 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - John Michael Bermingham akaberekwa musi wa 5 July 1905 muNew York City. Akapedza kudzidza paUnited States Naval Academy muna 1929. Mukati mema1930 akashanda mungarava dzakawanda, kubatanidza, uye, uye pazviteshi zvemhenderekedzo yegungwa zvakasiyana-siyana. Muna 1940 akapiwa basa rokuva mukuru mukuru wechikepe chinoparadza uye pakatanga hondo muPacific akanga ari wechipiri pakutungamirira ngarava yacho. Mukati mekurwiswa kwekutanga kweJapan kuCavite 10 Zvita, mukuru mukuru waPeary akakuvadzwa uye Lt. Comdr. Bermingham akatungamira. Ngarava yacho yakapiwa basa rokurinda mhenderekedzo yegungwa uye yakarwiswa zvakasimba nendege kakawanda mumazuva akatevera. Unyanzvi hwomugungwa hwakanaka bedzi mukati mokurwiswa nebhomba nokurwiswa nehurwiswa nehurwiswa musi wa26 na27 December ndihwo hwakaponesa ngarava yacho pakuparadzwa. Pasinei nokuva nesimba kweJapan mundege, Bermingham akabudirira kuunza ngarava yake kuDarwin, Australia, kuti ishande nemauto eAllied achiedza kubata Malay Barrier. Peary akafamba ne cruiser muna February, uye akanga akadzika chikepe paDarwin apo vaJapan vakarwisa nebhombamusi wa19 February 1942. Bermingham akaita kuti ngarava yake iende uye akaedza kufamba mumvura dzakanga dzarambidzwa; asi, pasinei nokuputika kwezvombo zvinorwisa ndege, ngarava yake yakarohwa nemabhomba mashanu. Bermingham navane 80 vavashandi vake vakanyura pamwe chete nengarava yacho. Iye akapiwa posthumously Navy Cross. 