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TAKESHI  TSUKAMOTO

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HONOLULU, TH 1941
Deceased 11/24/1970
Rate/Rank
ABLE SEAMAN/BOS'N
Service Branch
USMM 3/1937 - 12/1941
Born 03/01/1907
HANAMA'ULU, KAUA'I, TH
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
SS MAKAWAO * SS MANULANI
SS MAPELE * SS HELEN WHITTIER
SS DICKENSON * SS GOLDEN CLOUD
SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE * SS MAUNALEI
SS TRADE WIND * SS KAHUKU
SS PRESIDENT TAFT * SS HAMAKUA
SS MANA * SS MAKUA
SS MATSONIA * SS LILOA
SS LAHAINA * SS MANINI
SS MANOA
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
PACIFIC WAR ZONE MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
MERCHANT MARINE DEFENSE MEDAL
MERCHANT MARINE EMBLEM
HONORABLE SERVICE EMBLEM
PRESIDENTIAL TESTIMONIAL LETTER
SERVICE MEMORIES
Was honorably discharged from the last merchant ship he served on, the SS Maunalei. He served on 19 merchant ships between Mar 1937 - Dec 1941.
Interesting side note: Two of the ships he served on, SS Lahaina (Jul - Aug 1941) and SS Manini (Aug - Nov 1941), were later torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarines, I-9 on 12/11/41 and I-75 on 12/17/41, respectively.