| 词条 | John Rowan (United States Navy) | |||||||||||||||
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|name= Captain John J. Rowan |birth_date={{Birth date|1919|09|06}} |birth_place= St. Paul, Minnesota |death_date={{Death date and age|2012|10|6|1919|09|06}} |image= Captain John Rowan USN.jpg |caption= Captain John Rowan as Commanding Officer, USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) |nickname= |allegiance= {{Flag icon|United States}} United States of America |branch= {{nowrap|}} United States Navy |serviceyears= 1941-1966 |rank= Navy Captain |commands={{USS|Vincennes|CA-44}} {{USS|North Carolina|BB-55}} {{USS|De Haven|DD-469}} {{USS|Blue|DD-744}} USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) ComDesRon TWO ComCruDesPac NavCommFac, London {{USS|Newport News|CA-148}} {{USS|Wren|DD-568}} U.S. Naval Academy as Assistant Chief Of Staff for Personnel and Administration Director of Naval Communications as Director of Plans and Policy Division Officer in Charge, Naval Communications System {{USS|Annapolis|AGMR-1}} |unit= |battles=World War II *1st Battle of Savo Island *2nd Battle of Savo Island Korean War Vietnam War |awards= Purple Heart with Gold Star (2) Legion of Merit Asiatic-Pacific Theater (9 Battle Stars) American Campaign Medal American Defense Service Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal Philippine Liberation Medal China Service Medal World War II Victory Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Commendation }} Captain John J. Rowan (September 6, 1919 – October 6, 2012) was an American Navy captain. Military careerWorld War IIRowan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in December 1941. His first tour of duty as a newly commissioned ensign was aboard the heavy cruiser {{USS|Vincennes|CA-44}}. He later received a citation for his participation on the Vincennes during the Doolittle Raid. When the ship was sunk in the first Battle of Savo Island, Ensign Rowan, with only a life jacket, waited five hours in the water until rescued.[1] After his rescue, he was assigned to the {{USS|North Carolina|BB-55}} for three months and then transferred to the {{USS|De Haven|DD-469}}. Eight weeks after his assignment to the De Haven, it was sunk in the second Battle of Savo Island. Ensign Rowan sustained injuries and was in the water for two hours until rescued by a Landing craft tank which the ship had been escorting.[1] After the second rescue, he spent the next seven months recuperating from injuries in the San Diego Naval Hospital. While recuperating, he met and married Miss Mary Thompson (Durham, North Carolina), who was working at the hospital. He returned to duty aboard the {{USS|Blue|DD-744}} and in late August 1945 he was the senior officer of the boarding party from the Blue that accepted the surrender of an I-400 class submarine, then the world's largest submarine. He also served on the {{USS|Lyman K. Swenson|DD-729}} and the staff of ComDesRon TWO, where he spent the remaining two years of the war and the first three post-war years. Post-World War IIAfter attending Postgraduate School in communications at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1948, Rowan was assigned to duty on the staff of ComCruDesPac in 1949 as Communications Officer and in 1952 to NavCommFac, London, as Executive Officer. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his participation in planning the move of U.S. Communications Systems from France to Germany. In 1954, he reported as Operations Officer of the {{USS|Newport News|CA-148}}, and in 1955 he assumed command of the {{USS|Wren|DD-568}}. Two years later, he reported to the Superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy for duty as Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Administration. Vietnam WarIn April 1961, after twelve months as Executive Officer of the Newport News, Rowan was assigned to duty in Washington, D.C., with the Director of Naval Communications, where he served successively as Director, Plans and Policy Division; followed by Officer in Charge, Naval Communications Systems, Headquarters Activity; and then as Director, Program Division. In September 1963, Rowan was hand picked as the prospective Commanding Officer of the Navy's first Communication Major Relay Ship {{USS|Annapolis|AGMR-1}}. He served in this position until the ship's commissioning in March 1964. At that time, Rowan became the first commanding officer of the Annapolis and served in that position until April 1965, when he was relieved by Captain John Newland.[2] As the first commanding officer of the USS Annapolis, the ship has the distinction because of his direct involvement and planning for the first "floating communications" station and first ship to transmit messages ship-to-shore via satellite.{{clarify|date=January 2018|reason=What?}} Retirement and deathCaptain Rowan resided in Springfield, Virginia, Pinehurst, North Carolina, and Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife Mary until his death on October 6, 2012.[3] He received a burial with full honors in Arlington National Cemetery on October 18, 2012. Military awards and decorationsNavy awards
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| url = http://www.uss-annapolis.org | title = USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) Association }} Notes1. ^1 Interview of Captain Rowan, 2011-10-15, Norfolk, Virginia {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowan, John}}2. ^Newland biography {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602193739/http://www.uss-annapolis.org/co_2_newland.htm |date=2012-06-02 }} 3. ^{{cite web|title=APT. JOHN JOSEPH ROWAN|url=http://www.bucktroutfuneralhome.net/memsol.cgi?user_id=761823|accessdate=15 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210903/http://www.bucktroutfuneralhome.net/memsol.cgi?user_id=761823|archivedate=4 January 2014|df=}} 9 : 1919 births|2012 deaths|United States Navy officers|American naval personnel of the Korean War|American naval personnel of the Vietnam War|American naval personnel of World War II|Recipients of the Legion of Merit|United States Naval Academy alumni|People from Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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