Raymond A. Spruance

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United States Navy admiral human military leader

Raymond A. Spruance was a highly respected U.S. Navy admiral of World War II, renowned for his calm, analytical leadership in pivotal Pacific battles.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance 4
Raymond Ames Spruance 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
academyClass United States Naval Academy ⓘ
surface form: United States Naval Academy class of 1907
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
battle Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
birthDate 1886-07-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
burialPlace Golden Gate National Cemetery ⓘ
commanded Task Force 16 at the Battle of Midway ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Fleet ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1969-12-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Monterey ⓘ
surface form: Pebble Beach, California, United States
describedAs analytical ⓘ
calm ⓘ
reserved ⓘ
education United States Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName Spruance ⓘ
fullName Raymond A. Spruance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raymond Ames Spruance
givenName Raymond ⓘ
hasChild Spruance ⓘ
surface form: Edward Spruance

Margaret Spruance ⓘ
knownFor close professional association with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
effective carrier task force tactics ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
notableFor calm and analytical leadership style ⓘ
command at the Battle of Midway ⓘ
command at the Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
positionHeld Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas ⓘ
surface form: Commander, Central Pacific Force

Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet ⓘ
President of the Naval War College ⓘ
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
serviceEnd 1948 ⓘ
serviceStart 1907 ⓘ
spouse Margaret Dean Spruance ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryukyu Islands campaign → commandedBy → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Battle of Saipan → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Operation Hailstone → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Operation Iceberg → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Pacific Ocean Areas → commander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Battle of Midway → commanderUnitedStates → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) → flagshipFor → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance → fullName → Raymond A. Spruance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raymond Ames Spruance
Golden Gate National Cemetery → hasGraveOf → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Spruance → hasNotableBearer → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Operation Galvanic → navalCommander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Operation Forager → navalForcesCommandedBy → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Commander, Third Fleet → notableCommander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Third Fleet → notableCommander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Third Fleet
this entity surface form: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
United States Third Fleet → notableCommander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
Operation Ten-Go → opposingCommander → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Margaret Dean Spruance → spouseOf → Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ