Bennett, Ralph Thomas (sold)
Ralph Thomas Bennett (July 3, 1914 - July 28, 1962) was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on September 28, 1942, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was received on board the U.S.S. Salt Lake City on December 21, 1942, as a Seaman 2nd Class. By May 1945, he was a Petty Officer Third Class (Coxswain). He was mustered out of the Navy on October 29, 1945, as a Painter 3rd Class (Ptr3c). (Painters applied paints and varnishes, maintained painted surfaces, laid tile and linoleum flooring, planned and estimated painting jobs, maintained fire extinguishers and breathing apparatus, and served on damage control parties.) Bennett appears on muster rolls for the U.S.S. Salt Lake City from December 1942 through October 1945. He was working in San Mateo as a construction worker when he died at the age of 48 of tuberculosis and had one of his lungs removed in the early 1950s. Bennett had lived in California for the previous decade.
A crew member's sketch of the voyages of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City throughout WWII.
Cruise of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City.
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This is a unique 1945 manuscript map of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City's World War II cruises, covering from February 1942 until August 4, 1945. It was hand drawn on cloth by Ralph Bennett, a crewman. (more details)