Daniel Tinneny
United States Navy
Photo from US Navy Cruise Book 1962 -
USS Boston CSG 1
When he was17
years old Danny left the family home in East Brooklyn, New York
and joined the United States Navy for a four-year enlistment.
He was assigned
aboard the USS Boston (CSG1), which was the flagship that headed
the effort to locate a hydrogen bomb that had been accidentally
dropped from an Air Force bomber in the ocean off the coast of
Palomaris, Spain. Dan's job in this effort was to take water
samples every couple of hours around the clock to see if there
was evidence of nuclear traces in the water. For more about
the hydrogen bomb accident see:
https://www.history.com/news/the-palomares-h-bomb-incident
.
He was also on
an earlier cruise aboard the USS Boston, which is documented in
the
USS Boston (CAG 1)
Mediterranean Cruise Book 1964.
It includes a chronology with details and many photographs of
the ships crew (including
a photo of Danny),
life aboard the ship, photos taken in the ports they visited and
many other details documenting the cruise.
Danny was the son of
Philip and Mary
Sullivan Tinneny who immigrated from
Ireland to New York where they raised their family. His paternal
grandparents were
Robert and Elizabeth
Murphy Tinneny of Killahurk, County Leitrem,
Ireland.