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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
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McCormick, Lynde Dupuy, ADM.
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Last Known Activity: Lynde Dupuy McCormick served as vice chief of naval operations from 1950 to 1951 and as commander in chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1951 to 1954, and was the first supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the Atlantic.Admiral McCormick died while on Active Duty as president of the Naval War College.
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1915-1919, USS Wyoming (BB-32)
1919-1920, Commander Battleship Division 4
1920-1920, Destroyer Squadron 4 (DESRON 4), Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
1920-1920, USS Birmingham (CL-2)
1920-1920, USS South Carolina (BB-26)
1920-1921, USS Buchanan (DD-131)
1921-1921, USS Kennedy (DD-306)
1921-1923, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
1923-1924, USS S-31 (SS-136)
1924-1924, USS S-37 (SS-142)
1924-1924, USS Canopus (AS-9)
1924-1926, USS R-10 (SS-87)
1926-1928, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
1928-1931, USS V-2 (SS-164)
1931-1934, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
1934-1936, USS Marblehead (CL-12)
1936-1937, USS Neches (AO-5)
1937-1938, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
1938-1939, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
1939-1940, Commander, Battleships, Battle Force
1939-1940, USS West Virginia (BB-48)
1940-1941, Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet
1940-1941, USS California (BB-44)
1941-1943, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
1943-1943, USS South Dakota (BB-57)
1943-1945, CNO - OPNAV
1945-1945, Commander Battleship Division 3
1945-1945, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Yokosuka, Japan
1945-1947, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA)
1945-1947, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
1947-1948, Commander, Battleships-Cruisers, Atlantic Fleet, Commander, US Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM)
1948-1949, 12th Naval District
1950-1951, Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO), CNO - OPNAV
1951-1951, CNO - OPNAV
1951-1952, Commander, US Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM)
1951-1952, Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command (USCINCLANT)
1952-1954, HQ Allied Command Transformation (SACT)
1954-1956, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
