Wendt, Waldemar Frederick A, ADM

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Last Rank
Admiral
Primary Unit
1968-1971, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT)
Service Years
1933 - 1971
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
Illinois
Illinois
Year of Birth
1912
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Millstadt, IL
Last Address
3100 Block Shore Drive
Virginia Beach, VA
Date of Passing
Oct 18, 1997
 

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On retirement from the Navy Waldemar Wend served (1972-1983) on the Board of Overseers of the Center for Naval Analysis, an affiliate corporation of the University of Rochester. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach and has served as deacon and elder in that Church.

   
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 Unit Assignments
USS Oklahoma (BB-37)US NavyUS Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)Commander, Destroyer Squadron 30 (COMDESRON 30)
CNO - OPNAVUSS Helena (CA-75)Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command (USCINCLANT)Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)
School Assignments - StaffUSS Rankin (AKA-103)Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 36, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)Commander Naval Forces Marianas (COMNAVMARIANAS)
Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR)
  1933-1935, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
  1935-1935, USS Ramsey (AG-98)
  1935-1936, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
  1936-1939, USS Moffett (DD-362)
  1939-1940, USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
  1940-1943, Commander, Destroyer Squadron 30 (COMDESRON 30)
  1943-1944, USS Monaghan (DD-354)
  1944-1945, Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (CINCUS)
  1945-1947, CNO - OPNAV
  1947-1948, USS Helena (CA-75)
  1948-1951, CNO - OPNAV
  1951-1953, Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command (USCINCLANT)
  1953-1954, Commander, Destroyer Division (COMDESDIV) 32, Commander Destroyers, Battle Force
  1954-1956, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies
  1956-1957, USS Rankin (AKA-103)
  1957-1959, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 36, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1959-1960, CNO - OPNAV
  1960-1961, Commander Naval Forces Marianas (COMNAVMARIANAS)
  1961-1962, Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Seven (COMCRUDESFLOT 7)
  1962-1965, CNO - OPNAV
  1965-1967, Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command (USCINCLANT)
  1967-1968, DCNO (M,P,T&E), Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS)
  1968-1971, Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR)
  1968-1971, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1939-1941 Neutrality Operations in the North Atlantic
  1941-1945 World War II/American Theater
  1942-1942 Algeria-French Morocco Campaign (1942)/Operation Torch
  1944-1944 World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/New Guinea Campaign (1943-44)
  1944-1944 Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign (1944)/Battle of Philippine Sea
  1944-1944 Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign (1944)/Battle of Saipan
  1944-1944 Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign (1944)/Battle of Guam
 Colleges Attended 
United States Naval AcademyNaval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CANaval War College
  1929-1933, United States Naval Academy
  1939-1939, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
  1949-1950, Naval War College
 Other News, Events and Photographs
 
  Jun 01, 1933, Commissioned as Ensign
  Jun 01, 1936, Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
  Jul 01, 1940, Promoted to Lieutenant
  Oct 01, 1942, Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
  Jan 01, 1944, Promoted to Commander
  Jul 01, 1951, Promoted to Captain
  Jan 17, 1960, Promoted to Rear Admiral
  Aug 09, 1965, Promoted to Vice Admiral
  Jul 12, 1968, Promoted to Admiral
  Jun 30, 1971, Retired from Naval Service
  Oct 21, 1997, Obituary - Virginian- Pilot
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