List of United States Naval Academy alumni
Table:
Name

Class year

Notability

References

Frank E. Beatty

1875

Rear Admiral; cruiser and battleship commander; Commandant of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard; USS Beatty (DD-640) and USS Beatty (DD-756) were named for him; father of Vice Admiral Frank Edmund Beatty, Jr.

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Albert W. Grant

1877

Vice Admiral; battleship, steam tanker, and submarine commander; Commander of the United States Atlantic Fleet; USS Albert W. Grant was named after him

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Hugh Rodman

1880

Admiral; gunboat, protected cruiser, and battleship commander; Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet; USS Rodman and USS Admiral Hugh Rodman were named after him

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Washington L. Capps

1884

Rear Admiral; Constructor of the Navy; Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair; recipient of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal; USS Capps and the USS Admiral W. L. Capps were named for him

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Nathan C. Twining

1889

Rear Admiral; protected cruiser commander; USS Twining was named in his honor; the uncle of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Nathan Farragut Twining and Marine Corps General Merrill B. Twining

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Montgomery M. Taylor

1890

Admiral; gunboat, cruiser, and battleship commander; recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal; great-nephew of U.S. President Zachary Taylor; grandson of Army Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs; cousin of Army General Montgomery Meigs

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Carl Theodore Vogelgesang

1890

Rear Admiral; yacht, protected cruiser, and battleship commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS Vogelgesang (DE-284) and USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) were named for him

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George Washington Williams

1890

Rear Admiral; protected cruiser, battleship, and light cruiser commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS Williams (DE-290) and USS Williams (DE-372) were named for him

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Yates Stirling, Jr.

1892

Rear Admiral; destroyer and submarine commander; commander of the Yangtze Patrol; son of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling

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Edward Hale Campbell

1893

Vice Admiral; Judge Advocate General; protected cruiser commander; commander of the Naval Training Station, Newport; recipient of the Navy Cross

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Joseph M. Reeves

1894

Admiral; collier, protected cruiser, and battleship commander; Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS Reeves was named for him

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Arthur MacArthur III

1896

Captain; submarine, destroyer, minelayer, armored cruiser, and light cruiser commander; recipient of the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal; grandson of Wisconsin Governor Arthur MacArthur, Sr.; son of army lieutenant general and Medal of Honor recipient Arthur MacArthur, Jr.; brother of army general and Medal of Honor recipient Douglas MacArthur; father of U.S. diplomat Douglas MacArthur II (son-in-law of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley; and son-in-law of Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla

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Walter E. Reno

1905

Lieutenant Commander; destroyer commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS Reno was named for him

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Riley Franklin McConnell

1909

Captain; light cruiser commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS McConnell was named for him

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Zachary Lansdowne

1911

Lieutenant Commander; airship commander; recipient of the Navy Cross; USS Lansdowne was named for him

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Frederick Lois Riefkohl

1911

Rear Admiral; first Puerto Rican to graduate from the Academy; Navy Cross recipient for actions against a German submarine in World War I; captain of USS Vincennes which was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942 during World War II

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Stanton Frederick Kalk

1916

Lieutenant (Junior Grade); recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal (posthumously) for his actions after his ship, USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), was torpedoed by a German submarine; two destroyers, USS Kalk (DD-170) and USS Kalk (DD-611), were named for him.

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Frank Edmund Beatty ( 26 November 1853 - 16 March 1926 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy .
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard , often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY , is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth , Virginia , for building , remodeling , and repairing the Navy 's ships . It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most multifaceted . Located on the Elizabeth River , the yard is just a short distance upriver from its mouth at Hampton Roads . It was established as Gosport Shipyard in 1767 . Destroyed during the American Revolutionary War , it was rebuilt and became home to the first operational drydock in the United States in the 1820s . Changing hands during the American Civil War , it served the Confederate States Navy until it was again destroyed in 1862 , when it was given its current name . The shipyard was again rebuilt , and has continued operation through the present day .
USS Beatty ( DD-640 ) , a Gleaves-class destroyer , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty . Beatty was laid down as Mullany on 1 May 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard . The name Beatty was originally assigned to a destroyer scheduled to be built in San Francisco , but the names of Mullany ( DD-528 ) and DD-640 were switched on 28 May 1941 to accommodate Mrs. Charles H. Drayton , the daughter of the late Rear Admiral , who had asked that the ship honoring her father be built at the Charleston Navy Yard . Sponsored by Mrs. Drayton , Beatty was launched on 20 December 1941 , and commissioned on 7 May 1942 , Lieutenant Commander Frederick C. Stelter , Jr. , in command .
USS Beatty ( DD-756 ) , an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Frank Beatty . The second Beatty ( DD-756 ) was launched on 30 November 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co. , Staten Island , New York ; sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. Drayton , daughter , and Miss Mary Drayton , granddaughter of Admiral Beatty ; and commissioned on 31 March 1945 , Commander M. T. Munger in command .
Frank Edmund Beatty Jr. was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy .
Albert Weston Grant ( April 14 , 1856 - September 30 , 1930 ) was an admiral of the United States Navy . He served during the Spanish-American War and was commander of Battleship Force 1 , Atlantic Fleet , in World War I .
The United States Fleet Forces Command ( USFF ) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces . The naval resources may be allocated to Combatant Commanders such as United States Northern Command ( USNORTHCOM ) under the authority of the Secretary of Defense . Originally formed as United States Atlantic Fleet ( USLANTFLT ) in 1906 , it has been an integral part of the defense of the United States of America since the early 20th century . In 2002 , the Fleet comprised over 118,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel serving on 186 ships and in 1,300 aircraft , with an area of responsibility ranging over most of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole , the Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico , and the waters of the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Central and South America ( as far west as the Galapagos Islands ) . The command is based at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk , Virginia [ citation needed ] and is the navy 's service component to U.S. Northern Command and is the Joint Functional Maritime Component Command under the U.S. Strategic Command . The command 's mission is to organize , man , train , and equip Naval Forces for assignment to Unified Command Combatant commanders ; to deter , detect , and defend against homeland maritime threats ; and to articulate Fleet warfighting and readiness requirements to the Chief of Naval Operations .
USS Albert W. Grant ( DD-649 ) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was the only ship named for Vice Admiral Albert W. Grant ( 1856-1930 ) , an admiral during World War I. Albert W. Grant was laid down on 30 December 1942 at North Charleston , South Carolina , by the Charleston Navy Yard ; launched on 29 May 1943 , sponsored by Miss Nell Preston Grant , granddaughter of Admiral Grant ; and commissioned on 24 November 1943 , Commander T. A. Nisewaner in command . That day , the destroyer departed Charleston Navy Yard for a shakedown cruise to Bermuda and returned to Charleston Navy Yard on 29 January 1944 for minor alterations .
Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB ( 6 January 1859 - 7 June 1940 ) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Spanish-American War and World War I , later serving as the Commander-in-Chief , U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1919 to 1921 .
The United States Pacific Fleet ( USPACFLT ) is a Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to the United States Indo-Pacific Command . Fleet headquarters is at Naval Station Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , with large secondary facilities at North Island , San Diego Bay on the Mainland .
USS Rodman ( DD-456/DMS-21 ) , a Gleaves-class destroyer , is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hugh Rodman . Rodman was laid down on 16 December 1940 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. , Kearny , New Jersey and launched on 26 September 1941 ; sponsored by Mrs. Albert K. Stebbins , Jr. , grandniece of Admiral Rodman . The destroyer was commissioned on 27 January 1942 , Commander William Giers Michelet in command .
USS Admiral Hugh Rodman ( AP-126 ) was an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport : Laid down , 24 April 1944 , as a Maritime Commission type ( P2-SE2-R1 ) hull , under Maritime Commission contract , ( MC hull 684 ) , at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Alameda , California ; launched on 25 February 1945 ; commissioned as the USS Admiral Hugh Rodman ( AP-126 ) , 7 July 1945 , Capt . Lewis E. Coley in command ; decommissioned on 14 May 1946 , at New York ; transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Service in May 1946 ; commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose on 1 August 1946 ; reacquired by the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service ( MSTS ) ; placed in service as USNS General Maurice Rose ( T-AP-126 ) on 1 March 1950 .
Rear Admiral Washington Lee Capps ( 31 January 1864 - 31 May 1935 ) was an officer of the United States Navy , who served during the Spanish-American War and World War I . In the first years of the 20th century , he served as Constructor of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair , with responsibility for naval shipbuilding .
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919 . The medal is presented to recognize distinguished and exceptionally meritorious service to the United States while serving in a duty or position of great responsibility . The award is the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent to the Army Distinguished Service Medal , the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , and the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal . The Navy Distinguished Service Medal was originally senior to the Navy Cross , until August 1942 when the precedence of the two decorations was reversed . Currently , it is worn after the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and before the Silver Star Medal .
USS Capps ( DD-550 ) , a Fletcher-class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps ( 1864-1935 ) . Capps was launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. , Chickasaw , Ala. , sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stokes ; commissioned 23 June 1943 , Lieutenant Commander B. E. S. Trippensee in command ; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet .
USS Admiral W. L. Capps ( AP-121 ) , an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps ( 1864-1935 ) . Unusually , the first - USS Capps ( DD-550 ) - served concurrently with the Admiral W. L. Capps . Via a transfer to the United States Army and then back to the Navy , the ship was renamed USNS General Hugh J. Gaffey ( T-AP-121 ) , making her the only ship to be named for Hugh Joseph Gaffey .
Nathan Crook Twining ( 17 January 1869 - 4 July 1924 ) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy .
USS Twining ( DD-540 ) , a Fletcher-class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining ( 1869-1924 ) . Twining was laid down on 20 November 1942 at San Francisco , California , by the Bethlehem Steel Co. ; launched on 11 July 1943 , sponsored by Mrs. S.B.D . Wood ; and commissioned on 1 December 1943 , Commander Ellis Kerr Wakefield in command . Twining departed San Francisco on 21 December for shakedown training and completed the cruise at San Diego on Christmas Day . Following exercises out of that port , she returned to San Francisco ; loaded passengers and cargo ; and got underway on 11 February 1944 .
Nathan Farragut Twining ( /ˈtwaɪnɪŋ/ TWY-ning ; October 11 , 1897 - March 29 , 1982 ) was a United States Air Force general , born in Monroe , Wisconsin . He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957 , and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960 . He was the first member of the Air Force to serve as Chairman . Twining was a distinguished mustang officer , rising from private to four-star general and appointment to the highest post in the United States Armed Forces in the course of his 45-year career .
General Merrill Barber Twining ( November 28 , 1902 - May 11 , 1996 ) was a United States Marine Corps general who received a tombstone promotion to four-star general upon retirement . He was the brother of Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining , and the nephew of Rear Admiral Nathan Crook Twining .
Montgomery Meigs Taylor ( October 13 , 1869 - October 21 , 1952 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy . He served in the Navy from 1890 to 1933 . He fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War , and later commanded the Control Fleet and the Scouting Fleet . He served as Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet from 1931 to 1933 .
Zachary Taylor ( November 24 , 1784 - July 9 , 1850 ) was the 12th president of the United States , serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850 . Taylor previously was a career officer in the United States Army , rose to the rank of major general and became a national hero as a result of his victories in the Mexican-American War . As a result , he won election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs . His top priority as president was preserving the Union , but he died sixteen months into his term , before making any progress on the status of slavery , which had been inflaming tensions in Congress . Taylor was born into a prominent family of plantation owners who moved westward from Virginia to Louisville , Kentucky in his youth . He was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army in 1808 and made a name for himself as a captain in the War of 1812 . He climbed the ranks establishing military forts along the Mississippi River and entered the Black Hawk War as a colonel in 1832 . His success in the Second Seminole War attracted national attention and earned him the nickname Old Rough and Ready . In 1845 , during the annexation of Texas , President James K. Polk dispatched Taylor to the Rio Grande in anticipation of a battle with Mexico over the disputed Texas-Mexico border . The Mexican-American War broke out in April 1846 , and Taylor defeated Mexican troops commanded by General Mariano Arista at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and drove his troops out of Texas . Taylor then led his troops into Mexico , where they defeated Mexican troops commanded by Pedro de Ampudia at the Battle of Monterrey . Defying orders , Taylor led his troops further south and , despite being severely outnumbered , dealt a crushing blow to Mexican forces under Antonio López de Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista .
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs ( /ˈmɛɡz/ ; May 3 , 1816 - January 2 , 1892 ) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer , who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War . Meigs strongly opposed secession and supported the Union ; his record as Quartermaster General was regarded as outstanding , both in effectiveness and in ethical probity , and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in the Union victory . Meigs was one of the principal architects of Arlington National Cemetery ; the choice of its location , on Robert E. Lee 's family estate , Arlington House , was partly a gesture to humiliate Lee for siding with the Confederacy .
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs ( born January 11 , 1945 ) is a retired United States Army General . He is named for his great-great-great-granduncle , Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs , the father of Arlington National Cemetery , and for his father Lt. Col. Montgomery Meigs who was a World War 2 tank commander killed in action one month before Gen. Meigs was born .
Carl Theodore Vogelgesang ( January 11 , 1869 - February 16 , 1927 ) was a United States Navy rear admiral and Navy Cross recipient . He was the first U.S. Navy flag officer from California .
USS Vogelgesang ( DE-284 ) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never completed . Vogelgesang was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard , sometime in 1943 . The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before she could be launched , and the incomplete ship was scrapped . The name Vogelgesang was transferred to the destroyer USS Vogelgesang ( DD-862 ) .
USS Vogelgesang ( DD-862 ) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Rear Admiral Carl Theodore Vogelgesang USN ( 1869-1927 ) . Vogelgesang was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Staten Island in New York on 3 August 1944 , launched on 15 January 1945 by Miss Zenaide Vogelgesang and commissioned on 28 April 1945 .
George Washington Williams was born in Yorkville , South Carolina , on 30 July 1869 .
USS Williams ( DE-290 ) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built . Sources differ on Williams 's planned builder ; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham , Massachusetts or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston , South Carolina to build her . The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin . The name Williams was transferred to the destroyer escort USS Williams ( DE-372 ) .
USS Williams ( DE-372 ) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II . The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy , in addition to other tasks as assigned , such as patrol or radar picket . She was named in honor of Rear Admiral George Washington Williams , who was awarded the Navy Cross for his World War I efforts . The ship 's keel was laid down on 5 June 1944 at Orange , Texas by the Consolidated Steel Corp . The destroyer escort was launched on 22 August 1944 , sponsored by Mrs. E. Willoughby Middleton , the first cousin of Rear Admiral Williams . Williams was commissioned on 11 November 1944 , Lt. Comdr . L. F. Loutrel in command .
Yates Stirling Jr. ( April 30 , 1872 - January 27 , 1948 ) was a decorated and controversial rear admiral in the United States Navy whose 44-year career spanned from several years before the Spanish-American War to the mid-1930s . He was awarded the Navy Cross and French Legion of Honor for distinguished service during World War One . The elder son of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling , he was an outspoken advocate of American sea power as a strong deterrent to war and to protect and promote international commerce . During Stirling 's naval career and following retirement , he was a frequent lecturer , newspaper columnist and author of numerous books and articles , including his memoirs , Sea Duty : The Memoirs of a Fighting Admiral , published in 1939 . Describing himself , Stirling wrote , All my life I have been called a stormy petrel . I have never hesitated to use the pen to reveal what I considered should be brought to public attention , usually within the Navy , but often to a wider public . I seem to see some benefits that have come through those efforts . I have always believed that a naval man is disloyal to his country if he does not reveal acts that are doing harm to his service and show , if he can , how to remedy the fault . An efficient Navy can not be run with 'yes men ' only .
The Yangtze Patrol , also known as the Yangtze River Patrol Force , Yangtze River Patrol , YangPat and ComYangPat , was a prolonged naval operation from 1854-1949 to protect American interests in the Yangtze River 's treaty ports . The Yangtze Patrol also patrolled the coastal waters of China where they protected U.S. citizens , their property , and Christian missionaries . The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and it plays an important commercial role , with ocean-bound vessels proceeding as far upstream as the city of Wuhan . This squadron-sized unit cruised the waters of the Yangtze from Shanghai on the Pacific Ocean into the far interior of China at Chungking . Initially , the Yangtze Patrol was formed from ships of the United States Navy and assigned to the East India Squadron . In 1868 , patrol duties were carried out by the Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy . Under the unequal treaties , the United States , Japan , and various European powers , especially the United Kingdom , which had been on the Yangtze since 1897 , were allowed to cruise China 's rivers . In 1902 , the United States Asiatic Fleet took control of the operations of the Yangtze Patrol . In 1922 , Yangtze Patrol was established as a formal component of the United States Navy in China . In 1942 , at the beginning of World War II , the Yangtze Patrol effectively ceased operations in China because of the limited resources of the United States Navy , which needed the patrol crews and their ships elsewhere in fighting Japanese forces throughout the Pacific . Following the end of World War II , the Yangtze Patrol resumed its duties in 1945 , but on a more limited basis with fewer ships during the Chinese Civil War . When the Chinese Communist forces eventually occupied the Yangtze River valley in 1949 , the United States Navy permanently ceased operations and disbanded the Yangtze Patrol .
Yates Stirling ( 6 May 1843 - 5 March 1929 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy .
Edward Hale Campbell ( October 4 , 1872 - December 11 , 1946 ) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy . He served in the Spanish-American War and World War I .
The Naval Station Newport ( NAVSTA Newport ) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown , Rhode Island . Naval Station Newport is home to the Naval War College and the Naval Justice School . It once was the homeport for Cruiser Destroyer Force Atlantic ( COMCRUDESLANT ) , which relocated to Naval Station Norfolk in the early 1970s . Newport now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities , along with the United States Coast Guard . In BRAC 2005 ( Base Realignment and Closure ) , NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets , in addition to receiving , again , the Officer Candidate School ( OCS ) , the Naval Supply Corps School ( in 2011 ) , and several other activities , to include a few Army Reserve units .
The Navy Cross is the United States military 's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat . The Navy Cross is awarded primarily to a member of the United States Navy , Marine Corps , and the Coast Guard ( when operating under the Department of the Navy ) for extraordinary heroism . The medal is equivalent to the Army Distinguished Service Cross , the Air Force Cross , and the Coast Guard Cross . The Navy Cross is bestowed by the Secretary of the Navy and may also be awarded to members of the other armed services , and to foreign military personnel while serving with the U.S. naval services . The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress ( Public Law 65-253 ) and approved on February 4 , 1919 .
Joseph Mason Bull Reeves ( November 20 , 1872 - March 25 , 1948 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy and an early and important supporter of U.S . Naval Aviation . Though a battleship officer during his early career , he became known as the Father of Carrier Aviation for his role in integrating aircraft carriers into the Fleet as a major part of the Navy 's attack capabilities . Reeves retired in the mid-1930s but was recalled to active duty during World War II to serve in high-level staff positions within the Office of the Secretary of the Navy . He retired again in December 1946 with the rank of full admiral .
The United States Fleet was an organization in the United States Navy from 1922 until after World War II . The acronym CINCUS , pronounced sink us , was used for Commander in Chief , United States Fleet . This was replaced by COMINCH in December 1941 , under Executive Order 8984 , when it was redefined and given operational command over the Atlantic , Pacific , and Asiatic Fleets , as well as all naval coastal forces . [ citation needed ] Executive Order 9096 authorized the offices of the CNO and COMINCH to be held by a single officer ; Admiral Ernest J . King was first to do so , and in 1944 was promoted to the five-star rank of fleet admiral .
USS Reeves ( DLG/CG-24 ) , a United States Navy ship named after Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves ( Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet , 1934-1936 ) , was a Leahy-class cruiser built by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , in Bremerton , Washington . Reeves began her history as a Leahy-class destroyer leader ( DLG-24 ) when her keel was laid down on 1 July 1960 . She was launched on 12 May 1962 and commissioned on 15 May 1964 . Mrs. Joseph M. Reeves , Jr. , daughter-in-law of Vice Adm. Reeves , was the ship 's sponsor . Reeves was later reclassified as a guided missile cruiser ( CG-24 ) on 30 June 1975 . On 12 November 1993 , Reeves was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register at Pearl Harbor Naval Base . Reeves remained in mothballs until she was sunk as a target ship on 31 May 2001 .
Arthur MacArthur III ( June 1 , 1876 - December 2 , 1923 ) was a United States Navy officer , whose active-duty career extended from the Spanish-American War through World War I . He was the elder brother of General Douglas MacArthur ( 1880-1964 ) .
Wisconsin ( /wɪˈskɒnsɪn/ ( listen ) ) is a U.S. state located in the north-central , Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the country . It is bordered by Minnesota to the west , Iowa to the southwest , Illinois to the south , Lake Michigan to the east , Michigan to the northeast , and Lake Superior to the north . Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state by total area and the 20th most populous . The state capital is Madison , and its largest city is Milwaukee , which is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan . The state is divided into 72 counties . Wisconsin 's geography is diverse , having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area . The Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupies the western part of the state , with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan . Wisconsin is second to Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline . During the 19th and early 20th centuries , many European settlers entered the state , many of whom emigrated from Germany and Scandinavia . Like neighboring Minnesota , the state remains a center of German American and Scandinavian American culture . The state is one of the nation 's leading dairy producers and is known as America 's Dairyland ; it is particularly famous for its cheese . Manufacturing ( especially paper products ) , information technology ( IT ) , cranberries , ginseng , and tourism are also major contributors to the state 's economy .
Arthur MacArthur , Sr. , ( January 26 , 1815 - August 26 , 1896 ) was a Scottish American lawyer and judge . He was the fourth Governor of Wisconsin and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia . He was the father of General Arthur MacArthur , Jr. , and the grandfather of General Douglas MacArthur .
Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur , Jr. , ( June 2 , 1845 - September 5 , 1912 ) was a United States Army general . He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900 but his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor , future-U.S. President William Howard Taft . His son , Douglas MacArthur , was one of only five men promoted to the five-star rank of General of the Army during World War II . In addition to their both being promoted to the rank of general officer , Arthur MacArthur , Jr. , and Douglas MacArthur also share the distinction of having been the first father and son to each be awarded a Medal of Honor .
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur ( 26 January 1880 - 5 April 1964 ) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army . He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II . He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign , which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal . He was one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army , and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the Philippine Army . Raised in a military family in the American Old West , MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Military Academy where he finished high school , and First Captain at the United States Military Academy at West Point , where he graduated top of the class of 1903 . During the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz , he conducted a reconnaissance mission , for which he was nominated for the Medal of Honor . In 1917 , he was promoted from major to colonel and became chief of staff of the 42nd ( Rainbow ) Division . In the fighting on the Western Front during World War I , he rose to the rank of brigadier general , was again nominated for a Medal of Honor , and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Silver Star seven times . From 1919 to 1922 , MacArthur served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point , where he attempted a series of reforms . His next assignment was in the Philippines , where in 1924 he was instrumental in quelling the Philippine Scout Mutiny . In 1925 , he became the Army 's youngest major general . He served on the court-martial of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell and was president of the American Olympic Committee during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam .
Douglas MacArthur II ( July 5 , 1909 - November 15 , 1997 ) was an American diplomat . During his diplomatic career , he served as United States ambassador to Japan , Belgium , Austria , and Iran , as well as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs .
Alben William Barkley ( /ˈbɛərkli/ ; November 24 , 1877 - April 30 , 1956 ) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 . In 1905 , he was elected county attorney for McCracken County , Kentucky . He was chosen County Judge/Executive in 1909 and U.S. representative from Kentucky 's First District in 1912 . As a Representative , he was a liberal Democrat , supporting President Woodrow Wilson 's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy . Endorsing Prohibition and denouncing parimutuel betting , Barkley narrowly lost the 1923 Democratic gubernatorial primary to fellow Representative J. Campbell Cantrill . In 1926 , he unseated Republican Senator Richard P. Ernst . In the Senate , he supported the New Deal approach to addressing the Great Depression and was elected to succeed Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson upon Robinson 's death in 1937 . During his 1938 re-election bid , his opponent A . B . Happy Chandler accused him of using Works Progress Administration employees to campaign for him ; Barkley claimed Chandler used state employees in the same way . Neither candidate was charged with any wrongdoing , but in 1939 , Congress passed the Hatch Act , making it illegal for federal employees to campaign for political candidates . When World War II focused President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's attention on foreign affairs , Barkley gained influence over the administration 's domestic agenda .
Rear Admiral Bowman Hendry McCalla ( 19 June 1844 - 6 May 1910 ) was an officer in the United States Navy , who was noted for his roles in the Spanish-American War and putting down the Boxer Rebellion .
Walter Elsworth Reno ( October 3 , 1881 - November 19 , 1917 ) was an officer in the United States Navy . He died while on convoy duty in World War I , when his ship was accidentally rammed by a British vessel .
USS Reno ( DD-303 ) was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I .
Riley Franklin McConnell was a United States Navy officer who served during World War I and World War II . McConnell was awarded the Navy Cross for service during World War II . A US Navy destroyer escort was named in his honor in 1943 .
USS McConnell ( DE-163 ) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . At war 's end , she returned Stateside proudly with three battle stars . She was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Newark , New Jersey , on 19 October 1942 ; launched on 28 March 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs. Grace Otteson McConnell ; and commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard on 28 May 1943 , Comdr . D. D. Humphreys in command .
Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne , USN ( December 1 , 1888 - September 3 , 1925 ) was a United States Navy officer and early Naval aviator who contributed to the development of the Navy 's first lighter-than-air craft . He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the first transoceanic airship flight while assigned to the British R34 in 1919 . He later commanded the USS Shenandoah ( ZR-1 ) , which was the first rigid airship to complete a flight across North America . He was killed in the crash of the Shenandoah .
USS Lansdowne ( DD-486 ) , a Gleaves-class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne . He was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service . as one of the crew of the British airship R34 , which in July 1919 , made the first successful nonstop passage from England to the United States . Lansdowne was laid down on 31 July 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny , New Jersey and launched on 20 February 1942 , sponsored by Miss Peggy Lansdowne , daughter of Lt.Cmdr . Lansdowne . The ship was commissioned on 29 April 1942 , Lt. Cmdr . William R. Smedberg III in command .
Rear Admiral Frederick Lois Riefkohl ( February 27 , 1889 - September 1969 ) , a native of Maunabo , Puerto Rico , was an officer in the United States Navy and the first Puerto Rican to graduate from the United States Naval Academy and to be awarded the Navy Cross . The Navy Cross is the second highest medal , after the Medal of Honor , that can be awarded by the U.S. Navy for heroism or distinguished service . He was a World War I Navy Cross recipient who served as Captain of the USS Vincennes during World War II .
Puerto Rico [ a ] ( Spanish for Rich Port ; abbreviated PR ) , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( Spanish : Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico , lit . Free Associated State of Puerto Rico ) [ b ] and briefly called Porto Rico , [ c ] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea , approximately 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) southeast of Miami , Florida . An archipelago among the Greater Antilles , located between the Dominican Republic and the US Virgin Islands , Puerto Rico includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands , such as Mona , Culebra , and Vieques . The capital and most populous city is San Juan . The territory 's total population is approximately 3.4 million , more than 21 U.S. states . Spanish and English are the official languages of the executive branch of government , though Spanish predominates . Originally populated by the indigenous Taíno people , Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493 . It was contested by the French , Dutch , and British , but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries . The island 's cultural and demographic landscapes were shaped by the displacement and assimilation of the native population , the forced migration of African slaves , and settlement from the Canary Islands and Andalusia . In the Spanish Empire , Puerto Rico played a secondary but strategic role compared to wealthier colonies like Peru and New Spain . Spain 's distant administrative control continued up to the end of the 19th century , producing a distinctive creole Hispanic culture and language that combined indigenous , African , and European elements . On September 23 , 1868 , Ramón Emeterio Betances unleashed a revolt against Spanish rule , declaring for the first time the idea of Puerto Ricans as a distinct people , with right to sovereignty .
USS Vincennes ( CA-44 ) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser , sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942 . She was the second ship to bear the name . She was laid down on 2 January 1934 at Quincy , Massachusetts , by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company 's Fore River plant , launched on 21 May 1936 , sponsored by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell ( daughter of Joseph Kimmell , mayor of Vincennes , Indiana ) , and commissioned on 24 February 1937 , Captain Burton H. Green in command . The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 . Such ships , with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns may be referred to as treaty cruisers . Originally classified a light cruiser when she was authorized , because of her thin armor , Vincennes was reclassified a heavy cruiser , because of her 8-inch guns . The term heavy cruiser was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930 . This ship and Quincy were a slightly improved version of the New Orleans-class design .
The Battle of Savo Island , also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and , in Japanese sources , as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea ( 第一次ソロモン海戦 , Dai-ichi-ji Soromon Kaisen ) , and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as The Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks , was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces . The battle took place on August 8-9 , 1942 , and was the first major naval engagement of the Guadalcanal campaign , and the first of several naval battles in the straits later named Ironbottom Sound , near the island of Guadalcanal . The Imperial Japanese Navy , in response to Allied amphibious landings in the eastern Solomon Islands , mobilized a task force of seven cruisers and one destroyer under the command of Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa . The task forces sailed from Japanese bases in New Britain and New Ireland down New Georgia Sound ( also known as the Slot ) , with the intention of interrupting the Allied landings by attacking the supporting amphibious fleet and its screening force . The Allied screen consisted of eight cruisers and fifteen destroyers under British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley VC , but only five cruisers and seven destroyers were involved in the battle . In a night action , Mikawa thoroughly surprised and routed the Allied force , sinking one Australian and three American cruisers , while suffering only light damage in return . The battle has often been cited as the worst defeat in the history of the United States Navy . After the initial engagement , Mikawa , fearing Allied carrier strikes against his fleet upon daybreak , decided to withdraw under cover of night rather than attempt to locate and destroy the Allied invasion transports . The Japanese attacks prompted the remaining Allied warships and the amphibious force to withdraw earlier than planned ( prior to the unloading of all supplies ) , temporarily ceding control of the seas around Guadalcanal to the Japanese . This early withdrawal of the fleet left the Allied ground forces ( primarily United States Marines ) , which had landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands only two days before , in a precarious situation , with limited supplies , equipment , and food to hold their beachhead . Mikawa 's decision to withdraw under cover of night rather than attempt to destroy the Allied invasion transports was primarily founded on the high risk of Allied carrier strikes against his fleet upon daybreak . In reality , the Allied carrier fleet , similarly fearing Japanese attack , had already withdrawn beyond operational range .
Stanton Frederick Kalk ( 14 October 1894 - 6 December 1917 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during World War I . He received the Navy 's Distinguished Service Medal for his actions after his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine .
USS Jacob Jones ( Destroyer No . 61/DD-61 ) [ Note 1 ] was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I . The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones . Jacob Jones was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden , New Jersey , in August 1914 and launched in May of the following year . The ship was a little more than 315 feet ( 96 m ) in length , just over 30 feet ( 9.1 m ) abeam , and had a standard displacement of 1,090 long tons ( 1,110 t ) . She was armed with four 4-inch ( 10 cm ) guns and had eight 21 inch ( 533 mm ) torpedo tubes . Jacob Jones was powered by a pair of steam turbines that propelled her at up to 30 knots ( 56 km/h ) . After her February 1916 commissioning , Jacob Jones conducted patrols off the New England coast . After the United States entered World War I in April 1917 , Jacob Jones was sent overseas . Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown , Ireland , Jacob Jones rescued the survivors of several ships , picking up over 300 from the sunken Armed merchant cruiser Orama . On 6 December , Jacob Jones was steaming independently from Brest , France , for Queenstown , when she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-53 with the loss of 66 men , becoming the first United States destroyer sunk by enemy action . Jacob Jones sank in eight minutes without issuing a distress call ; the German submarine commander , Kapitänleutnant Hans Rose , after taking two badly injured Jacob Jones crewmen aboard his submarine , radioed the U.S. base at Queenstown with the coordinates for the survivors .
The first USS Kalk ( DD-170 ) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I , later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Hamilton ( I24 ) and then into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Hamilton ( I24 ) .
USS Kalk ( DD-611 ) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second ship named for Lieutenant Stanton Frederick Kalk . Kalk was laid down 30 June 1941 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation , San Francisco , California ; launched 18 July 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs. Flora Stanton Kalk , mother of Lieutenant Kalk ; and commissioned 17 October , Lieutenant Commander C. T. Singleton , Jr. , in command .