John Sidney McCain, Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a four star admiral in the United States Navy, husband of Roberta Wright, whom he married on January 21, 1933, in Tijuana, Mexico. His father John S. McCain, Sr. was also a four star admiral in the Navy, and his son John S. McCain III is a US Senator representing Arizona and former Naval aviator Captain. Grandson John S. McCain IV is currently attending the United States Naval Academy. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The stars and shoulder boards of a four star admiral Admiral is a senior naval rank of the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. ... The United States Navy (also known as USN or the U.S. Navy) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... John S. (Slew) McCain, Sr. ... For McCains grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ...

Youth & Early Career

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1931. Like his father and son, he graduated towards the bottom of his class. Both he and his son were consistently in trouble with the school's authorities. Satellite photo showing Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska Council Bluffs is the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States on the east bank of the Missouri River. ... 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... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

During World War II, "Junior" – who preferred to be called "Jack" – commanded the submarine Gunnel during the Torch landings. Like many U.S. subs in the Pacific, Gunnel was attacked in error by friendly aircraft. McCain had no end of trouble with the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) diesels (which were so troublesome, in the Pacific, Sub Force members called them "whores"); at one point enroute, drive gears of all four of Gunnel's main engines went out of commission, and McCain had to rely on his tiny auxiliary for the last 1800km (1000nm). Gunnel went into the navy yard for an extensive refit, and was replaced on patrol station off North Africa by Pilly Lent's Haddo).^[1] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... USS Gunnel (SS-253) was launched 17 May 1942 by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut; sponsored by Mrs. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Free French Forces Germany Vichy France Commanders Dwight Eisenhower Andrew Cunningham Erwin Rommel François Darlan Strength 73,500 - Casualties 479+ dead 720 wounded 1346+ dead 1997 wounded Operation TORCH (initially called Operation GYMNAST) was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World... The firm of Hooven, Owens, Rentschler, and Company manufactured steam and diesel engines in Hamilton, Ohio. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided by the formidable barrier of the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... USS Haddo (SS-255), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the haddo, a pink salmon fish prevalent on the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada. ...

In June 1943, McCain on his second patrol covered the East China and Yellow Seas. He was "fearlessly aggressive", sinking two ships (confirmed postwar by JANAC): Koyo Maru (6400 tons) and Tokiwa Maru (7000 tons). Yet the return of troubles from his H.O.R. diesels cut the patrol to only eleven days, after which he was compelled to return to Pearl Harbor.^[2] Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ...

Yet Gunnel would be the first Pearl Harbor H.O.R. boat re-engined and returned to action, off Iwo Jima in December 1943). Alerted by Hypo of carriers, McCain lived a submariner's dream on the night of 2-3 December, getting a setup on Zuiho at a very long range of 5500m (6000yd, 3nm), only to have it ruined as Zuiho zigged toward. McCain fired four bow tubes, but scored no hits.^[3]; he was still one of only a handful of U.S. skippers for the duration of the war to get such an opportunity. This does not cite its references or sources. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Hypo- a prefix meaning below, low or insufficient. ... Four aircraft carriers, Principe de Asturias, USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and HMS Invincible (front-to-back), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier, light V/STOL carriers, and an amphibious assault carrier. ... The Imperial Japanese Ship Zuihō was first laid down as the high-speed oiler Takasaki in 1934. ... Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ...

During his final patrol, on 18 March 1944 off Tawi Tawi, the main Japanese fleet anchorage in the Philippines, he got an amazing second shot at a carrier, firing from extremely long range (8200m {9000yd}); it came as no surprise when he missed and was counterattacked, facing a desultory sixteen depth charges. Then, after lying in wait four days, he had an astonishing third chance, on this same carrier; he got no closer than 10km (5.5nm).^[4] REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Tawi-Tawi Region: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Capital: [Bongao founded = [1972 Founded: {{{founded}}} Population: 2000 census—322,317 (17th smallest) Density—296 per km² (21st highest) Area: 1,087. ... Fleet may refer to: // Fleet is a geographical name: Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England a Fleet, in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways in the Thames marshes the River Fleet, a subterranean river in... Note: an anchorage is a place where a ship lays anchor. ...

Amid the May 1944 U.S. air strike on Surabaya, Gunnel lay off Tawi Tawi, in company with Robert Olsen's Angler. McCain had no success, and moved to the coast of Indochina afterward, where on 8 June 1944, he picked up a convoy, escorted, incredibly, by yet another aircraft carrier. He proved unable to approach closer than his contact range, about 28km (15nm). On his return, he was detached to new construction. In five patrols, his contribution to the defeat of Japan had been slight.^[5] USS Angler (SS-240), a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the angler, a marine fish found on both sides of the Atlantic that lies partly buried in the ocean floor enticing smaller fish within its reach by moving an... Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. ...

Post World War II Career

He was involved in the investigations that followed the USS Liberty incident. Help arrives after the Israeli attack on USS Liberty. ...

During the Vietnam War, Admiral McCain was serving as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command when his son, Navy pilot (and future U.S. senator) John S. McCain III was held in Hanoi as a prisoner of war for nearly 5 1/2 years. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... The United States Pacific Command operates from suburban Honolulu in south central Oahu at the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center. ... Alternative meanings: John S. McCain, Sr. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Ná»™i, Hán Tá»±: 河内)  , estimated population 3,145,300(2005), is the capital of Vietnam. ...

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) was named for both Admirals McCain. Categories: Stub | Arleigh Burke class destroyers ...

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