Name Clarence Bronson Role Fletcher-class destroyer | Launched April 18, 1943 | |
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Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny | ||
Construction started December 9, 1942 | ||
Clarence K. Bronson (21 July 1888 – 8 November 1916) was a pioneer aviator in the United States Navy.
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Bronson was born in Bushnell, Illinois, on 21 July 1888 and was a member of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1910. After service afloat, he was trained in aviation in 1914 at the Curtiss Aeroplane Company in Hammondsport, New York, and at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Lieutenant (junior grade) Bronson was killed at the Naval Proving Ground Indianhead, Indianhead, Maryland, on 8 November 1916, while testing experimental aerial bombs.
Namesake
In 1943, the destroyer USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668) was named in his honor.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.References
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