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ELECTRICIAN'S
MATE THIRD CLASS ABRAHAM HOWARD HICKERSON
of 757 Division Street,
Camden NJ died of causes not related to combat while serving as
member of the United States Navy on April 23, 1945. His body was not
recovered. He was survived by
his mother, Mrs. Mabel Mosley, of the
Division
Street address.
Electrician's
Mate Hickerson served aboard
USS Cahto
was a harbor tug of the United States Navy. The Cahto was commanded by Ensign James E.
Hair in 1944-45, who was one of the "Golden Thirteen", the first African-American
commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy.
He was killed when his ship collided with LST-1064 in Sandy Hook Bay,
near Leonardo, New Jersey.
Cahto
was laid down as YT-215 by W. A. Robinson, Inc. at Ipswich,
Massachusetts and reclassified YTB-215 ("Harbor Tug, Big") on May 15, 1944 prior to
being placed in service on June 1, for duty in the 3rd Naval District. She remained in
operation there until July 5, 1956 when she was transferred to the 6th Naval District,
remaining active until her disposal on May 6, 1957.
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