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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Conolly, Richard Lansing (Close-in), ADM USN(Ret).
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Home Town
Waukegan, IL |
Last Address
Jamaica Bay, NY
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Date of Passing
Mar 01, 1962 |
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Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
3 2503 I L |
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Last Known Activity
Was killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 on March 1, 1962 at Idlewild Airport, Queens, New York
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Other Comments:
Navy Cross
Awarded for Actions During World War I
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. Westbridge
Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Richard Lansing Conolly, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession from 15 - 20 August 1918, on the occasion of the torpedoing of the U.S.S. WESTBRIDGE, when Lieutenant Connolly, with a party of eight others remained on board for five days steering by hand and handling the lines from the tugs, while the ship was towed four hundred miles to port.
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1914-1915, USS Virginia (BB-13)
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1915-1915, USS Montana (ACR-13)
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1915-1916, USS Virginia (BB-13)
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1916-1916, USS Vermont (BB-20)
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1916-1918, USS Smith (DD-17)
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1922-1924, USS Mississippi (BB-41)
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1924-1925, USS New York (BB-34)
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1925-1927, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1927-1928, USS Concord (CL-10)
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1930-1930, USS Du Pont (DD-152)
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1930-1933, Naval War College (Staff)
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1933-1935, Commander Cruisers Scouting Force
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1935-1936, USS Tennessee (BB-43)
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1936-1939, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1939-1941, COMDESDIV 7, Commander Destroyers, Battle Force
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1941-1942, DESRON 6, CNSG-2
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1942-1943, CNO - OPNAV
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1943-1946, Commander, Group Three, Fifth Amphibious Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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1946-1947, Commander, Twelfth Fleet
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1946-1947, Commander in Chief US Naval Forces Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR)/Commander US Naval Forces Europe (COMUSNAVE
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1947-1950, Commander Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic /Mediterranean (CINCNELM/COMNELM)
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1950-1953, Naval War College (Staff)
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President of Long Island University 4
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Jun 06, 1917, Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Aug 31, 1917, Promoted to Lieutenant
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Jan 22, 1925, Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
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May 01, 1935, Promoted to Commander
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Sep 01, 1940, Promoted to Captain
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Jul 11, 1942, Promoted to Rear Admiral
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Sep 23, 1946, Promoted to Admiral
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Jan 01, 1953, Retired
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Mar 01, 1962, American Airlines Flight 1 crash in Jamaica Bay, New York4
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Mar 06, 1962, Buried in Arlington National Cemetery2
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Mar 09, 1962, Obituary in TIME magazine
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Mar 09, 1962, TIME magazine article on the crash of AA flight 1
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Oct 14, 1978, NAMESAKE - USS CONOLLY (DD-979)2
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Jun 28, 2020, General Photos1
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