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Tisdale was the Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy when war broke out. He relieved Kinkaid as the screen commander of Task Force 16 (Enterprise) when Kinkaid was given command of the task force for the Guadalcanal campaign. Tisdale was present at the Battle of Tassafaronga, and took over tactical command after Carleton Wright's flagship, Minneapolis, was cripped by Japanese torpedoes. Thereafter he held high administrative positions.
Tisdale was an early advocate of the concept of the CIC, which he
originally envisioned as a control center for a destroyer. The concept was
quickly picked up by Nimitz
and King and extended
to the entire U.S. Fleet.
Tuohy (2007) describes Tisdale as a "competent,
no-nonsense flag officer".
| 1890-12-6
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Born at Wenona, Illinois |
| 1912-6-7 |
Ensign
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Graduates from Naval Academy.
Assigned to BB North
Dakota. |
| 1913-9 |
CA Salem |
|
| 1916 |
AC Neptune |
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| 1916-4 |
Pennsylvania |
|
| 1917-4 |
Flag secretary, Patrol Force,
Atlantic Fleet |
|
| 1917-11 |
Staff, Patrol Squadrons,
Europe |
|
| 1919-1 |
Hart |
|
| 1920-3 |
Ludlow |
|
| 1921-1 |
Staff, Battleship Division 6 |
|
| 1921-6 |
Secretary, Academic Board |
|
| 1925-5 |
Aroostook |
|
| 1926-10-23 |
Lieutenant
|
Commander, Farenholt |
| 1928-6 |
Officer in charge, Navy
Recruiting Station, Los
Angeles |
|
| 1930-6 |
Lexington |
|
| 1932-6 |
Aide, Assistant Secretaty of
the
Navy |
|
| 1933-5 |
Executive department, Naval
Academy |
|
| 1935-7 |
Commander, Destroyer Division 16 |
|
| 1937-4 |
Executive officer, Regal |
|
| 1940-11-1
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Captain |
Commander, CA Chester |
| 1941-4 |
Commandant of Midshipmen,
Naval
Academy |
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| 1942-10 |
Rear
admiral |
Commander, Cruiser
Division 4 |
| 1943-1-8 |
Commander, Destroyers,
Pacific
Fleet |
|
| 1943-4-1 |
Commander, Cruisers-Destroyers,
Pacific
Fleet |
|
| 1944-1 |
Commandant, Mare Island |
|
| 1945-9 |
Commandant, Naval Base San Francisco |
|
| 1947-2 |
Commander, Mare Island Sub
Area,
Naval Base, San Francisco |
|
| 1947-11-1 |
Retires |
|
| 1972-7-12 |
Vice
admiral |
Dies |
References
Naval
Historical Center (accessed 2008-1-28)
Pettibone (2006)
Tuohy
(2007)
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