Background
III, Charles Huntington Lyman, was born on November 24, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Major General Charles Huntington and Anne Blaine (Irvine) L.
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Charles Huntington Lyman. III
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Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1926. Graduate student ordnance engineering, United States Navy Postgraduate School, 1934-1937. Graduate National War College, 1948, Naval War College, 1953.
Career
Anne (Mistress Arthur P. Miller, Junior). Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1926, advanced through grades to rear admiral, 1953. Commanded destroyers in Pacific, participated amphibious operations for recapture of Philippines, during war.
Operations officer Operations Crossroads, Bikini atomic tests, 1946, Atlantic Fleet, 1946-1948.
With Bureau Ordnance, 1949-1951. Commander Destroyer Squardon 24, Pacific, Caribbean and Mediterranean, 1951-1952.
Head department strategy and tactics Naval War College, 1952-1953. United States Navy attache, London, 1953-1956.
Commander destroyer Flotilla, United States Atlantic Fleet, 1956-1957, chief of staff Naval War College, 1957-1959, commandant Fourth Naval District, Philadelphia, 1959-1961.
Commander destroyers Atlantic Fleet, 1961. Commandant 8th Naval District, 1962-1965, retired 1965. Field assistant to Presidents of the United States National Navy League, Washington, 1966-1972. captain United States Navy Academy tennis team, member Navy Leech Cup tennis teams, 1926, 27, 28, 35.
Achievements
Membership
Member Royal Society Saint George. Club: Army-Navy Country (Arlington, Virginia).
Connections
Married Marjorie Leigh Young, June 30, 1928.
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Died
December 28, 1972 (aged 69) -
Resting place
Buried United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis Doctor of Medicine -
Nationality
American