John Dean Babcock, Jr. was adopted by the Martin and Annie Quinn after his father passed away in 1903. His mother could not afford to take care of two children after her husband, John Dean Babcock, Sr. died. His name was changed to John Dean Quinn.
"He served with a Rhode Island unit in the war (WWI), and shortly after his return married Mrs. Amy Brown, a widow."
John Dean Quinn and widow, Amey Louise Johnson Brown were married sometime in 1920.
John D. Quinn (23 Rhode Island) is found in the 1925 Rhode Island State Census (22 April 1925) for South Kingstown (Ward Wakefield), Washington County, Rhode Island (page 30, family 310) along with his wife, Amy L. Quinn (30 Rhode Island) and children, John D. Quinn, Jr. (3 Rhode Island) and Russell L. Quinn (2 Rhode Island). Also in the home was Carlton E. Brown (9 Maine), Amy's son from her first marriage.
John and Amy also had another son, Raymond Louis Quinn (1925-2007).
Their marriage fell apart in the early months of 1930. The final straw being when Wakefield Mill foreman, Wemyss B. Blackwood, "a frequent visitor", became too "friendly with Mrs. Quinn."
John Dean Quinn and Amey Louise Johnson Brown Quinn were divorced by April 1930. Amy a "tall black-eyed brunette a few years older than" Quinn sued her husband for divorce.
On 26 September 1930 John Dean Quinn, 32, of Narragansett Pier, was found guilty of assault and battery by a Washington County jury. He was found not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. Quinn was indicted on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder Wemyss B. Blackwood, foreman of the Wakefield textile mill in South Kingstown. Blackwood was shot in the abdomen with a 25-calibre automatic pistol, just outside the Wakefield Mill on 22 July 1930, following a talk with Quinn. John had said the Blackwood broke up his home. The breakup of the Quinn household was "just the old triangle" Wakefield people say. The Judge, Jeremiah E. O'Connell, sentenced John to serve one year in the Providence County Jail. Source: 1931 Providence Journal newspaper articles.
John D. Quinn (born 22 March 1900, Rhode Island) is enumerated in the 1935 Rhode Island State Census (22 January 1936) for East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (180 Roger Williams Av). He was divorced. John was a *Worsted Weaver in a Wool Mill.
*Worsted refers to a special technique that produces a smooth, fine, and high quality yarn that is used to weave luxurious wool cloth predominantly used for bespoke tailoring.
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Pawtucket (Ward 6), Providence County, Rhode Island (sheet 5B, household 154, 91 Montgomery) – John Quinn (39 Rhode Island). He was divorced. John had lived in East Providence in 1935. He was a Silk Weaver in the Silk Looms.
John Dean Quinn (41, 22 March 1900, Narragansett Pier), a resident of 3 Sawyer Place, Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. T-1231, Order No. 10786) on 16 February 1942 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Rhode Island. He was employed by East Providence Mills. John listed his birth mother, Mrs. William Lake, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 5" in height, 159 lbs., with a ruddy complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
John Dean Quinn married again to Alberta Elizabeth Alsheimer in 1942 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
John Dean Quinn enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 23 September 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the submarine tender, U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21) on 11 November 1942 from Receiving Station NORVA FFT NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 11 November 1942 thru 23 November 1942
U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn
SC3c John D. Quinn USNR, (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred on 23 November 1942 back to NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the destroyer, U.S.S. Badger (DD 126) on 23 February 1943 from NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 23 February 1943 thru 25 May 1943
U.S.S. Badger (DD 126)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68)
On 25 May 1943, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred to Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
On 07 January 1944, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was received aboard the tanker U.S.S.Porcupine (IX-126) from Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 07 January 1944 thru 30 September 1944
U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)
Ship's Cook Third Class/Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68). He had been promoted to Ship's Cook Second Class by September 1944.
December 1944
Pursuant to orders received, the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) departed from Dulag, Leyte at 1600 on 27 December 1944 in a resupply convoy (over 100 ships) bound for Mindoro. The Porcupine was loaded with a full cargo of 40,000 barrels of aviation gasoline and 23,000 barrels of diesel oil. The convoy was under Japanese air attack almost continuously from the morning of 28 December until the afternoon of 30 December 1944. She was damaged enroute by the explosion of the ammunition ship, SS John Burke when it was hit by a kamikaze the morning of the 28th.
The ships arrived at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, on 30 December 1944 at 0710. Captain J. B. McLean, the convoy commander, was eager to offload his ships and head back to Leyte as soon as possible. Until 1540 events ran smoothly, when the Porcupine's TBY watch received a report "that twelve enemy planes were coming in and the OOD sounded general quarters. Our P-38 interceptors engaged the enemy planes but four dive bombers broke through." Within two minutes the destroyers U.S.S. Gansevoort (DD-608) and U.S.S. Pringle (DD-477), tender USS Orestes (AGP-10), and U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) were hit. "One of these enemy dive bombers came in low over the water on our port beam and we opened fire with all our port guns. The four port 20mm guns were scoring hits on the plane but were unable to divert it from its course. The plane, identified as a Japanese Val, was strafing as it came in. At about 1555 the plane's bomb was dropped on the main deck at few feet aft of the midships deck house and the plane crashed in after it. The explosion of the bomb and the crash of the plane caused the number two deep tanks to be ruptured, the generators and switchboards to be knocked out, and the engine room was flooded with black oil and diesel. The plane tore out the after bulk heads of the midships house which immediately caught fire and spread rapidly...At about 1615 it was obvious that the fire had spread beyond control...so the fire fighting party was removed from the ship... Surviving personnel were evacuated from Mindoro to Leyte by air on 01 January 1945 at which time the fire was still burning..."
"Personnel casualties included everyone stationed in sick bay, two men from damage control and one man who had been hit by strafing and was treated in sick bay..." Source: WWII War Diaries - U.S.S. Porcupine - Action Report - 17 January 1945, pages 1-3.
Seven Porcupine sailors died and eight were wounded. None of the seven Porcupine sailors bodies were recovered.
F1c Jesse BURCHETT 828-57-18 V-6 USNR
WT1c Henry Clay JOINER, Jr. 295-23-75 USN
MM3c George Lee LAMBERT 626-08-63 V-6 USNR
StM1c William H. MINER 966-07-56 V-6 USNR
StM1c Ray ODOM 830-58-34 V-6 USNR
CPhM (AA) Zenon K. PLOHOCKI 611-32-01 V-6 USNR
SC2c John D. Quinn 202-48-68 V-6 USNR
Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn S/N 2024868
Lost at sea (body not recovered) when the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)) was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane in Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines
Ship's Cook Second Class John Dean Quinn is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
His wife, Alberta Elizabeth Quinn was living at 105 Main St., North Plymouth, Massachusetts.
"He served with a Rhode Island unit in the war (WWI), and shortly after his return married Mrs. Amy Brown, a widow."
John Dean Quinn and widow, Amey Louise Johnson Brown were married sometime in 1920.
John D. Quinn (23 Rhode Island) is found in the 1925 Rhode Island State Census (22 April 1925) for South Kingstown (Ward Wakefield), Washington County, Rhode Island (page 30, family 310) along with his wife, Amy L. Quinn (30 Rhode Island) and children, John D. Quinn, Jr. (3 Rhode Island) and Russell L. Quinn (2 Rhode Island). Also in the home was Carlton E. Brown (9 Maine), Amy's son from her first marriage.
John and Amy also had another son, Raymond Louis Quinn (1925-2007).
Their marriage fell apart in the early months of 1930. The final straw being when Wakefield Mill foreman, Wemyss B. Blackwood, "a frequent visitor", became too "friendly with Mrs. Quinn."
John Dean Quinn and Amey Louise Johnson Brown Quinn were divorced by April 1930. Amy a "tall black-eyed brunette a few years older than" Quinn sued her husband for divorce.
On 26 September 1930 John Dean Quinn, 32, of Narragansett Pier, was found guilty of assault and battery by a Washington County jury. He was found not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. Quinn was indicted on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder Wemyss B. Blackwood, foreman of the Wakefield textile mill in South Kingstown. Blackwood was shot in the abdomen with a 25-calibre automatic pistol, just outside the Wakefield Mill on 22 July 1930, following a talk with Quinn. John had said the Blackwood broke up his home. The breakup of the Quinn household was "just the old triangle" Wakefield people say. The Judge, Jeremiah E. O'Connell, sentenced John to serve one year in the Providence County Jail. Source: 1931 Providence Journal newspaper articles.
John D. Quinn (born 22 March 1900, Rhode Island) is enumerated in the 1935 Rhode Island State Census (22 January 1936) for East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (180 Roger Williams Av). He was divorced. John was a *Worsted Weaver in a Wool Mill.
*Worsted refers to a special technique that produces a smooth, fine, and high quality yarn that is used to weave luxurious wool cloth predominantly used for bespoke tailoring.
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Pawtucket (Ward 6), Providence County, Rhode Island (sheet 5B, household 154, 91 Montgomery) – John Quinn (39 Rhode Island). He was divorced. John had lived in East Providence in 1935. He was a Silk Weaver in the Silk Looms.
John Dean Quinn (41, 22 March 1900, Narragansett Pier), a resident of 3 Sawyer Place, Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. T-1231, Order No. 10786) on 16 February 1942 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Rhode Island. He was employed by East Providence Mills. John listed his birth mother, Mrs. William Lake, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 5" in height, 159 lbs., with a ruddy complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
John Dean Quinn married again to Alberta Elizabeth Alsheimer in 1942 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
John Dean Quinn enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 23 September 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the submarine tender, U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21) on 11 November 1942 from Receiving Station NORVA FFT NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 11 November 1942 thru 23 November 1942
U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn
SC3c John D. Quinn USNR, (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred on 23 November 1942 back to NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the destroyer, U.S.S. Badger (DD 126) on 23 February 1943 from NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 23 February 1943 thru 25 May 1943
U.S.S. Badger (DD 126)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68)
On 25 May 1943, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred to Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
On 07 January 1944, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was received aboard the tanker U.S.S.Porcupine (IX-126) from Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 07 January 1944 thru 30 September 1944
U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)
Ship's Cook Third Class/Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68). He had been promoted to Ship's Cook Second Class by September 1944.
December 1944
Pursuant to orders received, the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) departed from Dulag, Leyte at 1600 on 27 December 1944 in a resupply convoy (over 100 ships) bound for Mindoro. The Porcupine was loaded with a full cargo of 40,000 barrels of aviation gasoline and 23,000 barrels of diesel oil. The convoy was under Japanese air attack almost continuously from the morning of 28 December until the afternoon of 30 December 1944. She was damaged enroute by the explosion of the ammunition ship, SS John Burke when it was hit by a kamikaze the morning of the 28th.
The ships arrived at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, on 30 December 1944 at 0710. Captain J. B. McLean, the convoy commander, was eager to offload his ships and head back to Leyte as soon as possible. Until 1540 events ran smoothly, when the Porcupine's TBY watch received a report "that twelve enemy planes were coming in and the OOD sounded general quarters. Our P-38 interceptors engaged the enemy planes but four dive bombers broke through." Within two minutes the destroyers U.S.S. Gansevoort (DD-608) and U.S.S. Pringle (DD-477), tender USS Orestes (AGP-10), and U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) were hit. "One of these enemy dive bombers came in low over the water on our port beam and we opened fire with all our port guns. The four port 20mm guns were scoring hits on the plane but were unable to divert it from its course. The plane, identified as a Japanese Val, was strafing as it came in. At about 1555 the plane's bomb was dropped on the main deck at few feet aft of the midships deck house and the plane crashed in after it. The explosion of the bomb and the crash of the plane caused the number two deep tanks to be ruptured, the generators and switchboards to be knocked out, and the engine room was flooded with black oil and diesel. The plane tore out the after bulk heads of the midships house which immediately caught fire and spread rapidly...At about 1615 it was obvious that the fire had spread beyond control...so the fire fighting party was removed from the ship... Surviving personnel were evacuated from Mindoro to Leyte by air on 01 January 1945 at which time the fire was still burning..."
"Personnel casualties included everyone stationed in sick bay, two men from damage control and one man who had been hit by strafing and was treated in sick bay..." Source: WWII War Diaries - U.S.S. Porcupine - Action Report - 17 January 1945, pages 1-3.
Seven Porcupine sailors died and eight were wounded. None of the seven Porcupine sailors bodies were recovered.
F1c Jesse BURCHETT 828-57-18 V-6 USNR
WT1c Henry Clay JOINER, Jr. 295-23-75 USN
MM3c George Lee LAMBERT 626-08-63 V-6 USNR
StM1c William H. MINER 966-07-56 V-6 USNR
StM1c Ray ODOM 830-58-34 V-6 USNR
CPhM (AA) Zenon K. PLOHOCKI 611-32-01 V-6 USNR
SC2c John D. Quinn 202-48-68 V-6 USNR
Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn S/N 2024868
Lost at sea (body not recovered) when the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)) was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane in Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines
Ship's Cook Second Class John Dean Quinn is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
His wife, Alberta Elizabeth Quinn was living at 105 Main St., North Plymouth, Massachusetts.
John Dean Babcock, Jr. was adopted by the Martin and Annie Quinn after his father passed away in 1903. His mother could not afford to take care of two children after her husband, John Dean Babcock, Sr. died. His name was changed to John Dean Quinn.
"He served with a Rhode Island unit in the war (WWI), and shortly after his return married Mrs. Amy Brown, a widow."
John Dean Quinn and widow, Amey Louise Johnson Brown were married sometime in 1920.
John D. Quinn (23 Rhode Island) is found in the 1925 Rhode Island State Census (22 April 1925) for South Kingstown (Ward Wakefield), Washington County, Rhode Island (page 30, family 310) along with his wife, Amy L. Quinn (30 Rhode Island) and children, John D. Quinn, Jr. (3 Rhode Island) and Russell L. Quinn (2 Rhode Island). Also in the home was Carlton E. Brown (9 Maine), Amy's son from her first marriage.
John and Amy also had another son, Raymond Louis Quinn (1925-2007).
Their marriage fell apart in the early months of 1930. The final straw being when Wakefield Mill foreman, Wemyss B. Blackwood, "a frequent visitor", became too "friendly with Mrs. Quinn."
John Dean Quinn and Amey Louise Johnson Brown Quinn were divorced by April 1930. Amy a "tall black-eyed brunette a few years older than" Quinn sued her husband for divorce.
On 26 September 1930 John Dean Quinn, 32, of Narragansett Pier, was found guilty of assault and battery by a Washington County jury. He was found not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. Quinn was indicted on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder Wemyss B. Blackwood, foreman of the Wakefield textile mill in South Kingstown. Blackwood was shot in the abdomen with a 25-calibre automatic pistol, just outside the Wakefield Mill on 22 July 1930, following a talk with Quinn. John had said the Blackwood broke up his home. The breakup of the Quinn household was "just the old triangle" Wakefield people say. The Judge, Jeremiah E. O'Connell, sentenced John to serve one year in the Providence County Jail. Source: 1931 Providence Journal newspaper articles.
John D. Quinn (born 22 March 1900, Rhode Island) is enumerated in the 1935 Rhode Island State Census (22 January 1936) for East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (180 Roger Williams Av). He was divorced. John was a *Worsted Weaver in a Wool Mill.
*Worsted refers to a special technique that produces a smooth, fine, and high quality yarn that is used to weave luxurious wool cloth predominantly used for bespoke tailoring.
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Pawtucket (Ward 6), Providence County, Rhode Island (sheet 5B, household 154, 91 Montgomery) – John Quinn (39 Rhode Island). He was divorced. John had lived in East Providence in 1935. He was a Silk Weaver in the Silk Looms.
John Dean Quinn (41, 22 March 1900, Narragansett Pier), a resident of 3 Sawyer Place, Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. T-1231, Order No. 10786) on 16 February 1942 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Rhode Island. He was employed by East Providence Mills. John listed his birth mother, Mrs. William Lake, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 5" in height, 159 lbs., with a ruddy complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
John Dean Quinn married again to Alberta Elizabeth Alsheimer in 1942 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
John Dean Quinn enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 23 September 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the submarine tender, U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21) on 11 November 1942 from Receiving Station NORVA FFT NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 11 November 1942 thru 23 November 1942
U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn
SC3c John D. Quinn USNR, (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred on 23 November 1942 back to NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the destroyer, U.S.S. Badger (DD 126) on 23 February 1943 from NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 23 February 1943 thru 25 May 1943
U.S.S. Badger (DD 126)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68)
On 25 May 1943, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred to Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
On 07 January 1944, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was received aboard the tanker U.S.S.Porcupine (IX-126) from Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 07 January 1944 thru 30 September 1944
U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)
Ship's Cook Third Class/Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68). He had been promoted to Ship's Cook Second Class by September 1944.
December 1944
Pursuant to orders received, the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) departed from Dulag, Leyte at 1600 on 27 December 1944 in a resupply convoy (over 100 ships) bound for Mindoro. The Porcupine was loaded with a full cargo of 40,000 barrels of aviation gasoline and 23,000 barrels of diesel oil. The convoy was under Japanese air attack almost continuously from the morning of 28 December until the afternoon of 30 December 1944. She was damaged enroute by the explosion of the ammunition ship, SS John Burke when it was hit by a kamikaze the morning of the 28th.
The ships arrived at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, on 30 December 1944 at 0710. Captain J. B. McLean, the convoy commander, was eager to offload his ships and head back to Leyte as soon as possible. Until 1540 events ran smoothly, when the Porcupine's TBY watch received a report "that twelve enemy planes were coming in and the OOD sounded general quarters. Our P-38 interceptors engaged the enemy planes but four dive bombers broke through." Within two minutes the destroyers U.S.S. Gansevoort (DD-608) and U.S.S. Pringle (DD-477), tender USS Orestes (AGP-10), and U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) were hit. "One of these enemy dive bombers came in low over the water on our port beam and we opened fire with all our port guns. The four port 20mm guns were scoring hits on the plane but were unable to divert it from its course. The plane, identified as a Japanese Val, was strafing as it came in. At about 1555 the plane's bomb was dropped on the main deck at few feet aft of the midships deck house and the plane crashed in after it. The explosion of the bomb and the crash of the plane caused the number two deep tanks to be ruptured, the generators and switchboards to be knocked out, and the engine room was flooded with black oil and diesel. The plane tore out the after bulk heads of the midships house which immediately caught fire and spread rapidly...At about 1615 it was obvious that the fire had spread beyond control...so the fire fighting party was removed from the ship... Surviving personnel were evacuated from Mindoro to Leyte by air on 01 January 1945 at which time the fire was still burning..."
"Personnel casualties included everyone stationed in sick bay, two men from damage control and one man who had been hit by strafing and was treated in sick bay..." Source: WWII War Diaries - U.S.S. Porcupine - Action Report - 17 January 1945, pages 1-3.
Seven Porcupine sailors died and eight were wounded. None of the seven Porcupine sailors bodies were recovered.
F1c Jesse BURCHETT 828-57-18 V-6 USNR
WT1c Henry Clay JOINER, Jr. 295-23-75 USN
MM3c George Lee LAMBERT 626-08-63 V-6 USNR
StM1c William H. MINER 966-07-56 V-6 USNR
StM1c Ray ODOM 830-58-34 V-6 USNR
CPhM (AA) Zenon K. PLOHOCKI 611-32-01 V-6 USNR
SC2c John D. Quinn 202-48-68 V-6 USNR
Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn S/N 2024868
Lost at sea (body not recovered) when the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)) was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane in Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines
Ship's Cook Second Class John Dean Quinn is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
His wife, Alberta Elizabeth Quinn was living at 105 Main St., North Plymouth, Massachusetts.
"He served with a Rhode Island unit in the war (WWI), and shortly after his return married Mrs. Amy Brown, a widow."
John Dean Quinn and widow, Amey Louise Johnson Brown were married sometime in 1920.
John D. Quinn (23 Rhode Island) is found in the 1925 Rhode Island State Census (22 April 1925) for South Kingstown (Ward Wakefield), Washington County, Rhode Island (page 30, family 310) along with his wife, Amy L. Quinn (30 Rhode Island) and children, John D. Quinn, Jr. (3 Rhode Island) and Russell L. Quinn (2 Rhode Island). Also in the home was Carlton E. Brown (9 Maine), Amy's son from her first marriage.
John and Amy also had another son, Raymond Louis Quinn (1925-2007).
Their marriage fell apart in the early months of 1930. The final straw being when Wakefield Mill foreman, Wemyss B. Blackwood, "a frequent visitor", became too "friendly with Mrs. Quinn."
John Dean Quinn and Amey Louise Johnson Brown Quinn were divorced by April 1930. Amy a "tall black-eyed brunette a few years older than" Quinn sued her husband for divorce.
On 26 September 1930 John Dean Quinn, 32, of Narragansett Pier, was found guilty of assault and battery by a Washington County jury. He was found not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. Quinn was indicted on the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to murder Wemyss B. Blackwood, foreman of the Wakefield textile mill in South Kingstown. Blackwood was shot in the abdomen with a 25-calibre automatic pistol, just outside the Wakefield Mill on 22 July 1930, following a talk with Quinn. John had said the Blackwood broke up his home. The breakup of the Quinn household was "just the old triangle" Wakefield people say. The Judge, Jeremiah E. O'Connell, sentenced John to serve one year in the Providence County Jail. Source: 1931 Providence Journal newspaper articles.
John D. Quinn (born 22 March 1900, Rhode Island) is enumerated in the 1935 Rhode Island State Census (22 January 1936) for East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (180 Roger Williams Av). He was divorced. John was a *Worsted Weaver in a Wool Mill.
*Worsted refers to a special technique that produces a smooth, fine, and high quality yarn that is used to weave luxurious wool cloth predominantly used for bespoke tailoring.
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Pawtucket (Ward 6), Providence County, Rhode Island (sheet 5B, household 154, 91 Montgomery) – John Quinn (39 Rhode Island). He was divorced. John had lived in East Providence in 1935. He was a Silk Weaver in the Silk Looms.
John Dean Quinn (41, 22 March 1900, Narragansett Pier), a resident of 3 Sawyer Place, Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. T-1231, Order No. 10786) on 16 February 1942 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Rhode Island. He was employed by East Providence Mills. John listed his birth mother, Mrs. William Lake, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 5" in height, 159 lbs., with a ruddy complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
John Dean Quinn married again to Alberta Elizabeth Alsheimer in 1942 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
John Dean Quinn enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 23 September 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the submarine tender, U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21) on 11 November 1942 from Receiving Station NORVA FFT NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 11 November 1942 thru 23 November 1942
U.S.S. Antaeus (AS-21)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn
SC3c John D. Quinn USNR, (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred on 23 November 1942 back to NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn, U.S. Navy Reserve, (S/N 202 48 68) was received on board the destroyer, U.S.S. Badger (DD 126) on 23 February 1943 from NOB, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 23 February 1943 thru 25 May 1943
U.S.S. Badger (DD 126)
Ship's Cook Third Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68)
On 25 May 1943, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was transferred to Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
On 07 January 1944, SC3c John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68) was received aboard the tanker U.S.S.Porcupine (IX-126) from Receiving Station, New Orleans, Louisiana for duty.
U.S. Navy Muster Rolls – 07 January 1944 thru 30 September 1944
U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)
Ship's Cook Third Class/Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn (S/N 202 48 68). He had been promoted to Ship's Cook Second Class by September 1944.
December 1944
Pursuant to orders received, the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) departed from Dulag, Leyte at 1600 on 27 December 1944 in a resupply convoy (over 100 ships) bound for Mindoro. The Porcupine was loaded with a full cargo of 40,000 barrels of aviation gasoline and 23,000 barrels of diesel oil. The convoy was under Japanese air attack almost continuously from the morning of 28 December until the afternoon of 30 December 1944. She was damaged enroute by the explosion of the ammunition ship, SS John Burke when it was hit by a kamikaze the morning of the 28th.
The ships arrived at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, on 30 December 1944 at 0710. Captain J. B. McLean, the convoy commander, was eager to offload his ships and head back to Leyte as soon as possible. Until 1540 events ran smoothly, when the Porcupine's TBY watch received a report "that twelve enemy planes were coming in and the OOD sounded general quarters. Our P-38 interceptors engaged the enemy planes but four dive bombers broke through." Within two minutes the destroyers U.S.S. Gansevoort (DD-608) and U.S.S. Pringle (DD-477), tender USS Orestes (AGP-10), and U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126) were hit. "One of these enemy dive bombers came in low over the water on our port beam and we opened fire with all our port guns. The four port 20mm guns were scoring hits on the plane but were unable to divert it from its course. The plane, identified as a Japanese Val, was strafing as it came in. At about 1555 the plane's bomb was dropped on the main deck at few feet aft of the midships deck house and the plane crashed in after it. The explosion of the bomb and the crash of the plane caused the number two deep tanks to be ruptured, the generators and switchboards to be knocked out, and the engine room was flooded with black oil and diesel. The plane tore out the after bulk heads of the midships house which immediately caught fire and spread rapidly...At about 1615 it was obvious that the fire had spread beyond control...so the fire fighting party was removed from the ship... Surviving personnel were evacuated from Mindoro to Leyte by air on 01 January 1945 at which time the fire was still burning..."
"Personnel casualties included everyone stationed in sick bay, two men from damage control and one man who had been hit by strafing and was treated in sick bay..." Source: WWII War Diaries - U.S.S. Porcupine - Action Report - 17 January 1945, pages 1-3.
Seven Porcupine sailors died and eight were wounded. None of the seven Porcupine sailors bodies were recovered.
F1c Jesse BURCHETT 828-57-18 V-6 USNR
WT1c Henry Clay JOINER, Jr. 295-23-75 USN
MM3c George Lee LAMBERT 626-08-63 V-6 USNR
StM1c William H. MINER 966-07-56 V-6 USNR
StM1c Ray ODOM 830-58-34 V-6 USNR
CPhM (AA) Zenon K. PLOHOCKI 611-32-01 V-6 USNR
SC2c John D. Quinn 202-48-68 V-6 USNR
Ship's Cook Second Class John D. Quinn S/N 2024868
Lost at sea (body not recovered) when the U.S.S. Porcupine (IX-126)) was hit by a Japanese kamikaze plane in Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines
Ship's Cook Second Class John Dean Quinn is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
His wife, Alberta Elizabeth Quinn was living at 105 Main St., North Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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