Stephen W. Groves [SEP] conflict
Stephen W. Groves
Ensign Stephen W. Groves, USN (1917 – June 4, 1942) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.
Early life.
Stephen William Groves was born on January 29, 1917 in Millinocket, Maine. He graduated from Schenck High School in East Millinocket, Maine, and received a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Maine in 1939.
Navy career.
Groves joined the U.S. Navy
) was named for Ensign Groves, but her construction was cancelled in 1944 before she could be launched.
In 1981, the guided missile frigate USS "Stephen W. Groves" (FFG-29) was named in his honor at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was commissioned in Portland, Maine commission on April 17, 1982 and decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport, Florida on February 24, 2012.
External links.
- Official website of USS "Stephen W. Groves"