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Jesse Eugene Pettit

Jesse Eugene Pettit

 

Rank/Rate Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 367 96 13
Birth Date August 9, 1902
From Salt Lake City, Utah
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Vessel USS Rainbow (AS-7) (Submarine Tender)
Loss Date July 26, 1923
Location Chinese waters
Circumstances Drowned in accident
Remarks At 6:03 PM 26 July 1923 motor sailer (boat) of Rainbow (AS-7), acting as repair boat, shipped spray while under tow of USS S-9 (SS-114). Submarine stopped upon being signaled and backed emergency full speed. Sea hit motor sailer and capsized it, drowning Pettit.

Information courtesy of David Wright.

 

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