page_title: Francis X. McInerney
section_title: Post World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Francis X. McInerney / Biography / Post World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo #: 80-G-443337 U.S. and British Officers View sea and air landings as Marines stage amphibious training operations at Tokchok-kun-do island, off Inchon, South Korea, 24 June 1952. Rear Admiral Francis X. McInerney, USN; Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
context_page_description: Francis Xavier McInerney was a United States Navy Vice admiral, Navy Cross recipient, Silver Star recipient and namesake of USS McInerney.
context_section_description: VADM McInerney's operations in the Korean War as Commander Joint Amphibious Task Forces Seven, Seventy-Six and Ninety-Two earned him the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, and the United Nations Service Medal.
  In May 1953, he became Senior Member, Board of Naval Inspection and Survey, West Coast Section. In October 1954, he was assigned as President of the Permanent General Court Martial, Eleventh Naval District. He retired 30 June 1955.
  VADM Francis X. McInerney died on 24 June 1956 in San Diego, California. He was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California.
caption: RADM Francis X. McInerney near Inchon, 1952.
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