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Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 - 24 April 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator. During World War I, he commanded the first American military force to arrive in Europe for combat. After the war, he was instrumental in development of the aircraft carrier in the United States, where he sometimes is known as the U.S. Navy's "father of the aircraft carrier." He was involved in some way in the design or construction of five of the first six U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and served as acting commanding officer of the first carrier to enter U.S. Navy service and as executive officer of the first two American carriers. In the earliest days of the U.S. Navy's development of an aircraft carrier forc

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  • Kenneth Whiting
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  • Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 - 24 April 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator. During World War I, he commanded the first American military force to arrive in Europe for combat. After the war, he was instrumental in development of the aircraft carrier in the United States, where he sometimes is known as the U.S. Navy's "father of the aircraft carrier." He was involved in some way in the design or construction of five of the first six U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and served as acting commanding officer of the first carrier to enter U.S. Navy service and as executive officer of the first two American carriers. In the earliest days of the U.S. Navy's development of an aircraft carrier forc
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  • 0(xsd:integer)
  • 1(xsd:integer)
serviceyears
  • 1908(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1881-07-22(xsd:date)
Commands
  • * * * * *1st Naval Air Unit *Naval Air Station 14 *Naval Air Station 15 *Naval Air Station Norfolk * * *Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet *Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor *Patrol Wing 2 *Naval Air Station New York
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death place
  • Bethesda, Maryland
Name
  • Kenneth Whiting
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
Caption
  • Commander Kenneth Whiting aboard the aircraft carrier during his 1927-1929 tour as her executive officer.
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  • 80(xsd:integer)
Ribbon
  • American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg
  • Navy Cross ribbon.svg
  • World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • American Defense Service ribbon.svg
  • World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg
Birth Place
  • Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Awards
  • *Navy Cross *Legion of Honor (Chevalier) *Victory Medal *American Defense Service Medal
death date
  • 1943-04-24(xsd:date)
Rank
Allegiance
  • United States of America
Battles
  • *World War I **Atlantic U-boat Campaign *World War II
placeofburial
  • sea off Execution Rocks in Long Island Sound
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  • Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 - 24 April 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator. During World War I, he commanded the first American military force to arrive in Europe for combat. After the war, he was instrumental in development of the aircraft carrier in the United States, where he sometimes is known as the U.S. Navy's "father of the aircraft carrier." He was involved in some way in the design or construction of five of the first six U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and served as acting commanding officer of the first carrier to enter U.S. Navy service and as executive officer of the first two American carriers. In the earliest days of the U.S. Navy's development of an aircraft carrier force, he led many shipboard innovations still in use aboard carriers today.
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