Cooke, Charles Maynard, Jr., ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1948, Commander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)
Service Years
1910 - 1948
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
Arkansas
Arkansas
Year of Birth
1886
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Palo Alto, CA
Date of Passing
Dec 24, 1970
 
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 8, Site 5524-EE

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1970, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


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Other Comments:


Although he almost certainly would have been an outstanding fleet commander during the war, it was believed that he performed a far more valuable service in his role in Strategic Planning. One of his contemporaries said that of all those unsung heroes who helped win WWII, Savvy Cooke's name "stands out at the top".

   

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 Unit Assignments
US NavyUSS K-2 (SS-33)Pearl Harbor Naval Ship YardMare Island Naval Shipyard
CNO - OPNAVSchool Assignments - StaffNaval Base (NAVBASE) Guantanamo BayCommander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)
  1910-1911, USS Connecticut (BB-18)
  1911-1913, USS Maine (BB-10)
  1912-1913, USS Alabama (BB-8)
  1914-1914, USS K-2 (SS-33)
  1914-1915, USS E-2 (SS-25)
  1916-1918, Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard
  1918-1919, USS R-2 (SS-79)
  1919-1920, USS S-5 (SS-110)
  1920-1922, USS Rainbow
  1922-1924, SUBBASE Cavite PI
  1924-1926, Mare Island Naval Shipyard
  1926-1928, USS Idaho (BB-42)
  1929-1931, CNO - OPNAV
  1931-1933, Commander Submarine Division (ComSubDiv) 11
  1933-1934, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
  1934-1936, Naval Base (NAVBASE) Guantanamo Bay
  1936-1938, CNO - OPNAV
  1938-1941, CNO - OPNAV
  1941-1942, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
  1942-1945, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (CINCUS)
  1945-1948, Commander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1920-1920 Sinking OF USS S-5 (SS-110)
  1941-1941 World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Attack on Pearl Harbor
  1944-1944 Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord
 Colleges Attended 
University of Arkansas at Fort SmithUnited States Naval Academy
  1903-1906, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
  1906-1910, United States Naval Academy
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