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Home Town Perth Amboy, NJ
Last Address Died Friday at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington. Admiral Will, was a resident of New York City and had a home in Deerfield Valley, Virginia.
Date of Passing May 08, 1981
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Admiral John Mylin WILL, Sr., USN Ret.
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Legion of Merit Awarded for actions during the Cold War The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Vice Admiral John M. Will, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, from July 1956 to June 1959. Under his sound direction, the Military Sea Transportation Service provided timely logistic support during the Lebanon crisis in 1958, while continuing to meet its other commitments in all parts of the world. In September 1957, to insure two-ocean access to the DEW-LINE sites, he personally directed photographic reconnaissance missions over the waterways in search of likely routes for the passage.
General Orders: All Hands (October 1959) Action Date: July 1956 - June 1959 Service: Navy Rank: Vice Admiral
New York Class Battleship: Displacement 27,000 Tons, Dimensions, 573' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 10x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 56 x 4 x 21" tt. Armor, 12" Belt, 14" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,100 IHP; Vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1052.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, September 11, 1911. Launched October 30, 1912. Commissioned April 15, 1914. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken July 13, 1948.
Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Sunk, 40 miles off Oahu, July 8, 1948, by Naval Gunfire and Aircraft.
