Charles Maynard Cooke papers, 1920-1964

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Summary

Creators:
Cooke, Charles Maynard, 1886-
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs relating to American naval operations in World War II, inter-Allied diplomacy in World War II, the defenses of Taiwan, and American domestic and foreign policy. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
37 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes (17.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Maynard Cooke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs relating to American naval operations in World War II, inter-Allied diplomacy in World War II, the defenses of Taiwan, and American domestic and foreign policy.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1886 December 19
Born, Fort Smith, Arkansas
1905
B.S., University of Arkansas
1906-1910
Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy
1912
Commissioned, Ensign
1913-1916
Submarine duty
1915
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade)
1916-1918
Assistant Inspector of Machinery, Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
1917
Naval member, First Naval District Section of Joint Army and Navy Survey of Merchant Vessels
1918
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant
1921
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander
1923
Superintendant and Engineer Officer, Naval Station, Cavite, Philippine Islands
1929
Promoted to the rank of Commander
1931
Promoted to the rank of Captain
1931-1933
Commander, Submarine Division Eleven, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
1934-1937
Commandant, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1936-1938
Fleet War Plans and Logistics Officer, U.S. Fleet
1938-1941
Staff, War Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
1941
Commanding officer, U.S.S. Pennsylvania
1942
Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral
1942-1944
Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet
1944
Promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral
1944-1945
Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations)
1945
Distinguished Service Medal
1946
Promoted to the rank of Admiral
1946-1948
Commander, Seventh Fleet, Western Pacific (U.S. Naval Force, Western Pacific)
1948
Transfered to the Retired List of the Navy
1950-1951
Coordinator, Commerce International China, Special Technician Program (STP) to the Republic of China (Taiwan); unofficial advisor to the government of Chiang Kai-shek
1957-1961
Director, Ingalls Taiwan Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
1970 December 24
Died
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1968.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 36 closed until 2025. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Charles Maynard Cooke papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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