Taussig Sr., Joseph Knefler, VADM

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Final Rank
Vice Admiral

Last Designator
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Last Designator Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1947, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)

Service Years
1899 - 1947

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Home Country

Germany

Germany

Year of Birth
1877

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Date of Passing
Oct 29, 1947

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His Father Rear Admiral Edward Taussig:
http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Profile&type=Person&ID=418613

His Son Captain Joseph Taussig, Jr:
http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=Profile&type=Person&ID=418611

World War I/Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations
From Month/Year April / 1917	To Month/Year November / 1918
Description Submarine Chasers operated in the Atlantic. http://www.subchaser.org/

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year April / 1917	To Month/Year December / 1918

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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Aigner, Joseph John, PO3, (1917-1919)

Austin, Henry Sloan, LT, (1910-1920)

Ayers, Albert Francis, F1c, (1917-1919)

Barkalow, Laird Holmes, S1c, (1917-1921)

Bauer, Albert, PO1, (1917-1921)

Beary, Donald Bradford, VADM, (1910-1950)

Berger, Frederick Gardiner B, LTJG, (1917-1919)

Berrien, Frank, RADM, (1900-1941)

Blakely, Sanford Rue, PO2, (1917-1919)

Brown, Wilson, VADM, (1902-1944)

Cholister, George Robert, PO1, (1916-1924)

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Durgin, Calvin Thornton, VADM, (1912-1951)

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Garland, Alexander Charles, ENS, (1918-1918)

GILL, Charles, CAPT, (1903-1939)

Hale, Arthur D., S1c, (1917-1919)

Harlow, Hamilton, LCDR, (1912-1931)

HENRY, Walter, LCDR, (1909-1930)

Holden, Carl Frederick, VADM, (1917-1952)

Holloway, James Lemuel, ADM, (1918-1959)

Ingram, Osmond Kelly, PO1, (1903-1917)

Kelley, Andrew Joseph, CAPT, (1917-1920)

Kent, Silas Stanley, LTJG, (1917-1919)

Kierstead, Edgar, S2c, (1917-1919)

La Gess, Earl, CPO, (1917-1919)

Leary, Herbert Fairfax, VADM, (1905-1945)

Loomis, Alfred, CAPT, (1917-1945)

MacKenzie, John S., CPO, (1902-1918)

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Mallon, John Vincent, S1c, (1917-1919)

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Merington, Richard Crabb, CPO, (1916-1920)

Muir, Joseph Hall Allison, S1c, (1917-1917)

Oates, Eugene Thompson, CAPT, (1911-1947)

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Phelps., John Jay, LTJG, (1898-1918)

Reno, Walter Elsworth, LCDR, (1905-1917)

Ritchie, Daniel Edgar, PO2, (1917-1945)

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Rodgers, John, CDR, (1897-1926)

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Shirm, Frederick, CPO, (1892-1922)

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