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Japanese naval commander during the Pacific War and the author of the IJN manual on torpedo attack techniques. Japan: Yes 1900 1980 Hashimoto, Mochitsura. Commander of the Japanese submarine I-58 which sank USS Indianapolis, the single greatest disaster in US naval history. Japan: Yes 1909 2000 Hazelwood, Joseph
By 1956, the Navy had equilibrated at a total of seven permanent billets bearing four-star rank: the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO); the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO), the commanders in chief of the unified commands in the Pacific (CINCPAC) and Atlantic (CINCLANT); the commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT); the ...
Alan Shepard – naval aviator and flag officer (Rear Admiral), first American in space (Mercury-Redstone 3) and Apollo 14 commander; William Shepherd – Navy SEAL, astronaut (STS-27, STS-41, STS-52) Thomas P. Stafford – aviator and astronaut (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10) Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper – astronaut (STS-115, STS-126)
VB-6 pilots in January 1942: Best is seated 3rd from the left. Richard Halsey Best (March 24, 1910 – October 28, 2001) was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II.
Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regarded by several commentators as one of the greatest naval commanders in the military history of the United States. [1] [2] [3] Born in Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Jones became a sailor at the age of thirteen, and served in the British Merchant Navy, including several slave ...
Richard Hetherington O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding USS Tang in the Pacific War against Japan to the most successful record of any United States submarine ever.
Chief of Naval Personnel; Commander, Carrier Strike Group 12; Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic; Commander Strike Force Training Atlantic; Commander Naval Forces Japan; United States Naval Forces Korea; Commander Naval Forces Marianas; Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic; Director of the Navy Nurse Corps; Superintendent of the United States ...
In World War II, he was a grand admiral in charge of all U-boats, later the commander-in-chief of the entire navy, and finally, after Hitler's suicide, the head of state and commander of all Germany's armed forces. Walther Forstmann PM: 47 148 [4] 390,797 [4] Forstmann (1883–1973) commanded U-12 and U-39.