The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Two Who Died on the USS Benjamin Franklin and on the USS Arizona

ROBERT E. ABELL JR.  On te list of deaths on the USS Benjamin Franklin (CV-13).  Many were killed when the kamikazes hit the ship on March 19, 1945.  he is listed on the Benjamin Franklin site as KIA.  Son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Abell of Chester, S.C..

CLAUDE HERBERT HOLLAND  Seaman 2c, killed on the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941.

WILLIAM Z. HOLLAND  I also came across this man's name and mention that he was at Pearl Harbor that day but evidently not killed.   He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Milford Holland of Kenly, N.C..

--GreGen

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