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John Henry "Dick" Turpin (August 20, 1876 – March 10, 1962) was a sailor in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Turpin was one of the first African American Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy.
John Henry (Dick) Turpin was born August 20, 1876 in Long Branch, New Jersey. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1896, and in 1917 was selected as one of the first African American Chief Petty Officers. Turpin was a survivor of two shipboard explosions: USS Maine in 1898 Havana Harbor, Cuba, and USS Bennington in San Diego in 1905.
John Henry “Dick” Turpin (August 20, 1876 – March 10, 1962) Turpin became one of the Navy’s first African American Chief Petty Officers in 1917. Existing records show his first enlistment in Bremerton on Nov. 4, 1896 and participated in the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion and World War I.
Caption: John Henry Turpin was one of the first African-American chief petty officers and the survivor of two infamous ship explosions in U.S. Navy history. He was a member of USS Maine's...
19 de jul. de 2023 · On February 15, 1898, the ship suddenly exploded in the harbor, killing all but 94 of the vessel’s 365 crew members. Among them was John Henry Turpin, a Black sailor working as a mess attendant. He’d only been in the Navy for two years by the time the Maine exploded.
23 de feb. de 2022 · John Henry Turpin was one of the first Black Chief Petty Officers to serve in the United States Navy. He was also a survivor of two naval disasters — the catastrophic explosions of the USS Maine in 1898, and USS Bennington in 1905.
18 de feb. de 2021 · (Puget Sound Navy Museum) Alexander Bright & Elijah Palmer. HRNM Educator and Deputy Director of Education. Chief Petty Officer John Henry Turpin has long been rightfully recognized as one of the most important African American Chief Petty Officers (CPOs) in American history.
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