He's since passed - Harold Smith. He was on the USS Helena (torpedoed at 1010 dock) and was in his bunk when the torpedo hit. She heeled to starboard but stayed afloat. The ship moored outboard of her, the USS Oglala, rolled over and sank (an old Great Lakes steamer refitted for war).
Helena was sunk almost 2 yrs later - torpedoed again. Harold had transferred to another ship before she was sunk.
As a side note, Harold was also in the only plane accident I ever witnessed. It was 1991 and he was flying in his own Cessna 210. I was fueling my aircraft (rented C-172), up on the ladder when he came in during a viscous crosswind of 15-20 kts 90 degrees across 35 (K3MY in Peoria, IL). It lifted up his port wing and pushed him off the runway into 2 Piper Aztecs - his nose wheel smashed into the windscreen of one and his wing ripped off the tail of the second one. His 210 flopped onto the ramp and his prop, at full power since he was trying to go around, ripped into the ramp and was headed right towards me. I jumped off the ladder as it skidded towards me. It stopped before hitting my C-172 and me. I was the first to his aircraft and helped him out of it after ascertaining he didn't have any broken bones (he was fine except for a bump on his head). No fire risk since he was nearly out of avgas.
Freakiest thing I ever witnessed. He never flew again, though. 
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