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    1938; and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (CINCUS) from 1938 to 1940. Claude C. Bloch was born on July 12, 1878, in Woodbury, Kentucky, to a Jewish family...
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  • rabbi Charles E. Bloch (1861–1940), American publisher Claude Bloch (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), American...
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    Hawaii was the Fourteenth Naval District, commanded by Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch. United States Pacific Fleet – Commander: Admiral Husband E. Kimmel...
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    USS Austin (DE-15) Matthew Axelson Edward L. Beach Jr. Richard Halsey Best Claude C. Bloch John Bradley William F. Bringle Robert P. Briscoe William H. Brockman...
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    was launched on 25 May 1939, sponsored by Mrs. Augusta K. Bloch, wife of Admiral Claude C. Bloch, Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet, and commissioned...
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  • 1916–1920 Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay Jr., 1920–1923 Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch, 1923–1927 Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, 1927–1931 Rear Admiral Edgar...
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  • 26 February 1934 – June 1936 Arthur J. Hepburn 24 June 1936 – 1938 Claude C. Bloch 1938–6 January 1940 James O. Richardson 6 January 1940 – January 5...
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    line, including 16.0% of under eighteens and 50.0% of those over 64. Claude C. Bloch, admiral who commanded the local Naval District at Pearl Harbor at...
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    Alexander relieved Baum as captain, and, 15 days later, Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch relieved Pettengill. During gunnery practice on 24 July, the combustion...
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    (1875–1959) March 30, 1936 December 31, 1936 276 days 25 Bloch, Claude CharlesAdmiral Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967) December 31, 1936 January 29, 1938 1 year...
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    transport. She commissioned as Plattsburg on 24 May 1918 and commanded by Claude C. Bloch. Plattsburg made four voyages from New York to Liverpool transporting...
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  • Marine Corps Brigadier General and Delegate to Congress from Guam Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), US Navy Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda (1939–1996), US...
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  • Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch Commander, Navy Pacific Fleet Air Wing: Rear Admiral Patrick N. L. Bellinger Operations Officer: Captain Logan C. Ramsey Battle...
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    and tournaments. A fireworks display on July 4 is also included. Claude C. Bloch (b. 1878 in Woodbury, d. 1967) — Admiral who commanded the local Naval...
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    Admirals Joseph M. Reeves, Harry E. Yarnell and John Halligan Jr., but Claude A. Swanson, the new Secretary of the Navy, recommended King, having been...
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  • Leahy 2 January 1937 - 29 January 1938 Admiral Claude C. Bloch 29 January 1938 - 24 June 1939 Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus 24 June 1939 - 6 January 1940 Admiral...
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    became flagship of the U.S. Fleet on 19 September, when Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch brought his flag aboard, and maintained that status until 28 December...
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    in January 1947, he thereafter resided in Washington, D.C. He and his friend, Admiral George C. Dyer, later produced a book, On the Treadmill to Pearl...
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    carrier Ranger routinely refueled their plane guard destroyers. Admiral Claude C. Bloch limited Lexington to support of the battleships during Fleet Problem...
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    Advocate General also performs other duties prescribed to him under 10 U.S.C. § 8088 and those prescribed under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The...
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    Damme, comeback is sweet". USA Today. "Jean-Claude Van Damme". Biography.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013. Bloch, Jon P.; Naser, Jeffrey A. (2006). The everything...
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    World War II. Kalbfus was promoted to admiral upon relieving Admiral Claude C. Bloch as Commander Battle Force, United States Fleet (COMBATFOR) on January...
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    American stage, film and television actor; in San Francisco Died: Claude C. Bloch, 89, U.S. Navy Admiral Pacific Ocean Park, located in Santa Monica...
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    regarded as too lenient by Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal; see Edward C. Kalbfus. Murfin and his wife Anna settled in Coronado, California, after...
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  • Guthrie, folk musician (Huntington's disease) (b. 1912) October 4 – Claude C. Bloch, admiral (b. 1878) October 9 – Joseph Pilates, physical trainer, writer...
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  • that was nicknamed the Second Great Fire of London. U.S. Vice Admiral Claude C. Bloch wrote a letter to the Navy Department complaining of inadequate defenses...
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    Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company Pogue, Forrest C. (1973). George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory, 1943–1945. New York City: Penguin...
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    battleship USS Nevada (BB-36), then served as Chief of Staff to Admiral Claude C. Bloch, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, in 1939. Theobald...
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  • Hopkins University who alerted physicians of the dangers of thalidomide Claude C. Bloch, US Navy Admiral who commanded the 14th Naval District during the Attack...
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    raid on Pearl Harbor. On April 4, 1942, Bagley relieved Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch as Commandant, 14th Naval District, and Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier...
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