DeWitt C. Ramsey

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Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey

DeWitt Clinton "Duke" Ramsey (born October 2, 1888 in Whipple Barracks, Prescott , Arizona ; † September 7, 1961 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American admiral in the US Navy , who served between 1946 and 1948 as Vice Chief of Naval Operations and then from 1948 to 1949 in personal union both Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Command .

Life

Military training, World War I and time up to World War II

After attending school in 1908, Edwards began his military training at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , which he graduated in 1912. After his promotion to lieutenant in the sea in June 1912, he found various uses on board ships and other units of the US Navy. In 1917 he completed his training as a naval aviator, which he finished with the pilot's badge (Naval Aviator Badge) .

After the United States entered the First World War in November 1917, he served as an inspection officer for the US Naval Air Station and was then a member of the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission for the negotiations for the Compiègne Armistice in 1918 . In the following years he worked as a naval aviator on various ships and in various staff positions.

1938 Ramsey was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga offset their First Officer ( Executive Officer ) he 1939. At the end of 1939 he moved to the Bureau of Aeronautics , the authority responsible for the naval aviation associations of the US Navy, where he was initially head of the planning department before becoming deputy head of the Bureau of Aeronautics in 1941. He was thus one of the closest associates of the then head of the office, Rear Admiral John H. Towers . As such, he was one of the participants in the so-called ABC-1 talks , a series of secret talks between British and US staff officers in early 1941, during which a common strategy in World War II was discussed.

Second World War

As commander of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga , Ramsey took part in the Pacific War in 1942

After the United States entered World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by the Japanese Imperial Navy Air Force captain was at sea Ramsey on May 12, 1942 as the successor to Captain Archibald Hugh Douglas Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and remained at this post until his replacement by Captain Gerald F. Bogan on September 27, 1942. During this time he took part in the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Eastern Solomon Islands in August 1942, with he succeeded in attacking and damaging the ships of two task forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy . For these services he was awarded the Navy Cross on October 30, 1942 .

Ramsey was then commander of an intervention group (task force) , which included the HMS Victorious , an aircraft carrier in the Royal Navy , before he succeeded Rear Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. Head of the Bureau of Aeronautics on August 6, 1943 . Rear Admiral Ramsey remained in this post until June 1, 1945 and was then replaced by Rear Admiral Harold B. Sallada . As head of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Ramsey was involved in the intensive preparations for the offensive against Japan and, following the previous analysis, carried out the formulations and explanations for the participation of the naval aviation forces in this offensive. For this he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and in September 1945 the Legion of Merit .

Postwar and admiral in the US Navy

The destroyer USS Ramsey , which entered service in 1967, was named in his honor

On January 15, 1946, Ramsey succeeded Adm. Richard S. Edwards, Jr. Vice Chief of Naval Operations and thus held the second highest post within the leadership of the US Navy after the Chief of Naval Operations . He held the office of VCNO until January 3, 1948 and was then replaced by Admiral Arthur W. Radford . As Vice Chief of Naval Operations, he was specifically responsible for implementing the policy and plans to modify wartime standards to meet peacetime requirements for the Navy with a minimum of reduction in potential strength. For these achievements he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for the second time, with a gold star for the first Navy Distinguished Service Medal instead.

As the successor to Admiral Louis E. Denfeld , Admiral Ramsey became Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet USPACFLT (US Pacific Fleet) on January 12, 1948 and also took over from Denfield as Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Command USPACOM (US Pacific Command) , whereby he was commander-in-chief of the cross -armed forces regional command of the US armed forces for the Pacific and Southeast Asian region. In addition, from April 17, 1948 to May 1, 1949, he also held the office of High Commissioner for the Pacific Islands Trust Territory . On May 1, 1949, he retired as an admiral from active military service. Successor as Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Command was again Admiral Arthur W. Radford.

It was in honor of USS Ramsey , a destroyer or later frigate of Brooke-Class , which was put into service on 3 June 1967th He is also the namesake for the Ramsey Glacier in Antarctica.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commanding Officers of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) (NavSource Online)
  2. ^ Combat Narratives: Solomon Islands Campaign: I The Landing in the Solomons, August 7-8, 1942 on the homepage of the Naval History and Heritage Command
  3. ↑ Bureau of Aeronautics (Navy) on the homepage of the Naval History and Heritage Command
  4. ↑ Vice Chief of Naval Operations on the homepage of the Naval History and Heritage Command
  5. ^ Rulers.org: High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
  6. ↑ USS Ramsey (DEG 2) (NavSource Online)
personal data
SURNAME Ramsey, DeWitt C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramsey, DeWitt Clinton (full name); Ramsey, Duke (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American admiral in the US Navy
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Whipple Barracks, Prescott , Arizona
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1961
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania