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Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II.
Jun 25, 2011 · LORAIN — On a windy Saturday morning exactly 55 years after his death, legendary Lorain native Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, commander of the U.S. Navy in World War II, was honored with a...
After being relieved as Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral King continued to serve in an advisory capacity in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. He died at the Naval Hospital,...
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy GRADUATED from the U.S. Naval Academy in the class of 1901, Admiral King had served as a midshipman in the Spanish-American War. Commissioned Ensign in 1903, he advanced through the grades to Rear Admiral in 1933 and Admiral in 1941.
Sep 19, 1979 · Secret parts of diary kept by late Dwight D Eisenhower during World War II are highly critical of Gen Douglas MacArthur and Adm Ernest J King; are found by Rice University Prof Francis L ...
KING, Ernest Joseph FADM USN Discharged by death which recorded the end of nearly sixty years of single-minded devo tion to the United States Navy. Admiral King's death at 2:45 p.m. on that early summer Monday afternoon, from an acute heart failure brought on by high blood pressure, ended nearly nine years of deter
After acquiring unprecedented power as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King challenged the Navy Department administration—and the President—by trying to extend his power even further.
