Bowling, Selman Stewart, RADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Rating/NEC Group Unknown
Primary Unit
1954-1957, Manpower and Personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Service Years
1927 - 1957
Rear Admiral Upper Half Rear Admiral Upper Half

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Home State
Indiana
Indiana
 Year of Birth
1906
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Elizabeth, IN		 Last Address
Corpus Christi, TX
Date of Passing
Jan 08, 1983		  
Military Service Number
61 338

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 Unit Assignments
US NavyCNO - OPNAVUSS Maryland (BB-46)USS Colorado (BB-45)
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron (MTBRON) 21Commander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)USS Cavalier (APA-37)Under Secretary of the Navy (UNSECNAV), Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
School Assignments - StaffDestroyer Squadron (DESRON) 13, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)Department of Defense (DOD)
  1927-1928, USS Memphis (CL-13)
  1928-1929, USS Truxtun (DD-229)
  1929-1930, USS Mindanao (PR-8)
  1930-1931, USS Louisville (CL-28)
  1931-1932, USS Louisville (CA-28)
  1932-1934, USS Dobbin (AD-3)
  1934-1936, CNO - OPNAV
  1936-1937, USS Maryland (BB-46)
  1937-1938, Commander Battleship Division 2
  1938-1940, USS Colorado (BB-45)
  1940-1942, Bureau of Navigation (BuNav)
  1942-1942, Commander, Amphibious Force, Southwest Pacific (COMAMPHIBFORSOWESPAC)
  1943-1944, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron (MTBRON) 21
  1944-1945, Commander, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons, Seventh Fleet, Commander, Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT)
  1945-1945, Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier (COMPHILSEAFRON)
  1945-1948, Chief of Naval Personnel (CHNAVPERS)
  1949-1950, USS Cavalier (APA-37)
  1950-1951, Under Secretary of the Navy (UNSECNAV), Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
  1951-1953, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
  1953-1954, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 13, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC)
  1954-1957, Manpower and Personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1941-1942 Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)/Battle of the Philippines
  1942-1942 World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-43)
  1943-1944 World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/New Guinea Campaign (1943-44)
  1944-1944 Leyte Campaign (1944)/Battle of Leyte Gulf
  1944-1944 Leyte Campaign (1944)/Battle of Surigao Strait
  1950-1950 US Occupation of Japan
  1950-1950 Korean War/UN Defensive (1950)
 Colleges Attended 
United States Naval AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyNaval War College
  1923-1927, United States Naval Academy
  1934-1937, United States Naval Academy
  1948-1949, Naval War College
 Other News, Events and Photographs
 
  Jun 02, 1927, Commissioned as Ensign
  Jun 03, 1930, Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
  Jun 30, 1936, Promoted to Lieutenant
  Jan 01, 1942, Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
  Sep 10, 1942, Promoted to Commander
  Mar 20, 1945, Promoted to Captain
  Jan 01, 1957, Retired and promoted to Rear Admiral
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