serviceyears branch death_date allegiance birth_date alt commands death_place placeofburial_label battles placeofburial rank image name caption servicenumber birth_place awards nickname article_title
1908 -- 1946 united states navy 10 january 1960 united states of america 1908 24 october 1884 four stars admiral ninth destroyer squadron 31 destroyer squadron 32 northampton ca-26 6 macdonough naval dd-331 6 submarine division 14 maddox dd-168 6 radford dd-120 district 6 fanning dd-37 6 seventh fleet destroyers , atlantic fleet washington , d.c. place of burial mexican revolution arlington national cemetery 42px arthur carpender.jpg arthur schuyler carpender vice admiral arthur s. carpender 0-6600 new brunswick , new jersey army of merit -lrb- 2 -rrb- distinguished service order -lrb- united distinguished kingdom -rrb- commander of the order of the british empire service -lrb- australia -rrb- grand officer of the order of orange-nassau medal -lrb- netherlands -rrb- navy distinguished service medal legion chips arthur s. carpender

arthur s. carpender

arthur schuyler carpender -lrb- 24 october 1884 -- 10 january 1960 -rrb- was an american admiral who commanded the allied naval forces in the southwest pacific area during world war ii .
a 1908 graduate of the united states naval academy , carpender sailed around the world with the great white fleet .
he commanded a landing force that went ashore at puerto cortes , honduras in 1911 , and participated in the united states occupation of veracruz as adjutant of the first regiment of bluejackets in 1914 .
as commander of the destroyer in the action of 17 november 1917 during world war i , he engaged the u-boat `` u-58 '' , and forced it to surrender .
at the start of world war ii carpender was commander destroyers , atlantic fleet .
in july 1942 , he arrived in the southwest pacific area , where he became commander of task force 51 , the naval forces based in western australia .
on september 1942 , he was appointed commander of the southwest pacific force , later renamed the seventh fleet , and allied naval forces , southwest pacific area , which he led through the battle of buna -- gona and the battle of the bismarck sea .
the following year he oversaw the fleet 's operations during operation cartwheel .
he commanded the ninth naval district from january 1944 until august 1945 , retiring in november 1946 with a tombstone promotion to the rank of admiral .
