Thomas Withers, Jr.
Born(1886-05-28)May 28, 1886
Roseland, Virginia
DiedJune 25, 1953(1953-06-25) (aged 67)[1]
Coronado, California
Buried
Allegiance United States of America
Branch United States Navy
Years of service1906-1946
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands heldUSS E-1 (SS-24)
Submarine Division 4
Submarine Division 95
USS California (BB-44)
COMSUBPAC
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Alma materUnited States Naval Academy
Spouse(s)Helen Fuller[1]

Thomas Withers, Jr. (28 May 1886 – 25 Jun 1953), was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

Withers graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906. He later became qualified in and commanded submarines. At the beginning of World War II in December 1941, he was Commander, Submarine Force, United States Pacific Fleet. There he championed the reliability and efficacy of the Mark 14 torpedo, at a time when submarine commanding officers were discovering that the magnetic detonator for the torpedo were ineffective. Not very long afterward, he was reassigned to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, in 1942, where he served for the remainder of the war.[2]

Withers retired from the Navy in 1946 as a rear admiral with forty years of naval service. He died in Coronado, California, in 1953 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Adm. Thomas Withers Dies, Headed Torpedo Station". Newport, Rhode Island. Newport Daily News. 9 Jul 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Thomas Withers Jr". U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2019-12-22.


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