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
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