Chapple, Wreford Goss, RADM

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
Last Designator
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare
Last Designator Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1956-1959, 11th Naval District
Service Years
1930 - 1959
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Rear Admiral Upper Half Rear Admiral Upper Half

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Home State
Montana
Montana
Year of Birth
1908
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Billings, MT
Last Address
Coronado, CA
Date of Passing
May 20, 1991
 
Location of Interment
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Columbarium 14-4-D

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Submarine Veterans of WW IINavy League of the United StatesUnited States Naval Academy Alumni Association & FoundationU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM)
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  1991, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) (Annapolis, Maryland)


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Last Known Activity:

US Navy Rear Admiral. Chapple graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1930. At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack Chapple was a Lt. Commander in the Submarine Service and was the Commanding Officer of the Submarine U.S.S. 38. Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor Chapple's command sunk the Japanese Transport Takatiho Maru, one of the first Japanese ships sunk in the Pacific theater. At the Battle of Leyte Gulf he was the Commanding Officer of the Submarine Bream which sunk four Japanese vessels. By February of 1942 Chapple was assigned as Commanding Officer of the Submarine U.S.S. Permit SS-178. He served as her Commanding Officer until August 4, 1943. During the year and a half Chapple was Commanding Officer of the Permit he sank 4 Japanese vessels. For his wartime services Chapple was awarded two Navy Cross Medals, three Silver Stars and a Bronze Star. His last assignment was as the Commanding Officer of the heavy Cruiser Pittsburgh. He retired as a Rear Admiral in 1959. Chapple was considered one of the hero's of World War II and his exploits are featured in naval history books and his achievements provided much of the material for the 1950's television series "The Silent Service".

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  1937-1938, 112X, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)

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112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

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US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)

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Sellers, David Foote, ADM, (1894-1938) OFF 00X Admiral
Struble, Arthur Dewey, ADM, (1915-1956) OFF 111X Captain
Eller, Ernest McNeill, RADM, (1925-1970) OFF 00X Commander
Meek, William Woodruff, CAPT, (1909-1946) OFF 00X Commander
Thebaud, Leo Hewlett, VADM, (1913-1952) OFF 00X Commander
Adair., Charles L., RADM, (1926-1956) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Cecil, Charles Purcell, RADM, (1916-1944) OFF 111X Lieutenant Commander
Coe, James Wiggins, CDR, (1930-1943) OFF 00X Lieutenant Commander
McClusky, Clarence Wade, RADM, (1926-1956) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Pound, Harold Clay, LCDR, (1921-1942) OFF 00X Lieutenant
MacGregor, Stephen, CAPT, (1940-1971) OFF 00X Ensign
Maltby, Arthur, CAPT, (1940-1967) OFF 00X Ensign
McGillicuddy, Terry, CAPT, (1940-1971) OFF 00X Ensign
Ramsey, Lyle, CAPT, (1940-1963) OFF 00X Ensign
Thomas, William Nathaniel, RADM, (1918-1949) OFF 410X Captain
Bedilion, Robert William, CDR, (1918-1943) 00 00X Lieutenant Commander
Bernatitus, Ann Agnes, CAPT, (1936-1959) OFF 290X Ensign
Hittorff, Joseph Parker, ENS, (1936-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Brown, Wilson, VADM, (1902-1944) OFF Rear Admiral Upper Half
Giffen, Robert Carlisle, VADM, (1907-1946) OFF Captain
Conolly, Richard Lansing, ADM, (1914-1953) OFF Commander
DuBose, Laurence Toombs, ADM, (1913-1955) OFF Commander
McInerney, Francis Xavier, VADM, (1920-1955) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Adair, Noah, CAPT, (1931-1960) OFF Lieutenant
Duvall, William Howard, RDML, (1925-1954) OFF Lieutenant
French, John Edmund, LCDR, (1922-1941) OFF Lieutenant
Pirie, Robert Burns, VADM, (1922-1962) OFF Lieutenant
Rindskopf, Maurice, RADM, (1938-1972) OFF Ensign
LAUFF, Bernard, CAPT, (1937-1968) OFF Naval Aviation Cadet
CLARK, Charles, CAPT, (1939-1967) 00 Midshipman
Draemel, Milo Frederick, RADM, (1906-1946) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Abercrombie., Laurence Allen, RADM, (1917-1951) Commander
Denebrink, Francis Compton, VADM, (1917-1956) Commander
Fechteler, William Morrow, ADM, (1916-1956) Commander
Kyes, James Elsworth, CDR, (1930-1943) Commander
Tobin, Robert Gibson, RADM, (1917-1947) Commander
WILEY, Herbert Victor, RADM, (1915-1947) Commander
Briscoe, Robert Pearce, ADM, (1918-1959) Lieutenant Commander
Decker, Benton Weaver, RADM, (1919-1950) Lieutenant Commander
Moosbrugger, Frederick, VADM, (1923-1956) Lieutenant Commander
Mumma, Morton, RADM, (1925-1953) Lieutenant Commander
Smith, Robert Holmes, CAPT, (1919-1943) Lieutenant Commander
Adkins, James Alvin, RADM, (1930-1959) Lieutenant
Becton, F. Julian, RADM, (1931-1966) Lieutenant
Ford, Walter Chilcott, RADM, (1925-1955) Lieutenant
Gingras, Richard Hermus, LCDR, (1925-1942) Lieutenant
Hamilton, Thomas James, RADM, (1927-1949) Lieutenant
Lincoln, Horatio Alonzo, CAPT, (1930-1960) Lieutenant
Pryce, Roland Fremont, CAPT, (1927-1957) Lieutenant
Ross, Russell Roosevelt, LT, (1926-1942) Lieutenant
Fiala, Reid, RADM, (1931-1959) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Higginbotham, Grover Stanley, CAPT, (1935-1964) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Johnson, Frank Lesher, RADM, (1930-1960) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Kane, William Richard, CAPT, (1933-1957) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Loomis, Almon Ellsworth, RADM, (1929-1964) Lieutenant Junior Grade
SMITH, Levering, VADM, (1932-1974) Lieutenant Junior Grade

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