USS SLC..."Enlisted Navy"...Clair S. Tritt, FCO1c
Clair S. Tritt passed away on Jan. 03, 2020 at the age of 99 1/2 yrs old.
Information from daughter, Robyn Tritt Wampler.
Feb. 4th, 2000
Military Record of Clair S. Tritt
US Navy Reserve V-6
Service #-650-02-97
Sworn In-Aug. 20, 1941
Honorable Discharge-Sep. 28, 1945
Service Time=4 Years, 1 Month, 8 Days
1. Boot Camp, US Naval Training Station, Newport, RI - Aug. 1941 to Oct. 1941
2. Electrical Training School, San Diego, CA-Oct. 1941 to Feb. 1, 1942
3. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii - Feb. 1942 to Mar. 1942
4. USS Salt Lake City, CA 25 - Mar. 1942 to Aug. 1945 (Total of 11 Pacific Campaigns)
5. Rating at Discharge - Fire Controlman 1/c
Additional History and Pictures of USS Salt Lake City CA-25
Member of US Navy Cruiser Sailor's Association
Member #4081 1998-1999-2000
Volume 9, No. 1 Winter... 2000 Booklet, Page 42
Volume 8, No. 4 Fall ......1999 Booklet, Page 14 & 38
Volume 8, No. 3 Summer1999 Booklet, Page 35
Volume 8, No. 2 Spring ..1999 Booklet, Pages 3,5,39,44
Volume 7, No. 4,Fall........1998 Booklet, Pages 16,23,33
I have the following books, regarding the USS Salt Lake City CA-25:
1. American Cruisers of World War II (Pictorial Encyclopedia, by Steve Ewing)
Library of Congress Cat. No. 8461620 ISBN-1-55750-922-0
2. Iwo-Jima, by Wheeler ISBN-0-87021-093-9
3. The Battle of the Komandorski Island, by John A. Lorelli ISBN-0-87021-093-9
4. The Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet, War Edition, by James C. Fahey (1941)
5. Torpedo Junction, by Robert J. Casey (The Bobbs - Merrill Co., Indianapolis, NY)
6. Battle for the Solomons, by Ira Wolfert (1942)
7. USS Salt Lake City, 12th Reunion Booklet 1995
8. USS Salt Lake City, 13th Reunion Booklet 1997
9. The Bloody Battle for Suribachi, by Richard Wheeler ISBN-1-55750-923-9
10. The Battle of Cape Esperance, by Charles Cook ISBN-1-55750-126-2
11. America's Navy in World War II, by Gilbert Cant
NOTE: One (1) copy of the above books are in my file,
if additional information is needed.
Pictures with
Charles W. Stephens, FCO2c
Contributed picture of Radar Gang, 1943
SLC Deck Logs Mar. 1942
Jan. 1945
#1 in picture with Harold Lockhart &
Robert Roth
Signed the back of a Peso that belonged to J.D. Kelley, FC2c
Signed Autograph Book of J.D. Kelley, FC2c
Robyn Tritt Wampler
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