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Home Town Chicago, IL
Last Address Virginia Beach, Virginia Buried at USNA Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
Date of Passing May 04, 2003
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Rear Admiral Lawrence T. Heyworth, one of the few to wear both gold wings and gold dolphins.
USS Finback (SS-230) participated in eleven war patrols in the Pacific Ocean WWII.
He was a Navy Test Pilot and candidate for the Mercury space program.
First naval aviator to enter the "Double Supersonic Club" by flying an Air Force F-104A at Mach 2.
First commanding officer of the USS America CV-66.
Other Memories Lieutenant (junior grade) Lawrence Heyworth, Jr., was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for service while on board the submarine Finback (SS-230).
