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