Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	214 55 86
Birth Date	October 31, 1904
From	New York, New York
Decorations
Submarine	USS S-51 (SS-162)
Loss Date	September 25, 1925
Location	Off Block Island, Rhode Island
Circumstances	Sank after collision with SS City of Rome
Remarks	According to an article in The Daily Review (Long Island, New York), October 19, 1925, John's first name was actually Sylvester, but he had run away from home and enlisted in the Navy under "John J. McCarthy."

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