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Home Town Santa Cruz
Last Address After retiring, he lived in Great Falls, Va., with his wife, Ginny. He died at Arleigh Burke Nursing Center and was burried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Date of Passing Sep 14, 2009
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Rear Admiral Alexander Malcolm Sinclair
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RADM ALEX SINCLAIR US NAVY - RET.
Home town - Santa Cruz, CA
1944 - 1947 ENLISTED SERVICE
Boot camp - San Diego.
Hospital Corps School.
US NAVAL HOSPITAL WEST PALM , FL. General Ward.
NAPS (Naval Academy Prep School) sponsor Eddie Ederlatz (Navy football coach).
Discharged as a Hospital Corpman.
1948 - 1951 Midshipman USNA
Entered USNA via fleet appt. Commissioned as Ensign June 1951.
1951 - 1953 Sea Assignments.
USS Antietam CVA-36 - WESPAC - Div. officer.
USS Yorktown CVS-10 - WESPAC - Fire Ctrl officer.
USS Shangrila CVS-38 - PACFLT - Div. officer
USS Firecrest AMS-10 - CO - Homeported-Sasebo. Yellow Sea minesweeping ops.
1954 - 1967 Submarine Assignments
Submarine school - New London.
USS Rasher SSR-269 - Wespac - Communications officer.
USS Baya AGSS-318 - PACFLT - Engineering officer.
USS Parche SS-384 - Reserve training - Alemeda, Ca - Officer-in-Charge.
USS Piper SS-409 LANTFLT - XO.
USS BANG SS-385 LANTFLT - CO - SPEC OPS - Barents Sea.
COMSUBPAC STAFF - Pearl Harbor - PCO Instructor.
1968 - 1982 Assignments
Armed Forces Staff College.
Pentagon.
USS Dale CG-19 - WESTPAC - Gufl of Tonkin - XO.
Pentagon.
USS Edward McDonnell DE-1043 - LANTFLT - CO.
USS Leahy CG 16-LANTFLT - Leningrad ship visit - CO.
Pentagon.
Selected for Flag Officer.
Pentagon.
Commander - Crus/Dest Group 5 - PACFLT - CTF 75.
Pentagon DCNO (OP 04B)
Retired - 1982
Chain of Command Commanding Officer of the USS BANG (SS 385) from July 1962 to May 1964.
While in command of the USS BANG the submarine made a highly successful Special Operations Patrol in the Barents Sea off the Kola Inlet.
Other Memories LCDR Alexander Sinclair Jul 1962 - May 1964
Alexander M. Sinclair was born in Santa Cruz, CA on January 30, 1927. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1944, attended boot camp in San Diego and served as a hospital corpsman. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy Prep School he attended the U.S. Naval Academy via fleet appointment and graduated in June 1951. From 1951 to 1953 he served aboard USS ANTIETUM (CVA 36), USS YORKTOWN (CVA 10), USS SHANGRILA (CVS 38) and USS FIRECREST (AMS 10). He graduated from Submarine School in 1954 and had assignments on board the USS RASHER (SS 269), USS BAYA (AGSS 318), and USS PARCH (SS 384).
LCDR Sinclair served as Executive Officer on the USS PIPER (SS 409) and as Commanding Officer of the USS BANG (SS 385) from July 1962 to May 1964. While in command of the USS BANG the submarine made a highly successful Special Operations Patrol in the Barents Sea off the Kola Inlet. Following a tour on COMSUBPAC STAFF as an instructor in Prospective Commanding Officer School in Pearl Harbor, LCDR Sinclair held numerous assignments from 1968 to 1982 including Executive Officer on USS Dale (CG 19) and Commanding Officer USS EDWARD McDonnell (DE 1043) and Commanding Officer (USS LEAHY (CG 16). During this period he was selected for Flag Rank and served as Commander Cruiser - Destroyer Group 5 - PACIFIC FLEET. ADMIRAL Sinclair retired from the Navy in 1982.
Upon retiring from the U.S. Navy, Admiral Sinclair completed George Washington Law School and was admitted to the Washington, DC bar. He clerked for a Superior Court Judge and later served as a Public Defender in Washington, DC.
Admiral Sinclair died in Mc Lean, VA on September 14, 2009, at age 82. He is burried in Arlington National Cemetery.
