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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_SJohn S. McCain Sr. - Wikipedia

    John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. He was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations. [1]

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      John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22,...

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      USS San Diego (ACR-6), 28 January 1915, while serving as...

  2. navyhistory.org › 2020 › 04Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Airpower

    Apr 21, 2020 · Drawing from this in-depth knowledge of the history of naval aviation, Trimble has recently produced an outstanding account of the development of naval air power under Admiral John S. McCain Sr., father to Admiral John S. McCain Jr., and grandfather to the late Senator John McCain.

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  4. www.usni.org › press › oral-historiesMcCain, John S. Jr., Adm., USN (Ret.) - U.S. Naval Institute

    McCain, John S. Jr., Adm., USN (Ret.) (1911–1981) This interview was intended as the first in a series that would cover chronologically Admiral McCain’s entire life and naval career. Unfortunately, the admiral did no further interviews after this one.

  5. ww2db.com › person_bioJohn McCain | World War II Database - WW2DB

    Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. of US Navy Carrier Task Force 2 broke his flag aboard USS Shangri-La at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands. 28 May 1945 : Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. relieved Marc Mitscher as the commanding officer of US Navy Task Force 38; USS Shangri-La remained McCain's flagship. 4 Jun 1945

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › USS_John_SUSS John S. McCain (DDG-56) - Wikipedia

    Mark 54 lightweight torpedo. Aircraft carried. 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer currently in the service of the United States Navy. She is part of the Destroyer Squadron 23 within the Third Fleet, and has her homeport at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington .

  7. theconversation.com › obituary-john-mccain-whoObituary: John McCain, who survived torture and ran for the ...

    Aug 26, 2018 · Published: August 26, 2018 4:44am EDT. Senator John Sidney McCain III, who has died of brain cancer aged 81, was in many ways in a class of his own. A storied war veteran and 36-year fixture in...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › USS_John_SUSS John S. McCain - Wikipedia

    Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS John S. McCain, in honor of John S. McCain Sr., John S. McCain Jr., and John S. McCain III (commonly just John McCain). USS John S. McCain (DL-3) was a Mitscher-class guided-missile destroyer leader, later re-designated as the destroyer DDG-36, commissioned in 1953 and decommissioned in 1978.