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Kennedy, Marvin Granville, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Huntsville, Missouri
Last Address Contra Costa, CA
Date of Passing Feb 09, 1997
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates Unknown
Military Service Number 62 522
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CDR Kennedy was relieved of Command after the 2nd patrol of the USS Wahoo based upon testimony of "Mush" Morton and Dick O'Kane. They both testified that the Commanding Officer had not been aggressive enough during the patrols.
He was then sent to the surface fleet and Commanded the USS Guest where he distinguished himself.
From June 1948 to Mid 1949 he was Commander, Destroyer Division 122
USS Hammann (DD-412) - torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-168 on 6 June 1942 at the Battle of Midway.
USS Hammann (DD-412), 1939-1942
USS Hammann, a 1620-ton Sims class destroyer built at Kearny, New Jersey, was commissioned in August 1939, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Arnold E. True. Her service over the next thirty months included active participation in 1941 "operations short of war" in the Atlantic. Transferred to the Pacific in January 1942, she took part in operations in the South Pacific in February-May 1942 including the Battle of Coral Sea. During the Battle of Midway in early June 1942, Hammann screened USS Yorktown (CV-5). While tied alongside Yorktown on the afternoon of 6 June 1942, assisting in her salvage, Hammann was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-168 and sank in a few minutes. Casualties among her crew were very heavy.
