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Mervyn Sharp Bennion (May 5, 1887 – December 7, 1941) was a United States Navy captain who served during World War I and was killed while he was in command of battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.
A Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" dove on Ammen and Bennion. Both destroyers opened fire on the intruder but failed to stop him. He crashed Bennion ' s fantail but caused only minor damage. While snoopers probed the area throughout the night, none approached nearer than three or four miles, and no new attacks developed until the following night.
Overhaul completed, she returned to a busy schedule of operations in the Hawaiian group which included search and rescue missions, anti-submarine exercises, practice shore bombardment, and carrier plane guard duties.
The ship's bell is on display at the West Virginia State Museum in Charleston. [31] In 2000, governor Cecil Underwood issued a proclamation on the 59th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack naming Interstate 470 in West Virginia the USS West Virginia Memorial Highway.
Sproston returned to Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1952 and began a regular operating schedule as a member of DesRon 25. In the next decade, she made nine cruises to the Far East for operations with the Seventh Fleet. She spent part of most deployment on the Taiwan Patrol and also participated in amphibious and other type exercises.
USS McDermut (DD-677) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant Commander David A. McDermut.. McDermut was laid down 14 June 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; launched 17 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the 28th President; and commissioned 19 November 1943.
Bennion is a surname from the Welsh "ab Einion". Notable people with the surname include: Alan Bennion (1930–2018), actor, portrayed Ice Lords in Doctor Who; Chris Bennion (born 1980), Scottish-born footballer, who has mainly played for clubs in Ireland; Francis Bennion (1923-2015), English barrister and author of texts on statutory ...
Bennion was born in Taylorsville, Utah Territory.He received a B.S. degree from the University of Utah in 1897 and an M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1901.. From 1897 to 1900, Bennion was the president of the Branch Normal School, an institution that eventually developed into Southern Utah University.