Melvin Calton b. 1910 Letcher KY to General Calton & Mary Caudill.
15 May 1941
The Kingsport Times (TN)
New York – AP – Three soldiers drowned when the Fort Slocum launch Q-11 sank in the East River today after a collision with the tug Claremont. Army officials named the men as : Sergeant Henry J. Moroso, native of Columbia S.C., skipper of the craft; Private Melvin Calton, Kings Creek, Ky., and private Clyde Fleming, Pittsburg. The Q-11 had towed an army launch from Port Washington to Governor’s Island and was returning to New Rochelle when the unexplained collision occurred. She plunged below the surface, shot into the air and sank again. Two police launches began grappling for bodies.
15 May 1941
The Kingsport Times (TN)
New York – AP – Three soldiers drowned when the Fort Slocum launch Q-11 sank in the East River today after a collision with the tug Claremont. Army officials named the men as : Sergeant Henry J. Moroso, native of Columbia S.C., skipper of the craft; Private Melvin Calton, Kings Creek, Ky., and private Clyde Fleming, Pittsburg. The Q-11 had towed an army launch from Port Washington to Governor’s Island and was returning to New Rochelle when the unexplained collision occurred. She plunged below the surface, shot into the air and sank again. Two police launches began grappling for bodies.
Melvin Calton b. 1910 Letcher KY to General Calton & Mary Caudill.
15 May 1941
The Kingsport Times (TN)
New York – AP – Three soldiers drowned when the Fort Slocum launch Q-11 sank in the East River today after a collision with the tug Claremont. Army officials named the men as : Sergeant Henry J. Moroso, native of Columbia S.C., skipper of the craft; Private Melvin Calton, Kings Creek, Ky., and private Clyde Fleming, Pittsburg. The Q-11 had towed an army launch from Port Washington to Governor’s Island and was returning to New Rochelle when the unexplained collision occurred. She plunged below the surface, shot into the air and sank again. Two police launches began grappling for bodies.
15 May 1941
The Kingsport Times (TN)
New York – AP – Three soldiers drowned when the Fort Slocum launch Q-11 sank in the East River today after a collision with the tug Claremont. Army officials named the men as : Sergeant Henry J. Moroso, native of Columbia S.C., skipper of the craft; Private Melvin Calton, Kings Creek, Ky., and private Clyde Fleming, Pittsburg. The Q-11 had towed an army launch from Port Washington to Governor’s Island and was returning to New Rochelle when the unexplained collision occurred. She plunged below the surface, shot into the air and sank again. Two police launches began grappling for bodies.
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