| 词条 | Claude V. Ricketts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name=Claude Vernon Ricketts |birth_date= {{birth date|1906|2|23}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1964|7|6|1906|2|23}} |image=Claude V. Ricketts.JPG |image_size= |caption= |nickname= |birth_place= Missouri |death_place= |allegiance= {{flag|United States}} |branch= {{flag|United States Navy}} |serviceyears=1929–1964 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands=Vice Chief of Naval Operations |battles=World War II Cold War |awards= Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Navy Commendation Medal |relations=RAdm Myron Ricketts (son) |laterwork= }} Claude Vernon Ricketts (February 23, 1906 – July 6, 1964) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1961 to 1964. BiographyGraduated from high school in Kansas in 1922. Originally enlisted in the Navy, Ricketts attended the United States Naval Academy and became an officer upon his graduation in 1929. He was captain of the boxing team for two years at Annapolis. As a lieutenant, he was the gunnery officer on board the {{USS|West Virginia|BB-48}} during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In addition to his duties with the anti-aircraft battery, he helped attend dying captain Mervyn Bennion, with the aid of Doris Miller; assisted in counter-flooding the ship after it heeled over from six torpedoes and two bombs; and assisted in fire fighting.[1][2] He was awarded with the Legion of Merit and the Navy Commendation Medal for his service in World War II. Ricketts commanded {{USS|Saint Paul|CA-73}} during 1955. In July 1952 he became head of the Amphibious Warfare Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations under command of Admiral William Fechteler. He later became commander of the Second Fleet and then assumed duties as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations in September 1961. He succeeded admiral James Sargent Russell in this capacity. Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts died of a massive heart attack on July 6, 1964, while still in office. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service as Vice Chief of Naval Operations. After his death, the destroyer USS Biddle was renamed {{USS|Claude V. Ricketts|DDG-5}} in his honor, as was Ricketts Hall[3] at the Naval Academy. Claude's son Rear Admiral Myron Ricketts, USN Ret., designed and engineered many ships.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} DecorationsHere is the ribbon bar of Admiral Claude V. Ricketts:
See also{{S-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Vice Chief of Naval Operations| before= James S. Russell| years=1961–1964| after= Horacio Rivero, Jr. }}{{S-end}} References1. ^Pearl Harbor Battle Report http://www.usswestvirginia.org/ricketts_statement.htm {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricketts, Claude V.}}{{USN-bio-stub}}2. ^Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships history quoted at http://www.usswestvirginia.org/uss_west_virginia_history.htm 3. ^{{cite book|first1=Taylor Baldwin|last1=Kiland|first2=Jamie|last2=Howren|title=A Walk in the Yard: A Self-guided Tour of the U.S. Naval Academy|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fcOHjVRueZAC&lpg=PA113&ots=qMBBK9IyN3&dq=USNA%20%22Ricketts%20Hall%22%20%22named%20after%22%20-Bellino&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2011-06-15}} See also: United States Naval Academy#Halls and principal buildings. 11 : 1906 births|1964 deaths|Military personnel from Missouri|United States Naval Academy alumni|United States Navy admirals|Vice Chiefs of Naval Operations|American naval personnel of World War II|Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|Attack on Pearl Harbor|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery |
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