Stryker, Joe Warren, 1904-1980

Joe Warren Stryker (1904-1980) was born and raised in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. He attended Culver Military Academy where he graduated from high school (1921) and subsequently was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy. Stryker graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. During his naval career, he served in the Asiatic Squadron (1927-1930) in the Pacific Islands, as communications officer in a submarine squadron in Hawaii (1935-1939), and as navigator in the USS NORTH CAROLINA (1941-1944). He also was a teacher at the Naval War College (1947-1948), was appointed to the Amphibious Warfare Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (1951-1953), and was attached to the Department of Defense in the office of Armed Forces Information and Education (1953-1955). He served in the late 1920s and the 1930s in the battleship WEST VIRGINIA, the armored cruiser PITTSBURGH, and the destroyers HULBERT and TRENTON. He also served in the USS RAVEN (1940-1941) and the amphibious command ship, USS FREMONT (1948-1949). He retired with the rank of rear admiral in 1955. After retirement, he was trade associate for brick and tile manufacturers and developed an information service for widows of the Class of 1925 members.