McCormick, Lynde Dupuy, ADM

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Admiral

Last Primary NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1954-1956, Naval War College (Staff) Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Service Years
1915 - 1956

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Maryland

Year of Birth
1895

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Contact Info

Last Address Newport, RI
Date of Passing Aug 16, 1956
Location of Interment Annapolis National Cemetery (VA) - Annapolis, Maryland	Wall/Plot Coordinates TBD

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1956, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	1956, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Lynde Dupuy McCormick served as vice chief of naval operations from 1950 to 1951 and as commander in chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1951 to 1954, and was the first supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the Atlantic.

Admiral McCormick died while on Active Duty as president of the Naval War College.

Other Comments:

1940-1941, Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet

From Month/Year - / 1940	To Month/Year - / 1941
Unit Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet Unit Page
Rank Captain	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet Details

	Type Combat - Sea
	Parent Unit Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jan 25, 2009

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5 Members Also There at Same Time

Commander, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet

Pye, William Satterlee, VADM, (1901-1944)		Rear Admiral Upper Half
Wallin, Homer Norman, VADM, (1917-1955)		Commander
McGrath, Thomas Patrick, LCDR, (1936-1943)	OFF	Ensign

Commander, Cruisers, Battle Force

DeLANY, Walter, VADM, (1925-1954)			Captain
Leary, Herbert Fairfax, VADM, (1905-1945)			Rear Admiral Upper Half