Hoover, Gilbert, ADM

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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1942-1942, 111X, USS Helena (CL-50)
Service Years
1916 - 1947
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
 Year of Birth
1894
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Columbus
Date of Passing
Jan 08, 1980		  

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Last Known Activity:

In 1939 he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the first group in the U.S. government to deal with the theory of nuclear fission. Out of the committee's findings came the massive, top-secret effort in World War II which produced the atomic bomb.

In 1951 Admiral Hoover returned to government service as a civilian official at the Atomic Energy Commission's Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Following this he became manager of the AEC's facility in Boulder, Colorado. He returned to Bristol in 1956.

His last official act in uniform was to serve as representative of the Secretary of the Navy at the keel laying of the U. S. S. Bristol County in San Diego, Calif in February, 1971.

   
  1942-1942, 111X, USS Helena (CL-50)

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USS Helena (CL-50) Unit Page

Rank
Captain
NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

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 USS Helena (CL-50) Details

USS Helena (CL-50)
USS Helena CL-50-700px.jpg
USS Helena in the South Pacific, 1943
(note: radar antennas have been brushed out by censors)
Career (United States)
Name: USS Helena
Namesake: Helena, Montana
Builder: New York Navy Yard
Laid down: 9 December 1936
Launched: 27 August 1939
Commissioned: 18 September 1939
Fate: Sunk, Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type: St. Louis-class light cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 long tons (10,000 t)
Length: 608.3 ft (185.4 m)
Beam: 61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Draft: 19.8 ft (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines
Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Complement: 888 officers and enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar
Armament: 15 × 6 in (150 mm)/47 cal guns (5x3)
8 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns (4x2)
8 × .50 in (12.70 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns


Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Light Cruiser

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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USS Helena (CL-50)
Cecil, Charles Purcell, RADM, (1916-1944) OFF 111X Captain
Buerkle, Elmer Charles, CDR, (1925-1943) OFF 111X Commander
Yeates, Arthur Bernard, LCDR, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Mooney, John Frederick, LT, (1939-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Washburn, Henry Stephenson, LT, (1940-1943) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Griffin, Joseph Sebastian, LTJG, (1939-1943) OFF 110X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hansen, William James, LTJG, (1940-1943) OFF 116X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lynch, Jack, ENS, (1941-1943) OFF 116X Ensign
Carpenter, Charles Lorain, RADM, (1926-1956) OFF 1103 Commander
Bennak, John, PO1, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bidelot, Albert Raphael, PO1, (1935-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Cranford, Robert Marion, PO1, (1932-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Krames, Edward C., PO1, (1936-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Lisko, Aleck, PO1, (1939-1943) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Miller, Clarence Irving, CPO, (1935-1944) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Trampenau, Robert James, PO1, (1939-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Baldwin, Raymond William, PO2, (1939-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Furr, Jim Hickey, PO2, (1941-1943) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rzempoluch, John, PO2, (1939-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Austin, Samuel, PO2, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Brown, Donald Howard, PO1, (1939-1942) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Lambert, Leonard Arthur, PO2, (1940-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Porter, Archie Clayton, PO2, (1939-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Powell, Samuel, CPO, (1937-1959) SD SD-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Vekas, James, F2c, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
DeLong, George Albert, PO1, (1941-1947) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 3rd Class
Bailey, James Monroe, PO3, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kuhr, Willis L., PO3, (1940-1943) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Allen, Robert Orville, Cox, (1940-1943) COX COX-0000 Coxswain
Cody, Claude L., PO3, (1941-1944) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Johnson, Rexford Carlton, PO3, (1941-1945) Pho PhoM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Baliva, Frank, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Brandt, Walter, S1c, (1941-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Langley, Wayne Lee, S1c, (1940-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Murphy, George Dewey, PO2, (1942-1947) GM GM-0000 Seaman First Class
Bishop, Leslie Haven, S1c, (1941-1943) SN SN-0000 Seaman
Link, Arlo M., S1c, (1941-1943) SN SN-9700 Seaman
Bearden, Henry, FN, (1943-1945) MM MM-0000 Fireman
Langley, Wayne Lee, S1c, (1940-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hallenberg, William, LTJG, (1941-1943) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Bennett, Tobe, PO1, (1939-1943) Petty Officer First Class
Klee, Earl Irwin, PO1, (1939-1943) Petty Officer First Class
Berry, Vernon, PO2, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Second Class
Karvinen, Richard, PO2, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Second Class
Kenyon, Vern, PO2, (1941-1943) Petty Officer Second Class
Addcox, Grayston, PO3, (1942-1943) Petty Officer Third Class
Koons, Kenneth, PO3, (1942-1943) Petty Officer Third Class
Douglas, General Preston, S1c, (1941-1943) Seaman First Class
Wills, Charles, S1c, (1940-1945) Seaman First Class
Cannon, Homer, CPO, (1941-1973) Seaman
Carbaugh, Harry John, CPO, (1938-1943) [Other Service Rank]
English, Robert Henry, RADM, (1911-1943) Captain

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