Gerald F. Bogan

Gerald F. Bogan

Infobox Military Person
name=Gerald F. Bogan
born=July 27, 1894
died=Death date and age|1973|06|3|1894|07|27
placeofbirth=Mackinac Island, Michigan
placeofdeath=La Jolla, San Diego, California
placeofburial=


caption=Bogan aboard USS|Valley Forge|CV-45, April 1949
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
serviceyears=1916 - 1950
rank= Vice Admiral
branch= United States Navy
commands=
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Navy Cross
relations=
laterwork=

Gerald Francis Bogan (July 27, 1894 – June 3, 1973) was a United States Navy Admiral.

Bogan authored a confidential memorandum that was leaked by Captain John G. Crommelin during the Revolt of the Admirals in September 1949. His memo described the situation in the Navy as follows, "The morale of the Navy is lower today than at any time since I entered the commissioned ranks in 1916 ... The situation deteriorates with each press release." The memorandum was endorsed in writing by Admiral Arthur W. Radford and Chief of Naval Operations Louis E. Denfeld. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,853921,00.html Revolt of the Admirals] TIME. Monday, October 17, 1949] He retired as a Vice Admiral in 1950 at age 55 rather than transfer from command of First Task Fleet in the Pacific to commander of Fleet Air at Jacksonville, a command normally filled by a Rear Admiral. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811717,00.html Echoes of 1949] TIME. Monday, January 16, 1950]

In August 1963, Bogan was the captain of a 104 ft, $250,000, luxury yacht "Freedom II" when it sank in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles from California. The yacht was enroute from Honolulu to San Diego. Bogan and six crew members were rescued by the submarine USS|Razorback|SS-394. ["Seven Men Leave Yacht, Saved by Sub". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Friday, August 02, 1963. Page 9] According to the crew, the yacht lost a wooden plank in its hull causing it to flood and sink, though it was unclear what caused the loss of the plank. [ [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_FQOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=238DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010,980290&dq=gerald-f-bogan Probe Attributes Boat Loss Cause] . The Deseret News. August 6, 1963.]

Bogan was inducted into the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, 1992. [US Navy. [http://www.history.navy.mil/download/history/app19.pdf UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910–1995 - APPENDIX 19 Naval Aviation Hall of Honor] .] ["Namesake of O'Hare Airport joining Navy air hall of honor"; St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: May 3, 1992. pg. 6.B. (Bogan was inducted at the same time)]

Commands

{incomplete)
*Commander, First Task Fleet, Pacific, 1949.
*Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, February 1946 – December 1948. [US Navy. [http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/APP02.PDF UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION 1910–1995 - Appendix 2 - Aviation Commands] .]
*Commander First Fleet, 8 January 1949 - 1 February 1950. [ [http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/rosters/first%20fleet.htm Commander First Fleet] ]
*TG 38.2 - CV - USS|Intrepid|CV-11; CVLs - USS|Cabot|CVL-28; USS|Independence|CVL-22; 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 18 destroyers. [ [http://www.history.navy.mil/download/ww2-32.pdf "Naval Aviation in World War II"] . Naval Aviation News. September-October 1994. p 36.]

References

External links

* [http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/acsc/98-166.pdf The Revolt of the Admirals] . Andrew L. Lewis, LCDR, USN. April 1998.
*http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/B/o/Bogan_Gerald_F.htm
*http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h95000/h95745c.htm
*http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h93000/h93199c.htm
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mistcla2/obitsB.htm#Dr.%20James%20H.%20Bogan Obit of Father, Dr. James H. Bogan]
* [http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/n/Julie-Pitra-Tonner/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0087.html Family Tree Maker - Bogan, Gerald Francis]


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