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Hooper, Edwin Bickford 1909-1986

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U.S. Navy officer and historian. Born 1909, died 1986.

From the description of Papers of Edwin Bickford Hooper, 1842-1986 (bulk 1931-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072188

U.S. naval officer and historian; b. 1909; d. 1986.

From the description of Papers, 1842-1986 (bulk 1931-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424356

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1909, Feb. 26 Born, Winthrop, Mass. 1931 Graduated from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1931 1936 Served on Pensacola (Heavy cruiser) 1934 Married Elizabeth Withers Patrick 1936 1938 Served on Cushing (Destroyer) 1938 1939 Attended Naval Academy Post-Graduate School and took a newly established fire control ordnance course 1940 Master of science degree in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1941 1944 Served on Washington (Battleship) Became gunnery officer in 1942 1944 1945 Executive officer on Alaska (Battle cruiser) 1945 Officer in charge of ordnance, maintenance, and improvement on the staff of Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet 1946 1947 Antiaircraft officer, Operations Readiness Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. 1947 1949 Served in Division of Military Application, Atomic Energy Commission 1949 1950 Commanding officer on Waccamaw (Oil tanker) 1950 1952 Assistant for nuclear applications, Bureau of Ordnance 1952 1953 Attended National War College, Newport, R.I. 1953 1954 Chief of staff commander, Destroyer Flotilla Three in the Western Pacific 1954 1955 Commanding officer on Sierra (Destroyer) 1955 1958 Assistant chief, Bureau of Ordnance for Research Director of research and development, Bureau of Ordnance for Research 1958 1959 Commander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-six 1959 Temporarily promoted to rear admiral 1959 1961 Director of Naval Long-Range Studies Project and first director of the Institute of Naval Studies, Cambridge, Mass. 1961 1962 Commander, Amphibious Group One Commander, Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force Commander, Amphibious Group Western Pacific 1962 Permanently appointed rear admiral 1962 1964 Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Research and Development, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. 1964 Assistant chief of naval operations (development) 1965 Deputy chief of naval operations (development) 1965 1968 Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet 1968 1969 Assistant deputy chief of naval operations (logistics) 1969 Appointed vice-admiral 1969 1970 Senior navy member of the Joint Logistics Review Board 1970, June Retired from the navy 1970, Aug. Returned to active duty as director of naval history and curator of the Department of the Navy 1972 Published Mobility, Support, Endurance: A Story of Naval Operational Logistics in the Vietnam War, 1965-1968. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy 1976 Retired from the United States Navy Published with Dean C. Allard and Oscar P. Fitzgerald The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy 1978 Published The Navy Department: Evolution and Fragmentation. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Foundation. 1986, Sept. 12 Died, Annapolis, Md. 1988 Publication of Hooper's United States Naval Power in a Changing World. New York: Praeger. From the guide to the Edwin Bickford Hooper Papers, 1842-1986, (bulk 1931-1986), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Battleships


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Fire control (Naval gunnery)


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Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943


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Logistics, Naval


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Vietnam War, 1961-1975


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