C . Turner Joy Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy ( 17 February 1895 – 6 June 1956 ) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War . During the last years of his career , he served as Superintendent of the Naval Academy . The destroyer USS " Turner Joy " ( DD - 951 ) was named for him . Early life and career , through World War I . C . Turner Joy was born in St . Louis , Missouri , on 17 February 1895 . Commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy upon graduation from the U . S . Naval Academy in 1916 , he served in the battleship " Pennsylvania " ( BB - 38 ) for more than four years , including the period of the United States ' participation in World War I . Interwar years . In 1923 , after receiving a graduate education in engineering , he began two years as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander , Yangtze Patrol . This was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of the Asiatic Fleet destroyer " Pope " ( DD - 225 ) , an assignment with the Bureau of Ordnance , sea duty in the battleship " California " ( BB - 44 ) , and service at the Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown , Virginia . In the mid - 1930s , Lieutenant Commander Joy was Commanding Officer of the destroyer " Litchfield " ( DD - 336 ) and was on the staff of Commander Destroyers , Battle Force . Between 1937 and 1940 , Commander Joy was an instructor at the Naval Academy . He then became Executive Officer of the heavy cruiser " Indianapolis " ( CA - 35 ) . World War II . In 1941 he was Operations Officer for Commander Scouting Force , Pacific Fleet and , for several months after the United States entered World War II in December of that year , helped plan and execute combat operations against Japan . Captain Joy commanded the heavy cruiser " Louisville " ( CA - 28 ) from September 1942 until June 1943 , during which time he was active in the Aleutians and South Pacific war theatres . After an important war plans tour in Washington , D . C . , Rear Admiral Joy became commander of a cruiser division , leading it through nearly a year and a half of intense combat service against the Japanese . Post - World War II and Korean War . Commanding an amphibious group when Japan capitulated in August 1945 , Joy was soon assigned to duty in China . He was in charge of the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren , Virginia , in 1946 – 49 and was then sent back to the Western Pacific to become Commander Naval Forces , Far East . Vice Admiral Joy held that position until mid - 1952 , directing much of the Navy ' s effort during the first two years of the Korean War . From July 1951 until May 1952 he was also the senior United Nations Delegate to the Korean Armistice talks . His experience in this role let him to write a book , " How Communists Negotiate " . In the book he detailed a number of different tactics that were used during the talks to delay , frustrate , and create useful propaganda for the North Koreans . His observations included the fact that the North Koreans , being generally shorter , would set shorter chairs for the UN delegates to appear equal in height . His final assignment was as Superintendent of the U . S . Naval Academy . Last years and legacy . Retired in July 1954 , Admiral Joy subsequently made his home in La Jolla , California . He died at the U . S . Naval Hospital in San Diego , California on 6 June 1956 . He is interred at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery . The destroyer USS " Turner Joy " ( DD - 951 ) , 1959 – 1991 , was named in honor of Admiral Joy . Turner Joy Road at the Naval Academy is also named in his honor . Decorations . Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy´s ribbon bar : See also . List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy