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Service Details
Last Rank
Vice Admiral
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1952-1953, 111X, 1st Naval District
Service Years
1911 - 1953
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Decommissioning
Iwo Jima
Order of the Rock
Order of the Spanish Main
Order of the Shellback
Order of the Golden Dragon
Order of the Square Rigger
Panama Canal
Plank Owner
Swamp Fox
Last Photo
Personal Details
Home State
Michigan
Year of Birth 1891
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
McCrea, John Livingstone (F.D.R. Naval Aide), VADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Marlette
Last Address Needham, Mass
Date of Passing Jan 25, 1990
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 6, Site 9502-WS
Last Known Activity:
Vice President for Client Relations, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Other Comments:
Naval Aide to President FDR from 1942 to 1943
Commissioning CO of USS IOWA (BB-61)
From Month/Year - / 1938
To Month/Year - / 1940
Unit USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page
Rank Captain
NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
Patch
Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max).Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948.
Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class
Strength
Battleship
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: Jun 14, 2008