Lynde D. McCormick
| Lynde D. McCormick | |
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| Born | August 12, 1895 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, 1956 (aged 61) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1915–1956 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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| Commands held |
United States Atlantic Fleet Naval War College |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Legion of Merit (3) |
Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick (August 12, 1895 – August 16, 1956) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as vice chief of naval operations from 1950 to 1951 and as commander in chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1951 to 1954, and was the first supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the Atlantic.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland to the former Edith Lynde Abbot and naval surgeon Albert Montgomery Dupuy McCormick, he attended St. John's Preparatory School and College, a military school in Annapolis. In 1911, he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to the United States Naval Academy, where he played lacrosse and soccer and, as a first classman, was business manager of the Academy yearbook, the Lucky Bag. He graduated second in a class of 183 and was commissioned ensign in the United States Navy in June 1915.
His first assignment was aboard the battleship Wyoming, operating in the Caribbean Sea and along the eastern seaboard. In November 1917, following the United States entry into World War I, Wyoming and the rest of Battleship Division 9 (New York, Delaware, and Florida) joined the British Grand Fleet as its Sixth Battle Squadron and were present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea after the armistice.
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