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to remember
HOPWOOD, Herbert G., ADM.
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Shamokin |
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He died at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, New Jersey at the age of 67, and is buried with his wife in Arlington National Cemetery
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Date of Passing
Sep 15, 1966 |
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Herbert G. Hopwood
Admiral, US Navy
Commander United States Pacific Fleet
Admiral Herbert Gladstone Hopwood (November 23, 1898 - September 15, 1966) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1958 to 1960.
Admiral Hopwood served from WWI until the early years of the Viet-Nam War. He was promoted to vice admiral in 1955 and appointed commander of the First Fleet, then served as deputy chief of naval operations (logistics) from 1957 to 1958.
On February 1, 1958, he was promoted to admiral and appointed commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), a command that included about 400 ships, half a million men, and 3,000 aircraft. On August 23, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis erupted when People's Liberation Army forces began shelling Republic of China positions on the disputed islands of Quemoy and Matsu. Hopwood deployed the Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait to help the Nationalist government protect Quemoy's supply lines, as directed by Admiral Harry D. Felt, Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC).
In January 1960, Hopwood participated in the first public demonstration of a new Navy communications system that used the moon as a radio relay to exchange teletype messages between Hopwood in Hawaii and Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke in Washington, D.C. In June, he hosted President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station when the President took a brief holiday in Hawaii following a trip to the Far East. He was relieved by Admiral John H. Sides on August 30, 1960 and retired from the Navy on September 1.
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1918-1918, USS New Jersey (BB-16)
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1918-1919, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
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1920-1922, Commander In Chief Asiatic Fleet
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1922-1924, USS Florida (BB-30)
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1924-1926, USS Hopkins (DD-249)
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1926-1927, USS Ramapo (AO-12)
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1927-1928, USS Indianapolis (CL-35)
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1928-1929, USS Hart (DD-110)
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1930-1938, Naval Sea Units
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1938-1939, USS Mahan (DD-364)
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1939-1940, USS Melville (AD-2)
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1940-1941, 4th Naval District
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1942-1944, Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)
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1942-1944, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
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1944-1945, USS Cleveland (CL-55)
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1946-1950, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
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1950-1952, Division of Fleet Training, Navy Operations, Navy Department
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1952-1953, Commander, Cruiser Division THREE
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1952-1955, Commander, Service Force, Pacific Fleet
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1955-1957, COMMANDER FIRST FLEET (COMFIRSTFLEET)
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1957-1958, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics) OP-04, DCNO (M,P,T&E)
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1958-1960, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
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