Christie, Ralph Waldo, VADM

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Vice Admiral

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

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1949-1949, Commander, Western Sea Frontier

Service Years
1915 - 1949

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

California

Year of Birth
1893

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Contact Info

Last Address Honolulu, HI
Date of Passing Dec 19, 1987
Location of Interment National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (VA) - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 2, Wall E, Row 400, Site 423

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1987, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Other Comments:

Admiral Christie was the only Flag Officer in WWII to participate in a submarine war patrol. He made 2 one on USS Bowfin and one on USS Harder.

1942-1943, Bureau of Ordnance

From Month/Year - / 1942	To Month/Year - / 1943
Unit Bureau of Ordnance Unit Page
Rank Captain	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Bureau of Ordnance Details

	Type Combat - Sea
	Parent Unit Major Commands	Strength Command
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Last Updated: Feb 1, 2009

Yearbook

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

Bureau of Ordnance

Blandy, William Henry, ADM, (1913-1950)		Rear Admiral Upper Half
Vieweg, Walter, RADM, (1924-1954)		Captain
CONRAD, Robert Dexter, CAPT, (1927-1947)		Commander
Gralla, Arthur, VADM, (1934-1971)		Lieutenant Commander
Parker, Edward Nelson, VADM, (1925-1963)	OFF	Captain
Davis, Glenn Benson, VADM, (1913-1953)		Captain
Noble, Albert Gallatin, ADM, (1917-1951)		Captain
Sides, John Harold, ADM, (1925-1963)		Captain
Rivero, Horacio, ADM, (1931-1972)		Lieutenant

Ordnance Board

STRAUSS, Lewis, RADM, (1925-1946)

Commander