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Isaac Campbell Kidd (March 26, 1884 – December 7, 1941) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Jr. Kidd Sr. was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano was sunk on May 2, 1982, by the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War.The sinking of the General Belgrano led to the death of 323 Argentine sailors, [1] [2] almost half of all Argentine casualties during the conflict, [3] [4] and sparked controversy, as the attack occurred outside the exclusion zone established by the ...
Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Husband Kimmel was born in Henderson, Kentucky, [1] on February 26, 1882, to Sibella "Sibbie" Lambert Kimmel (1846–1919) and Major Manning Marius Kimmel (1832–1916), a graduate of West Point who fought with the Union side during the American Civil War before switching allegiance to the Confederate States Army to fight alongside his neighbors. [2]
[12] Earlier in the battle, Rear Admiral Norman Scott had been killed, so two US commanders had now been lost, as well as several of their staff. Despite the deaths of so many senior officers, the battle ended in a strategic victory for the Allied side.
Rear Adm. Arthur W. Radford Fast battleship Massachusetts off Point Wilson, Washington, July 1944. Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford in fleet carrier Enterprise. 1 fleet carrier Enterprise (Capt. S. P. Ginder) Air Group 6 (Lt. Cmdr. E. H. O'Hare) (killed 26 Nov) VF-2: 36 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters VB-6: 36 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers
Rembrandt Cecil Robinson (October 2, 1924 – May 8, 1972) was a United States Navy officer who was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War.Robinson died in 1972, in a helicopter crash; he was the only Navy flag officer killed during the Vietnam War.
Ralph Waldo Christie (30 August 1893 – 19 December 1987) was an admiral in the United States Navy who played a pivotal role in the development of torpedo technologies. . During World War II, he commanded submarine operations out of the Australian ports of Brisbane and Fre