Cooke, Charles Maynard

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1886

Biographical notes:

Admiral, United States Navy; deputy chief of naval operations, 1944-1945; unofficial advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, 1950-1951.

From the description of Charles Maynard Cooke papers, 1920-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869710

Biographical Note

1886, December 19 Born, Fort Smith, Arkansas 1905 B.S., University of Arkansas 1906 1910 Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy 1912 Commissioned, Ensign 1913 1916 Submarine duty 1915 Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) 1916 1918 Assistant Inspector of Machinery, Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation 1917 Naval member, First Naval District Section of Joint Army and Navy Survey of Merchant Vessels 1918 Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1921 Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander 1923 Superintendant and Engineer Officer, Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands 1929 Promoted to the rank of Commander 1931 Promoted to the rank of Captain 1931 1933 Commander, Submarine Division Eleven, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1934 1937 Commandant, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1936 1938 Fleet War Plans and Logistics Officer, U.S. Fleet 1938 1941 Staff, War Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations 1941 Commanding officer, U.S.S. Pennsylvania 1942 Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral 1942 1944 Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet 1944 Promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral 1944 1945 Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations) 1945 Distinguished Service Medal 1946 Promoted to the rank of Admiral 1946 1948 Commander, Seventh Fleet, Western Pacific (U.S. Naval Force, Western Pacific) 1948 Transfered to the Retired List of the Navy 1950 1951 Coordinator, Commerce International China, Special Technician Program (STP) to the Republic of China (Taiwan); unofficial advisor to the government of Chiang Kai-shek 1957 1961 Director, Ingalls Taiwan Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 1970, December 24 Died

From the guide to the Charles M. Cooke papers, 1920-1964, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Taiwan. (as recorded)
  • Taiwan (as recorded)

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