Edward C. Stephan

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Edward C. Stephan (born June 12, 1907 - September 5, 1990 in Silver Spring , Maryland ) was a Rear Admiral in the US Navy .

Life

Training as a naval officer

Stephan joined the US Navy after school and graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , which he graduated in 1929. After he initially was used as a naval officer on the USS Wyoming , a battleship of Wyoming class , and then in May 1931 as a message evaluation officer of the reconnaissance units (Scouting Force) before it aboard in June 1932 USS Lawrence was transferred. He then completed submarine training at the submarine base in New London from June to December 1933 and was later an officer on the USS Bass , a Barracuda-class submarine, from June 1934 to June 1936 . He then completed a degree at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Annapolis, which he graduated in 1937.

In June 1937. Stephan was Lieutenant in the Submarine Base New London and remained there until June 1938 when he first officer ( Executive Officer ) on the USS S-35 was a submarine of the S-Class . In June 1939 he was appointed commander of the USS S-28 , before he completed a postgraduate degree in law at George Washington University from June to December 1941 .

World War II and post-war period

After the United States entered the Second World War on December 8, 1941, Stephan became commandant of the general cargo ship USS Griffin and then of the Sargo-class submarine USS Seawolf . In September 1942, he became Lieutenant Commander in command of the USS Grayback , a Tambor-class submarine. During this time he sank the Yodogawa Maru of the Imperial Japanese Navy on May 11, 1943 northeast of the island of Manus and on May 17, 1943 the Japanese troop transport England Maru northeast of the Admiralty Islands .

In August 1943 he took command of the USS Devilfish , a Balao-class submarine, the largest class of submarines in the US Navy of all time.

In May 1945 he moved to the Department of the Navy ( US Department of the Navy ) , where he was in the office of the then Secretary of the Navy ( US Secretary of the Navy ) , James Forrestal , active. During his two years there, he served in the Ministerial Committee for Research and Reorganization with regard to the planned merger of the Ministry responsible for the three branches of service to the US Department of Defense .

From July 1947 to June 1948 Stephan was the commander of the U-boat division 82 and then coordinator for the reserves on the staff of the commander of the submarine units of the US Atlantic Fleet . In July 1949 he became the commander of Submarine Squadron 4 stationed in Key West with the rank of sea ​​captain and was then used until September 1951 in the section for submarine warfare in the office of the vice chief of Naval Operations at the Department of the Navy before becoming legal advisor to the Judge Advocate General's Corps , the chief judicial authority in the US armed forces .

In July 1953 Stephan took over the position of chief of staff at the commander of the submarine units of the US Pacific Fleet and then in January 1955 as commander of Transport Division 21, but already in February 1955 he took over the post of commander of the Amphibious Transport Wing 2. Im On January 1st, 1956, he moved to the office of the Comptroller of the Navy in the Department of the Navy , and on July 24, 1956, he took over the position of liaison officer for legislation in the Department of the Navy .

Promotion to rear admiral and awards

Rear Admiral Stephen was in September 1958 Commander of the Naval Forces in the South Atlantic (COMSOLANT) and then in April 1960 Commanding Hydrograph and thus head of the Navy Hydrographic Office in Suitland . He held this position until 1963 and was then chairman of the Deep Submergence Systems Review Group , a research group for the development of a diving bell for the deep sea, until his retirement in 1964 .

He has received several awards for his military service, including the Navy Cross , the Silver Star with gold stars instead of the second and third Silver Star, the American Defense Service Medal , the American Campaign Medal , the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal , the World War II Victory Medal as well as the National Defense Service Medal .

After retiring from military service, he moved into the private sector and became a manager at the chemical company Union Carbide and Vice President of Ocean Systems, Inc. He was also involved in the Marine Technology Society (MTS), whose first president he was elected in 1964. He held this office until 1966. He was also active as chairman of the Nassau-Suffolk Marine Resources Council .

Stephen died at the age of 83 of complications from pneumonia .

publication

  • Oceanography and Naval Warfare. A Lecture devilvered at Naval War College, January 8, 1962 , in: Naval War College Review , April 1962, pp. 20-38

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IJN Subchaser CH-38: Tabular Record of Movement
  2. ↑ KONAN MARU: Tabular Record of Movement
  3. ^ The Marine Technology Society. Highlights of 25 Years of Service
personal data
SURNAME Stephan, Edward C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American military, United States Navy Rear Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1907
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1990
Place of death Silver Spring , Maryland