John W. Wilcox, Jr.

John Walter Wilcox, Jr. ( born March 22, 1882 in Milledgeville (Georgia ), † March 27, 1942 off Newfoundland ) was an admiral of the United States Navy.

Biography

Wilcox graduated in 1905 from the United States Naval Academy, his first command in 1917 the patrol boat USS Yacona, a former yacht. From 1931 to 1934, he was sports director of the Naval Academy, between September 1940 and December 1941 Chairman of the Board of Inspection and Survey of the U.S. Navy. Subsequently, he was promoted to commander of the battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and made the battleship USS Washington to his flagship. On 25 March 1942, the Task Force 39 left the Washington the Casco Bay in Maine and ran into the North Atlantic. Two days later, Rear Admiral Wilcox was at 42 24 ' N, 6 1 34' flushed W at wind force six to seven aboard the Washington. He had stayed on deck without accompaniment. Despite an intensive search, he could not be saved, the search for his body had to be stopped. The command of the association took Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen on board the cruiser USS Wichita.