After graduation from the Naval Acadamey on 06 June 1940, he reported aboard OKLAHOMA (BB-37). He was aboard on the morning of December 7, 1941, when OKLAHOMA capsized at Pearl Harbor, courtesy of the Japanese Navy. He escaped from below decks unscathed and eventually joined INDIANA (BB-58), under construction
at Newport News, Virginia. He ran the port five-inch battery in that ship until December, 1943, when he left to join HANCOCK (CV-19), fitting out in Quincy, Massachusetts. As gunnery officer, he again saw action in the Pacific; he was detached in July, 1945, and spent the next three years in Annapolis, studying electronics engineering.
From 1948 to 1951, he served on the staff of ComDesLant in Newport, Rhode Island. During this period, his designation was changed to Restricted Line -- Engineering Duty.
From 1951 to 1954, he was in Washington in the old Bureau of Ships, Ship Electronics Division. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, first as electronics officer and later as a ship superintendent and assistant repair officer.
From 1957 to 1959, he served with the Branch Office of the Office of Naval Research in London, doing liaison work with the British, French, Italian and Norwegian navies.
From 1959 to 1963, he was again in Washington in the Bureau of Ships. He was then ordered to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. There he served as production officer for four years before returning once more to Washington in 1967, this time to the newly formed Electronics Systems Command. This was his last job on active duty: he retired in January, 1969.
On retirement, he worked briefly in industry, then returned in 1971 to his home town of Batavia, New York. There he took over the family insurance business, in which he is still active at the time this is being written.
Sid has been married since 1945 to the former Jane Woodward Blewett. They have three children.
