Rosendahl, Charles Emery, VADM

Deceased

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Service Details

Final Rank
Vice Admiral

Last Designator
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Designator Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1946-1946, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) CNO

Service Years
1914 - 1946

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Panama Canal

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1892

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Henry W. Piel (Hank, KQ1V, VPA), RM2 to remember Rosendahl, Charles Emery, VADM USN(Ret).

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Contact Info

Home Town Chicago, Illinois	Last Address Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Passing May 17, 1977

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Commander Rosendahl was the Commanding Officer of NAS Lakehurst when the Hindenburg crashed. He was also the senior surviving officer of the Shenandoah disaster.

Total LTA flight time: 6422.1 hours

1940-1941, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)

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Last Updated: Sep 8, 2008

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)

Reeves, Joseph Mason, ADM, (1894-1946)			Admiral
Yarnell, Harry Ervin, ADM, (1897-1944)			Admiral
Woodward, Clark Howell, VADM, (1898-1948)			Vice Admiral
Deyo, Morton Lyndholm, VADM, (1911-1949)			Captain
Hanson, Edward William, RADM, (1911-1951)			Captain
Tunney, James Joseph, CAPT, (1918-1945)			Captain
Carney, Robert Bostwick, ADM, (1916-1955)			Commander
Connally, John, LCDR, (1941-1946)	OFF	195X	Ensign