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STARKEY, John P. (b. 1925)

Professionsengineer
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

Oral Histories

OH 1518

Engineer. His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Wyoming, light cruiser USS Boise, and submarine USS Mackerel during World War II. His pre-war education and employment; enlistment in the Navy, July 8, 1942; boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois; fire control school, 1942; assignment to the training battleship Wyoming, December, 1942; transfer to the Boise, April, 1943; volunteering for assignment to the U.S. Navy Submarine Training School, New London, Connecticut, July, 1943; assignment to the Mackerel, September, 1943; war patrol in the North Atlantic, December, 1943; Naval Officers Training School, March, 1944; cancellation of his officer training, December, 1944; fire control refresher school, San Diego, California, 1945; assignment to Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, 1945, as part of a relief crew; temporary duty aboard the submarine USS Pargo, September, 1945; separation from the Navy, March, 1946; his postwar career.