page_title: Daya Sandagiri
hierarchical_section_title: Daya Sandagiri
caption_attribution_description: Machinist Mate 1st Class Michael A. Hohn shows the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Adm. D.W.K. Sandagiri, the different equipment a Sailor must monitor while on watch in the ships main engineering space aboard the command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge, the Seventh Fleet flagship visited Colombo, Sri Lanka Feb. 20-21 and is currently underway on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman William J. Davis (RELEASED)
context_page_description: Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Admiral Sandagiri was born in Veyangoda and had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle. He enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of naval cadets to join the Naval and Maritime Academy at Trincomalee on 1 July 1969. He was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a sub-lieutenant on 1 July 1972.
  He was promoted to Commander of the Navy and served for four years and eight months in the position. Upon his retirement he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff with the rank of admiral on 1 September 2005. He retired from that position on 12 June 2005. He became the fourth chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University on 9 November 2015.
context_section_description: Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Admiral Sandagiri was born in Veyangoda and had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle. He enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of naval cadets to join the Naval and Maritime Academy at Trincomalee on 1 July 1969. He was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a sub-lieutenant on 1 July 1972.
  He was promoted to Commander of the Navy and served for four years and eight months in the position. Upon his retirement he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff with the rank of admiral on 1 September 2005. He retired from that position on 12 June 2005. He became the fourth chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University on 9 November 2015.
caption: Sandagiri (left) onboard USS Blue Ridge
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