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66: 331: 976: 255: 1053: 1131: 356: 136: 25: 1064:, Vice Admiral Fitch assumed duty as the superintendent of the Naval Academy on August 16, 1945, and held that post until January 15, 1947, with collateral duty as commandant, Severn River Command. The first aviator to head the Naval Academy, Fitch was instrumental in establishing the Department of Aeronautics, authorized by the Navy on November 28, 1945. 1174: 1033:(a concept which paid great dividends in interdicting Japanese shipping) and encouraged the use of specially modified aircraft to obtain photographic intelligence. In addition, for his skillful coordination of the Allied air effort in that area of the world Fitch received a gold star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal. 1147: 1067:
Subsequent to heading the academy, Fitch served briefly in the Office of the Undersecretary of the Navy before becoming the senior member of the Naval Clemency and Prison Inspection Board in March 1947. He was so serving when he retired from the Navy and was relieved of all active duty on July 1,
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sickbay—an action that "contributed in no small measure to the patients' well-being." For the leadership he exhibited during the Battle of the Coral Sea, Fitch was awarded his first
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Admiral Fitch died due to a heart ailment combined with a bout with pneumonia in Newcastle, Maine, his adopted state, on May 22, 1978, shortly before his 95th birthday.
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Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, USN, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy; With Mrs. Gwyneth Fitch, in the Superintendent's House, Annapolis, Maryland, October 1945.
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in the spring of 1930. Relieved from that billet a little over a year later (July 1931), he then began a year as commanding officer of the Navy's first
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After the armistice, Fitch again served at the Naval Academy once more before becoming, concurrently, inspector of ordnance in charge of the
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Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, USN, Commander, Aircraft, South Pacific Force, boards a PBY-5A aircraft at Guadalcanal (right). c.1943
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On September 20, 1942, six weeks after the first American amphibious operation of the war got underway at
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After serving on the staff of the commander in chief, Atlantic Fleet, Fitch assumed command of the yacht
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in late January 1942, seriously cutting American carrier strength in the Pacific at a critical period.
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in the summer of 1902 and graduated on February 12, 1906. His Naval Academy classmates included
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in the spring of 1917, Fitch continued his staff duties for another five months before joining
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in December 1941 thus found Fitch one of the most experienced carrier commanders afloat.
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Later, Fitch oversaw the early experiments in conducting night bombing utilizing
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Under Fitch's command, AirSoPac—ultimately encompassing not only Navy but
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air units—achieved great success in aiding the Allied campaign in the
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to serve as her gunnery officer for the remainder of hostilities, as that
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Fitch returned to Washington in the summer of 1944 and became the Deputy
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before reporting back to the Navy Department for a brief tour of duty in
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in January 1915, with additional duty as aide to the commander in chief.
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as commander, Carrier Division 1. The outbreak of hostilities in the
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Upon completion of the torpedo course, Fitch helped to fit out the
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followed before he received his first sea command, the destroyer
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until March 1927 as a member of the United States mission to
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He then served afloat on 87:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 1101:, is named Admiral Fitch Avenue in his honor. 1264: 1231:Superintendent of United States Naval Academy 883:in December 1941 and was later torpedoed off 8: 857:, and seven months later, broke his flag in 794:He reported for aviation instruction at the 503:(June 11, 1883 – May 22, 1978) was an 162:introducing citations to additional sources 1769:United States Navy personnel of World War I 1208:hazegray.org/danfs/ biography of VADM Fitch 1185:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 1113:in the television version of the 1976 film 845:in April 1936. Subsequently, attending the 494:United States Naval Academy, Superintendent 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 1271: 1257: 1249: 1212: 259:VADM Aubrey W. 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