detailing the history of Queenstown (Cobh) during World War One. The standard reference works are those those listed below
Danger Zone. The story of the Queenstown Command.
By E.Keeble Chatterton
Little, Brown and Co, Boston 1934
(copy available in Cork City Library – local history section top floor)
The Victory at Sea. By Rear-Admiral William Sowden Sims, Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, 1921.
Simsadus London, The American Navy in Europe.
By John Langdon Leighton.
Henry Holt & Co, New York, 1921.
Available to download here
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy
For the Fiscal Year, 1918
Available to download here
Officers and Enlisted Men of the US Navy who died during WW1
Available to download here
Bayley’s Navy,
by Vice Admiral Walter.S.Delany (Rtd)
Available to download here
American Participation in the Great War,
by Captain Dudley W.Knox.
Available to download here
Naval Aviation in WW1,
by Adrian O. Van Wyen.
Available to download here
For Operational Records Various files from the Public Records Office,of the United Kingdom, Kew are invaluable, especially records of ADM137, which were files bound for the official history of WW1 Naval Operations. None of these records are digitised yet, and can only be accessed by visiting the British Public Records Office, Kew, near London.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
For photographs of the Queenstown Command, the following websites have many photographs available to download free of charge. Most of the aforementioned publications also have photographic illustrations.
US Naval History and Heritage Command website
www.history.navy.mil
United States National Archives Website
www.archives.gov/
The British Imperial War Museum
www.iwm.org.uk/research
This site contains many photographs of US and British Naval operations in Ireland. Importantly, it also has a number of copies of unique newsreel footage. These can be played on the site.