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William M. Callaghan

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United States Navy Admiral (1897-1991)

United StatesLived 1897 to 1991 · aged 93
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William McCombe Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served as the first captain of the battleship USS Missouri and the inaugural commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Through the course of almost 40 years, he served his country in three wars.

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USS Missouri permanently anchored as a museum ship at Pearl Harbor in 2002USS Missouri permanently anchored as a museum ship at Pearl Harbor in 2002Japanese A6M Zero about to strike the side of USS Missouri on April 11, 1945Japanese A6M Zero about to strike the side of USS Missouri on April 11, 1945

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Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Order of the Rising Sun
Order of Boyacá
Order of the White Elephant

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José CuatrecasasAlso won Order of BoyacáJoy KogawaAlso won Order of the Rising SunKasit PiromyaAlso won Order of the White ElephantIvan ShipovAlso won Order of the Rising SunFrederik Raben-LevetzauAlso won Order of the White ElephantVirginia Gutiérrez de PinedaAlso won Order of Boyacá

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William McCombe Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served as the first captain of the battleship USS Missouri and the inaugural commander of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Through the course of almost 40 years, he served his country in three wars. His naval career began on a destroyer in the final months of World War I. Following command of the destroyer USS Reuben James and logistical work prior to World War II, he took command of Missouri in 1944.

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Lived 1897 to 1991 · aged 93
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