Charles "Soc" Horatio McMorris (August 31, 1890-1954) was an American rear admiral during World War II, most notably commanding forces at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands and Aleutian Islands. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Charles McMorris Boshiro Hosogaya Strength 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers Casualties 1 cruiser damaged, 1 destroyer damaged 1 cruiser damaged The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II. It took place on 26... Combatants United States, Canada Japan Commanders Thomas C. Kinkaid (navy) Francis W. Rockwell (landings) Albert E. Brown (army) Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. ...

Born in Wetumpka, Alabama, McMorris attended public schools in Wetumpka for several years before entering the U.S. Naval Academy on June 26, 1908. Graduating fifth in his class from the United States Naval Academy on June 8, 1912, McMorris served as an ensign aboard several battleships including the USS Delaware, USS Montana and the USS New Hampshire later taking part in the occupation of Vera Cruz in 1914, as part of the United State's intervention into Mexico. He would also serve aboard the battleship USS Maryland which salvaged the USS F-4 following its sinking off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii in 1915. Wetumpka is a city in Elmore County, Alabama, United States. ... The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is in Annapolis, Maryland, near Washington D.C. The Academy often is referred to simply as Annapolis although naval officers normally refer to it in conversation... There have been at least six United States Navy ships named Delaware, after the 1st state of the Union. ... Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Montana in honor of the 41st state. ... Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name New Hampshire, after the ninth state, as well as another that was never completed. ... See: Veracruz (city) (Mexico) Veracruz (state) (Mexico) Vera Cruz, Indiana Vera Cruz, Bahia, Brazil Vera Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Maryland in honor of the seventh state. ... USS F-4 (SS-23) was a F-class submarine, Her keel was laid down by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington She was originally named Skate, making her the first ship of the United States Navy named for the skate, a saltwater fish of the ray family, with... Nickname: Sheltered Bay Location within the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii Coordinates: Country United States State Hawaii County City and County of Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann Area    - City 105 mi² / 272. ...

A junior officer during World War I, McMorris saw combat in the Atlantic aboard the destroyers USS Shaw and USS Meredith before his promotion to Lieutenant in 1918. During the inter-war years, McMorris was stationed in various sea and shore posts before his graduation from the Naval War College in 1938, serving as operations offer to the Hawaiian based US fleet from 1939 until 1941. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... Two United States Navy destroyers have been named USS Shaw, after John Shaw, a notable officer in the early days of the Navy. ... Four United States Navy ships have borne the name Meredith, in honor of Jonathan Meredith, a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during the First Barbary War. ...

Appointed war plans officer to the Pacific Fleet following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he remained in this post until April 1942 when he was assigned command of Cruiser Task Force 8 led by the cruiser USS San Francisco. After engaging the Imperial Japanese Navy several times in the Aleutian Islands campaign, specifically at the Battle of the Komandorski Islands and Battle of the Aleutian Islands (as well winning distinction for bravery and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal during a skirmish on October 11-12, 1943), McMorris was named Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet in June 1943, as well as a personal advisor to Admiral Chester Nimitz (during which he would later be awarded the Gold Star), a post in which he would remain until the end of the war. Briefly serving as Vice Admiral from September 23, 1944 until July 1948, McMorris would serve as commander of the US 4th Fleet and President of the General Board before assuming command of Pearl Harbor's Fourth Naval District on August 25, 1948. McMorris would eventually command the Pearl Harbor naval base before retiring to Marietta, Pennsylvania, where he lived until his death in 1954. See USS San Francisco for other ships of the same name. ... Aleutians seen from space The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, island) are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900... Combatants United States Japan Commanders Charles McMorris Boshiro Hosogaya Strength 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers 4 cruisers, 4 destroyers Casualties 1 cruiser damaged, 1 destroyer damaged 1 cruiser damaged The Battle of the Komandorski Islands was one of the most unusual engagements of World War II. It took place on 26... Combatants United States, Canada Japan Commanders Thomas C. Kinkaid (navy) Francis W. Rockwell (landings) Albert E. Brown (army) Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. ... The Distinguished Service Medal is a high level military and civilian decoration of the United States of America which is issued for meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United States armed forces. ... Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was the Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II. He was the United States leading authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navys Bureau of Navigation in 1939. ... The Gold Star is the highest decoration of excellence in the Soviet Union and Russia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... Marietta is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. ...

The USS McMorris (DE-1036) would later be named after him.

References

• Parrish, Thomas and S. L. A. Marshall, ed. The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of World War II, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978.

External links

• USS McMorris - Vice Admiral Charles Horatio McMorris, USN