Emmett Hulcy Tidd

Emmett Hulcy Tidd
Vice Admiral Emmett H. Tidd, USN (as Commander Naval Surface Forces Pacific)
Born	(1923-10-06) October 6, 1923 (age 93) Shreveport, Louisiana
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1942-1976
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	USS Force USS Richard B. Anderson USS Charles F. Adams USS Everglades Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six/Task Group 60.2/Task Group 502.2 Navy Recruiting Command Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet
Relations	Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, USN (son) Rear Admiral Mark L. Tidd, CHC, USN (Ret.)(son)

Vice Admiral Emmett Hulcy Tidd (born October 6, 1923) is a retired flag officer of the United States Navy.

Vice Admiral Tidd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 6, 1923. After graduating from Central High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he attended the University of Oklahoma at Norman; his college time was cut short due to his early commissioning, and he completed his bachelor's degree in 1948.

Vice Admiral Tidd enlisted in the Navy Reserve as a seaman apprentice in 1942, and joined the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps while at Oklahoma University. Commissioned an ensign in 1945, he was assigned to the pre-commissioning crew attached to the destroyer USS Gyatt (DD-712), and became that ship's assistant first lieutenant and damage control officer upon its commissioning on July 2, 1945. He departed Gyatt in 1946, and left active duty to complete his degree, continuing in the Naval Reserve.

At the outbreak of the Korean War, Tidd volunteered for active duty, received promotion to Lieutenant junior grade, and was assigned to USS Frank E. Evans, which had been recommissioned for Korean War service. While aboard Evans, he participated in the Siege of Wonsan in 1951. He served in the Officer Procurement Office in the Bureau of Naval Personnel from March 1952 to April 1954, and was selected for transfer to the active duty force during this time. Upon completing his tour at BUPERS, he served as operations officer aboard USS Radford, participating in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands off the coast of China. While aboard Radford, Tidd was assigned as antisubmarine warfare and gunnery officer on the staff of Escort Destroyer Squadron One. VADM Tidd took command of USS Force in November 1956, and participated in special operations in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; he also received promotion to Lieutenant Commander during this tour. After completing his command tour aboard Force, he attended the Naval War College Command and Staff Course from August 1958 to June 1959, and afterwards served in the Strategic Plans Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the first of two tours in that division.

Promoted to commander, he assumed command of USS Richard B. Anderson in May 1961. While in command of Anderson, the ship participated in Operation Swordfish, standing duty as the standby firing ship and surface scientific camera party platform for the first-ever firing of an ASROC anti-submarine rocket equipped with a nuclear warhead. Anderson also deployed to the Eastern Pacific during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In April 1963, then-Commander Tidd assumed command of USS Charles F. Adams, relinquishing command the following June and beginning his second stint in the Strategic Plans Division. In June 1968, having been promoted to captain, Tidd assumed command of USS Everglades, followed by a tour as Chief of Staff and Aide to Vice Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, then serving as Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam. Following his Vietnam tour, Tidd was assigned to assume command of USS Columbus, but was redirected to Washington after being selected for promotion to rear admiral.