Wadleigh, John R.

This volume contains the transcript of four hours of taped interviews with Rear Admiral John Wadleigh, USN (Ret.). The interviews were conducted by Dr. Evelyn M. Cherpak, Head of the Naval Historical Collection, in May and June 1985 for the Naval War College Oral History project entitled "The History of the Navy in Narrangansett Bay."

Wadleigh discusses of early years in Washington, D.C., Haiti, summers in Jamestown, R.I., 1920s and 1930s; Naval personages, Admirals Fiske, Bush, Nicholson, Capt. A. E. Watson; Education at St. George's School, Newport, R.I. and USNA, 1937; USSTexas, USSBrooklyn and rescue of USS Squalus, 1937-1940; USS Yorktown and Battle of Midway, 1940-1942; Flag LL to ADM Tisdale, 1942-1943; Postgraduate School, Communications, Annapolis, Md., 1943-1944; USS Guam, 1945; Impressions of Admirals Nimitz and Spruance; USS North Carolina, 1946; Armed Forces Staff College; Faculty, General Line School, Newport, R.I.; CO, USSJohn R. Pierce, 1950; Staff, International Affairs Section, CNO, 1951-1953; Air Defense Command, Destroyer Force; Staff, CO, Destroyers, Newport, R.l., 1954-1959; Staff, U.S. CIC Europe, 1959-1961; CO, USS Spring­ field, 1961-1962; Assistant, Director, Defense Communication System, 1965-1967; CO, Flotilla Four, 1967-1969; CO, Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, 1969-1971; Retired, 1971; Discussion of participation in civic and navy activities and Newport's growth and development.