Melson, Charles, VADM

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Vice Admiral

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

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1964-1966, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Service Years
1927 - 1966

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Personal Details

Home State

Virginia

Year of Birth
1904

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Date of Passing
Sep 14, 1981

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Unofficial Badges

1938-1940, USS Patterson (DD-392)

From Month/Year - / 1938	To Month/Year - / 1940
Unit USS Patterson (DD-392) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	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 14, 2009

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