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Weymouth following 1950 crash of his Grumman F9F Panther. Ralph Weymouth (May 26, 1917 – January 22, 2020) was a decorated Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and anti-nuclear campaigner. Weymouth was born in Seattle to Ralph Wells Weymouth and his wife Lisbeth Cunningham Sewall.
- 1938–1973
- United States Navy
- U.S. Naval Academy, 1938
25 gen 2020 · Jan. 25, 2020 | By Samuel J. Cox Rear Adm., USN (retired) Director of Naval History and Heritage Command, Curator for the Navy. It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth, U.S. Navy (Retired) on January 22, 2020 at age 102. He was the oldest living graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating ...
Ralph Weymouth. DATE OF BIRTH: May 26, 1917. PLACE OF BIRTH: Seattle, Washington. HOME OF RECORD: Detroit, Michigan. Ralph Weymouth graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class...
- May 26, 1917
22 gen 2020 · Ralph Weymouth (May 26, 1917 – January 22, 2020) was a decorated Vice Admiral of the United States Navy and anti-nuclear campaigner. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Weymouth following 1950 crash of his Grumman F9F Panther. Weymouth was born in Seattle to Ralph Wells Weymouth and his wife Lisbeth Cunningham Sewall.
8 ago 2015 · In 1950, my grandfather, Ralph Weymouth—a decorated World War II naval aviator who would become a vice admiral—stood inside the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, viewing for the first time the human cost of the atom bomb.
The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories | Oral History. Becoming a Naval Aviator. Annotation. Ralph Weymouth graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1938. He was 12 years and old living in northwest Seattle in 1929 when the Great Depression hit.
In the slanting sun, the attacking Americans had a perfect view of Hiyo and her pals—which included a battleship, a cruiser, and eight destroyers. Ralph Weymouth, an old-timer at age 27, led the SBDs at 12,000 feet. He owed his veterancy to having flown off Saratoga during Guadalcanal.
