Charles K. Duncan

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Charles K. Duncan
La Jolla, California
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1933–1972
Rank Admiral
Commands heldAtlantic Command
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Second Fleet
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay
Amphibious Training Command
USS Wilson (DD-408)
Battles/warsWorld War II
Cold War
AwardsDistinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Other workBoard of Trustees, San Diego Museum of Art

Charles Kenney Duncan (December 7, 1911 – June 27, 1994) was a

U.S. Atlantic Fleet
(SACLANT/CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT) from 1970 to 1972.

Military career

Duncan was born on December 7, 1911, in

Halifax, Nova Scotia, whom he married in the summer of 1941 in Bermuda.[1]

In 1942 he was the first executive officer of the destroyer USS Hutchins (DD-476), which proceeded from the Atlantic to the Pacific, taking part in combat in the Aleutians and the South Pacific.[1] He was given command of the USS Wilson (DD-408), seeing combat in the South and Central Pacific areas.[1] During this time he was awarded two Navy Commendation medals with Combat "V."[1] Towards the end of the war he was assigned as Director of Naval Officer Procurement, Bureau of Naval Personnel, a position he held from 1944 to 1946.[1]

Following World War II, he served in various capacities such as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel 1953 to 1955, a battleship executive officer, commanding an amphibious ship and a destroyer division, and as operations officer of the

Officer Candidate School.[1]

Duncan was promoted to flag rank in the summer of 1958, and concurrently assigned Commander, Amphibious Group One from 1958 to 1959, followed by Commander, Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet from 1959 to 1961. He took command of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in January 1961, During his tenure he served as president of a Philippine charity and vice president of the Philippines Tubercular Association.[1]

As commander of the Second Fleet (right), receiving Legion of Merit from Admiral Ephraim P. Holmes, 1967.

After a stint as Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Plans and Programs from 1962 to 1964, he turned to command, as Commander, Atlantic Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force from 1964 to 1965, then commanded the United States Second Fleet and NATO's Striking Fleet Atlantic and the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Force. During this time he was promoted to vice admiral.[1] He was awarded the Legion of Merit for "exceptionally meritorious service" while Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, from June 1965 to May 1967.[2]

Duncan became Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower and Naval Reserve) and the Chief of Naval Personnel, serving in that capacity from April 1968 to August 1970, before becoming the seventh NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic on September 30, 1970, and concurrently Commander in Chief Atlantic (the United States Unified Command) and the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. As Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, he conducted the largest NATO naval exercises held until that time. He received the

Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz from Portugal. He retired from the U.S. Navy on November 1, 1972, as a full admiral.[1]

Post-military career

After retiring, he lived near

U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He eventually moved to Coronado, California.[1]

He became a member of the Board of Trustees of the

La Jolla, California.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Charles K. Duncan
  2. ^ Commander's Digest, p. 1, September 30, 1967 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Adm. C.K. Duncan, NATO Sea Commander, Dies", The Washington Post, July 7, 1994, archived from the original on October 22, 2012
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