Craighill, Richard Starr, RADM

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half

Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1965-1967, Commander Antilles Defense Command

Service Years
1932 - 1967

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1909

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Contact Info

Date of Passing Feb 07, 1980
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland

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	1980, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

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1941-1942, USS Patterson (DD-392)

From Month/Year - / 1941	To Month/Year - / 1942
Unit USS Patterson (DD-392) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Patterson (DD-392) Details
	A Bagley class destroyer built at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, WA. The second of three ships to be named for Captain Daniel Todd Patterson, USN (1786-1839), the others were DD-36 and DE/FF-1061. Flag hoist / Radio call sign - NIVJ Commanding Officers CDR Francis T. Spellman 22Sep37- CDR Jack E. Hurff 1940 CDR M.H. Hubbard LCDR Frank R. Walker 1941-13Sep42 LCDR W.C. Schultz 13Sep42-29May43 LCDR Albert F. White 29May43-22Aug44 LCDR Walter A. Hering 22Aug44-17Mar45 LCDR A.H. Angelo 17Mar45-8Nov45
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Destroyer
	Created/Owned By OS Hitchcock, Jr., Harry (Hitch), OS1(SW) 49

Last Updated: Jan 13, 2009

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