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William Riley Murphy
United States Navy USS Plattsburg
from:Norphlet, Arkansas
I found a framed photograph of the USS Plattsburg while exploring my grandparents' house in the 1960's, and was told by my father that his father had served in WWI ferrying troops/supplies between the US and Liverpool in England. He worked in the engine room as I recall. I wish he'd told me some stories, but he died in 1964 when I was only 10 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His name was William Murphy, he went by his middle name, Riley.
When his own son, William Riley Murphy Jr. was joining the Navy for WWII, his group was being given an examination. The Navy man passing out the tests noticed his name and asked if his father had served on the USS Plattsburg. Yes. Turns out the man administering the test had served with my father's father, William Riley Murphy Sr. He whispered to my father "Son, you just mark those answers real light." My father got 100%.
