Ernest King

Ernest King

Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. He directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Born in Lorain, Ohio, King served in the Spanish–American War while still attending the United States Naval Academy. He received his first command in 1914, leading the destroyer USS Terry in the occupation of Veracruz. During World War I, he served on the staff of Vice-Admiral Henry T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest King has received more than 1,008,403 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ernest King is the 911th most popular military personnel (down from 890th in 2019), the 2,817th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,896th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Military Personnel.