For the Canadian kayaker, see Ken Whiting. For the United States Navy ship, see USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14).
Kenneth Whiting
Commander Kenneth Whiting aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during his 1927–1929 tour as her executive officer.
Born
(1881-07-22)July 22, 1881 Stockbridge, Massachusetts, US
Died
April 24, 1943(1943-04-24) (aged 61) Bethesda, Maryland, US
Buried
sea off Execution Rocks in Long Island Sound
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1905–1943
Rank
Captain
Commands held
USS Shark (SS-8)
USS Porpoise (SS-7)
USS Tarpon (SS-14)
USS G-1 (SS-20)
1st Naval Air Unit
Naval Air Station 14
Naval Air Station 15
Naval Air Station Norfolk
USS Langley (CV-1)
USS Saratoga (CV-3)
Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet
Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor
Patrol Wing 2
Naval Air Station New York
Battles/wars
World War I
Atlantic U-boat Campaign
World War II
Awards
Navy Cross
Legion of Honor (Chevalier) (France)[1]
Victory Medal[2]
American Defense Service Medal[3]
Kenneth Whiting (July 22, 1881 – April 24, 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator. During World War I, he commanded the first American military force to arrive in Europe for combat. After the war, he was instrumental in development of the aircraft carrier in the United States, where he sometimes is known as the U.S. Navy's "father of the aircraft carrier." He was involved in some way in the design or construction of five of the first six U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and served as acting commanding officer of the first carrier to enter U.S. Navy service and as executive officer of the first two American carriers. In the earliest days of the U.S. Navy's development of an aircraft carrier force, he led many shipboard innovations still in use aboard carriers today.
^"Larchmont Times obituary of Kenneth Whiting, April 1943". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
^"Larchmont Times obituary of Kenneth Whiting, April 1943". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
^"Larchmont Times obituary of Kenneth Whiting, April 1943". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
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