ALBEROVSKY, Francis Severin - BMkr1/c USN - California

Francis Severin Alberovsky BMkr1c
Francis Severin Alberovsky
Boilermaker First Class
Francis Severin Alberovsky BMkr1c
F. S. ALBEROVSKY
USS Arizona Memorial Wall
USS Arizona ROC
  • Name of Record: Francis Severin Alberovsky
  • Branch: United States Navy
  • Service Number: 299 79 29
  • Rate: BMkr1/c (Boilermaker First Class)
  • Duties: Fit pipes, make repairs in boilers. Know construction of marine boilers and fireroom safety precautions.
  • Enlisted: 5 November 1935
  • Place: Chicago, Illinois
  • Onboard USS Arizona: 20 April 1936
  • From: NTS Great Lakes
  • Birth Name: Francis Severin Alberovsky
  • Date of Birth: 7 May 1916
  • Place of Birth: Batavia, Illinois
  • School: Batavia High School - 1935
  • Hometown / State on December 1941: Long Beach, California
  • Next of Kin: Mrs. Marie Donna [Jensen] Alberovsky - Wife - married 5 Nov 1939, Yuma, AZ
  • Address: 285 Orizba Ave., Long Beach, California
  • Parents: Severin Alberovsky & Barbara "Betty" Weinzettl Alberovsky
  • Disposition: Unrecoverable – Among the 900+ souls still onboard the USS Arizona
  • Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal

Photo and Service information from the Vincent J. Vlach, USN Ret., (USS Arizona Survivor & Ship's Historian) and I. B. Nease, USNR Ret., (USS Arizona Historian) Collections [privately held collections]
Other Information, Documents, and/or Photos provided by N. A. Nease [privately held collection]
Report of Changes: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135
Information researched and compiled by N. A. Nease.
May not be reprinted in any form, other than non-profit educational use, without prior written permission of the author.