Aubrey W. Fitch
| Aubrey Wray Fitch | |
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VADM Aubrey W. Fitch, USN (March 18, 1946)
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| Born |
June 11, 1883 Saint Ignace, Michigan |
| Died | May 22, 1978 (aged 94) Newcastle, Maine |
| Place of burial | Maine |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1906–1947 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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| Commands held |
USS Terry USS Yankton USS Luce USS Mahan USS Arctic USS Wright USS Langley NAS Hampton Roads USS Lexington NAS Pensacola Patrol Wing 2 Carrier Division 1 Aircraft, South Pacific Force |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Navy Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Flying Cross Legion of Merit |
| Other work | United States Naval Academy, Superintendent |
Aubrey Wray Fitch (June 11, 1883 – May 22, 1978) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. A naval aviator, he held important aviation-related commands both at sea and on shore from the 1920s onward. He also served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
Fitch was born in Saint Ignace, Michigan, on June 11, 1883. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in the summer of 1902 and graduated on February 12, 1906. After serving the two years of sea duty then required by law before commissioning in the armored cruiser Pennsylvania and the torpedo boat Chauncey Fitch became as ensign on February 13, 1908 and served afloat in Rainbow and Concord before receiving instruction in torpedoes at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., in the school conducted on board the old cruiser Montgomery.
Upon completion of the torpedo course, Fitch helped to fit out the battleship Delaware, which commissioned on April 4, 1910 before returning to Annapolis for consecutive tours of duty at the Naval Academy, first as assistant discipline officer between 1911 and 1912 and later as an instructor of physical training from 1912 to 1913. Service in the destroyers Balch and Duncan followed before he received his first sea command, the destroyer Terry, with the 2nd Division, Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet.
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