Joseph Heste Patterson (August 15, 1912 – May 23, 1939) was an American naval officer who also competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics . He went by "Pat" Patterson while in the Navy.
14-696: Joseph or Joe Patterson may refer to: Joseph H. Patterson (1912–1939), American naval officer and Olympic athlete Joseph M. Patterson (politician) (1837–1914), American politician Joseph Medill Patterson (1879–1946), American journalist and publisher Joseph Turner Patterson (1907–1969), Mississippi Attorney General Joseph Victor Patterson (1882–1968), farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan Billy Patterson (Joseph William Patterson, Jr., 1918–1998), American football player Joe Patterson (California politician) , member of
28-521: A second voyage to European waters between March and August 1920, visiting Rosyth , Scotland, and Brest , France, and returning by way of the Azores with a captured German submarine in tow for the Panama Canal Zone . Back at Hampton Roads 18 October 1920, she returned to towing, salvage, and transport duty along the east coast. After conducting salvage operations on USS S-5 through
42-672: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joseph H. Patterson A native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Patterson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1936. While at the Naval Academy, he competed for the track team . That same year, he finished second in the 400 m hurdles at the US Olympic trials for the 1936 Games in Berlin . At
56-634: The 4th Naval District as a lightship . After towing targets and various craft along the U.S. East Coast , an occupation with salvage duty which was to be her major employment for many years, she sailed from New York on 8 August 1919 for Kirkwall , Orkney Islands , Scotland. For two months she aided in clearing the North Sea of the vast number of mines laid there in the North Sea Mine Barrage of World War I , returning to Charleston, South Carolina , 28 November 1919. Falcon made
70-721: The Caribbean on both salvage and towing duty. In 1925, Falcon joined the Control Force for operations in the Panama Canal Zone , along the United States West Coast , and in the Hawaiian Islands . She returned to home waters in September, and began her part in the salvage operations on USS S-51 under Lieutenant Henry Hartley in which she joined that fall and the next spring. After
84-701: The submarine was raised through determined and ingenious efforts, it was Falcon who towed her to New York in July 1926, providing air pressure for the pontoons supporting the submarine, as well as her compartments. Acting as tender as well as salvage ship for submarines, Falcon accompanied them to fleet exercises in waters from Maine to the Panama Canal Zone , and conducted many operations to develop rescue techniques, as well as training divers . She stood by during deep submergence runs and other tests of new submarines, and played an important role in rescuing sailors from USS Squalus in late May of 1939, and in
98-692: The submarine school in New London, Connecticut before being assigned to the USS Squalus in October 1938. Patterson lost his life aboard the Squalus on May 23, 1939 when the main induction valve failed to close off the Isles of Shoals . This caused the aft torpedo room, both engine rooms, and the crew's quarters to be flooded. He was one of 26 men to drown immediately, and the only officer to die in
112-647: The Berlin Games, he finished fourth in 400 m hurdles event, losing out on the bronze medal to Miguel White of the Philippines by 0.2 seconds. He married Elizabeth "Betty" Greenlee in 1938. After the Olympics, Patterson served aboard the USS ; Louisville cruiser as an ensign . He would serve from May 1936 to May 1938. After transferring to the submarine fleet , Patterson completed training at
126-693: The California State Assembly See also [ edit ] Joseph Paterson (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Joseph Patterson [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Patterson&oldid=1255027511 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
140-549: The accident. The rest of the surviving crew was rescued by the USS Falcon led by Lieutenant Commander Charles "Swede" Momsen and the Squalus was refloated where Patterson and his dead crewmates were recovered. Patterson is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . He was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) . USS Falcon (AM-28) The third USS Falcon , (AM-28/ASR-2)
154-449: The anchorage at Argentia , Newfoundland . One of her most important activities during the war was training divers, search, salvage, and rescue workers to man newer submarine rescue ships. Falcon was decommissioned at Boston , Massachusetts , on 18 June 1946. She was sold on 12 March 1947. Falcon portrayed a rescue ship in the 1937 movie Submarine D-1 , starring Pat O'Brien and George Brent . Footage of Falcon appears in
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#1732782320927168-524: The rescue operations on USS O-9 in June 1941. Throughout World War II , Falcon sailed out of New London, Connecticut and Portsmouth, New Hampshire , on salvage, towing, and experimental operations. When at New London, she usually served as flagship for Commander, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet . Her only deployment from New England waters during the war came between July and October 1943, when she conducted diving operations and laid moorings in
182-569: The summer of 1921, she was assigned permanently to submarine salvage work, based at New London, Connecticut . On 14 August 1922 Falcon recovered the German U-boat U-111 off the Virginia coast, brought her to a dry dock at Norfolk Navy Yard, towed her back out to sea on 30 August 1922, and finally sank U-111 with a depth charge on 31 August 1922. She continued to perform occasional towing duty, and from time to time sailed to
196-530: Was a Lapwing -class minesweeper in the United States Navy . She later became a submarine rescue ship . Falcon was launched 7 September 1918 by Gas Engine and Power Co., and C. L. Seabury Co. , Morris Heights, New York ; sponsored by Mrs. W. J. Parslow; and commissioned 12 November 1918. She was reclassified ASR-2 on 12 September 1929. Originally commanded by Sam Trohman, from December 1918 to May 1919, Falcon served on temporary duty in
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