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Name: Robert Huntley HURST
Rank / Rating: LT-LieutenantService #: 87491 DOB: Aug 30, 1917 From: Stanford, MT Parents: Robert Clifford and Lora Hurst Went Aboard: Unknown Age When Ship Went Down: 27 years, 11 months, 0 days Spouse: Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin) |
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 Lieutenant Robert Huntley HURST was born on August 30, 1917. He was a son of Montana Farmers Robert and Lora Hurst. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1940. With his death resulting from the sinking of USS Indianapolis he was the last Annapolis graduate from his Class of 1940 to die in World War II.
On his last naval assignment, he served watch as Assistant Damage Control Officer until 2345 pm on the night of July 29, 1945. When relieved of watch by his partner John Woolston, Bob went to his room.
Among his fellow officer peers and friends he was known by Bob. This nickname was recorded “officially” in the 1927 “LUCKY BAG” (the United States Naval Academy Yearbook).
Robert Huntley Hurst’s bio in “LUCKY BAG” presented the following key information about his years at Annapolis:
“Bob somehow invariably works the conversation around to the 'Good Old West’. He has done some excellent work on the Log staff. A good mixer, a fine dancer with plenty of charm, Bob is a snake from way back”. (1)
View the “Additional Photos” section below to access and read Bob’s full entry in the 1940 “LUCKY BAG” yearbook.
As a United States Naval Academy graduate who served aboard Indianapolis on that fateful last voyage, Robert joined eight other naval academy graduates who also lost their lives as a result of the July 30, 1945 sinking of the ship. The full list of Annapolis graduates who were Lost at Sea on USS Indianapolis includes:
Robert Burton Billings, Ensign
Edwin Mason Crouch, Captain
Joseph Ambrose Flynn, Commander
Robert Huntley Hurst, Lieutenant
Johns Hopkins Janney, Commander
Stanley Walter Lipski, Commander
Harold Clifton Moynelo, Jr., Ensign
Michael R. Pessolano, Lieutenant
James Douglas Spencer, Lieutenant
View the “Additional Photos” section below to see pictures and brief information on each of these nine officers. (2)
(1) - LUCKY BAG Yearbook, United States Naval Academy, 1940.
(2) - United States Naval Academy Virtual Memorial Hall, www.usnamemorialhall.org.
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