Kenneth Whiting Military person

Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 - 24 April 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 22, 1881
Birth place	Stockbridge Massachusetts
Date of death	April 24, 1943
Place of death	Bethesda Maryland
Resting place	Long Island Sound , Execution Rocks Light

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allegiance	United States of America
award	Navy Cross Legion of Honour American Defense Service Medal World War I Victory Medal (United States)
military operations	World War II World War I Atlantic U-boat Campaign (World War I)
military branch	United States Navy
military command	* 1st Naval Air Unit Aircraft Squadrons Battle Fleet Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station 14 Naval Air Station 15 Naval Air Station New York Naval Air Station Norfolk Patrol Wing 2
service start	1908
service end	1943