| 词条 | Robert Henry English |
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|name=Robert Henry English |birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1888|1|16}} |death_date= {{death date and age|df=yes|1943|1|21|1888|1|16}} |birth_place=Warrenton, Georgia |death_place=near Ukiah, California |placeofburial=Arlington National Cemetery |image=Robert Henry English.jpg |caption=Robert English prior to his promotion to rear admiral |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United States of America|1908}} |branch= {{flag|United States Navy}} |serviceyears=1911–1943 |rank= Rear Admiral |commands=USS O-4 (SS-65) USS Helena (CL-50) Commander, Submarines, United States Pacific Fleet |unit= |battles=World War I World War II
|awards=Navy Cross Distinguished Service Medal |laterwork= }} Robert Henry English (16 January 1888 – 21 January 1943) was a United States Navy commissioned officer who commanded the U.S. Navy's submarine force in the Pacific Theater of Operations early in World War II. English was born in Warrenton, Georgia, and he was a member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1911. Early in his naval career he became a submariner. In 1917, while commanding the submarine {{USS|O-4|SS-65}}, he received the Navy Cross for his great heroism in rescuing an officer trapped in the submarine {{USS|O-5|SS-66}} after an explosion. After a series of important assignments, he became commanding officer of the light cruiser {{USS|Helena|CL-50}}, and during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7 December 1941 was one of the first to bring his ship into action. On 14 May 1942, he became Commander, Submarines, United States Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC)), and was so serving when killed in the crash of Pan American Flight 1104 into a mountain about {{convert|7|mi}} southwest of Ukiah in Mendocino County, California, on 21 January 1943. In the accident, English and other Navy officers were passengers on a four-engine Martin M-130 flying boat, being flown by a Pan American Airways civilian crew. The aircraft — dubbed the Philippine Clipper before the U.S Navy purchased it and pressed it into service during World War II — was destroyed in the accident; all 19 aboard were killed. For his exceptionally meritorious service in his last assignment, Rear Admiral English posthumously was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Namesake{{USS|English|DD-696}}, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in commission from 1944 to 1970, was named in English's honor.References{{DANFS}} External links
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