Project 888
Name: Ernst August TRIEMER
Rank / Rating: ENS-EnsignService #: 440147 DOB: 1922 From: Berkeley, CA Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Triemer Went Aboard: Unknown Age When Ship Went Down: 23 Spouse: Virginia Marie Simone Triemer Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin) |
 TRIEMER, Ernst A |
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| Ernst August Triemer was a graduate of Clifton Public High School in Clifton, New Jersey. He enlisted in the United States Navy in August, 1939. Ernst had a brother, Walter who served with the Infantry overseas. In 1940 (at age 18), he attended ordnance school in San Diego, California and subsequently served as an aviation ordnance man. Through this initial assignment, Triemer achieved the rank of chief petty officer in 1942. He was then selected to participate as a V-12 student. The V-12 Navy College Training Program was created for the purpose of training officers who could supplement the commissioned officer ranks during the critical World War II era. The program included training opportunities at over 130 colleges and universities in the United States. In 1942, Triemer began his V-12 training assignment at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1943, he received further training at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Finally, he graduated from Midshipman’s School at Columbia University in New York City in March 1945 and received a promotion to Ensign, United States Navy. (Note: Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. attended and graduated from a V-12 Program at Bates College.) Upon his March graduation, Triemer married a Clifton, New Jersey nurse, Miss Virginia Simone. That spring, he was assigned to USS Indianapolis (CA-35) when it was receiving overhall at Mare Island, California. Ensign Ernst August Tremier was Lost at Sea with the sinking of USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. (1) (1) Newspaper Article below lists Tremier's First Name as "Ernest"; however July 1945 Official Muster Roll records his First Name as "Ernst". | |
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