Today in U.S. Naval History - March 12 1917 - All American merchant ships to be armed in war zones 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt designates Admiral Ernest J. King to serve as the Chief of ...

The year ending March 1, 1945 was “without precedent in naval history.” So wrote Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King in a cold and prideful report made public last week. In those twelve months the Navy: ¶ ...

First to sport the new five-star insigne, on the flag of his flagship* last fortnight, was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. It consisted of a cluster of five stars set so as to form a pentagon, a ...