LOUIS J. GULLIVER, JR., LT, USN
Louis Gulliver, Jr. '36
Lucky Bag
From the 1936 Lucky Bag:
Louis Joseph Gulliver, Jr.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
"Louie"
Here is a man who was a true son of the sea from the start. Doctor hails from Gloucester and good Old Ironsides and he has that salty air truly instilled in him. His standing deck watches on wooden ships may have had some influence in developing the man too for he, e'en as you and I, has had some trouble with academics. However, a minute or two of Louie's kid stuff provides a wonderful relaxation for any man. He is a man who can talk out of the side of his mouth and still you Khan hear him. Louie's jovial smile and common horse sense combined with an ability to take life easy will enable him to succeed and to run a full course. He has made a host of friends while here at the Academy and will no doubt succeed well in any venture he enters.
Track 2; Class Water Polo 3; One Stripe
Louis Joseph Gulliver, Jr.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
"Louie"
Here is a man who was a true son of the sea from the start. Doctor hails from Gloucester and good Old Ironsides and he has that salty air truly instilled in him. His standing deck watches on wooden ships may have had some influence in developing the man too for he, e'en as you and I, has had some trouble with academics. However, a minute or two of Louie's kid stuff provides a wonderful relaxation for any man. He is a man who can talk out of the side of his mouth and still you Khan hear him. Louie's jovial smile and common horse sense combined with an ability to take life easy will enable him to succeed and to run a full course. He has made a host of friends while here at the Academy and will no doubt succeed well in any venture he enters.
Track 2; Class Water Polo 3; One Stripe
Loss
Louis was lost when USS Asheville (PG 21) was sunk by Japanese surface forces on March 3, 1942. There was only one known survivor of the sinking.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Louis graduated from Gloucester High School in 1930. Nickname “Lou”. Most Distinctive Characteristic – Height. Ambition – To be an Admiral of the Seven Seas. Honors – 1st Lieutenant Battalion Adjutant 4; Wakefield Competitive Drill 3; Command of Prize Squad 3; Roosevelt Club Vice-President 4. “I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.”
His father (’07) was a retired Navy commander who wrote newspaper articles in 1942.
His parents were listed as next of kin.
Louis is remembered at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
Photographs
From his high school yearbook
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
July 1938
January 1939
LT John Welch '23 (Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)\
LT Dudley Morton '30 (Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)\
LTjg Edward Allen '31 (Naval Aircraft Factory)
2LT John Maclaughlin, Jr. '38 (Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks)\
2LT Douglas Keeler '38 (Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks)\
2LT Dorrance Radcliffe '38 (Marine Corps Schools, Marine Barracks)
October 1939
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