On April 14, 1914, the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was ordered to Vera Cruz with all available battleships. Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger went there in his flagship, the USS Arkansas. Also ordered there were Leon Robinson's ship, the USS Vermont, the New Hampshire, New Jersey, Michigan, Louisiana and South Carolina.
Leon D. Robinson, from Sycamore, Illinois, was aboard the USS Vermont.
We sure had a lot of battleships.
--DaCoot
Showing posts with label USS Vermont. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Vermont. Show all posts
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
USS Vermont (BB-20)
From Wikipedia.
A Connecticut-class battleship commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned 1920. Mounted four 12-inch guns. Leon D. Robinson was serving on this ship.
On 12 February 1914 departed for Mexico during the Mexican Revolution to protect American interests in Vera Cruz. Arrived Feb. 17 and remained there until April 29, when it returned to the United States.
--DaCoot
A Connecticut-class battleship commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned 1920. Mounted four 12-inch guns. Leon D. Robinson was serving on this ship.
On 12 February 1914 departed for Mexico during the Mexican Revolution to protect American interests in Vera Cruz. Arrived Feb. 17 and remained there until April 29, when it returned to the United States.
--DaCoot
Sycamore's Leon D. Robinson, Wounded at Vera Cruz in 1914
I looked up Leon D. Robinson, whom I wrote about yesterday. I was unable to find out where he was buried, but did come across two listings of him as one of the wounded in the U.S. Naval operations against Mexico at Vera Cruz in 1914.
The U.S. Navy Standard Publications listed him in "Names of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy and Marine Corps Killed or Wounded in Operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 21, 22, 23, 1914."
LEON D. ROBINSON, seaman USS Vermont, right shoulder, will remove bullet; condition favorable. Home address: Sycamore, Illinois.
Another source mentions that he was transferred to the USS Solace, later to naval hospital, M.Y. Disposition-- on duty.
The USS Vermont (BB-20) was a battleship.
--Cooter
The U.S. Navy Standard Publications listed him in "Names of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy and Marine Corps Killed or Wounded in Operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 21, 22, 23, 1914."
LEON D. ROBINSON, seaman USS Vermont, right shoulder, will remove bullet; condition favorable. Home address: Sycamore, Illinois.
Another source mentions that he was transferred to the USS Solace, later to naval hospital, M.Y. Disposition-- on duty.
The USS Vermont (BB-20) was a battleship.
--Cooter
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Looking Back 100 Years: Sycamore Resident Wounded at Battle of Vera Cruz in 1914
From the November 3, 2015, Midweek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
From October 1915, 100 years ago.
"Leon Robinson, a Sycamore boy, after being wounded in the first day's engagement of American seamen with Mexican troops at Vera Cruz over a year ago and finally recovering in the navy hospital in New York, being granted a furlough and visiting his father George E. Robinson in Sycamore and then getting married, has of late been serving on the President's yacht, the Mayflower.
--Cooter
From October 1915, 100 years ago.
"Leon Robinson, a Sycamore boy, after being wounded in the first day's engagement of American seamen with Mexican troops at Vera Cruz over a year ago and finally recovering in the navy hospital in New York, being granted a furlough and visiting his father George E. Robinson in Sycamore and then getting married, has of late been serving on the President's yacht, the Mayflower.
--Cooter
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