Rear Admiral Ormond Lee Cox Rear Admiral Ormond

Lee Cox, U. S. Navy Re- tired d i d of 16 April 1968 at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. at the age of 85.

Admiral Cox served the Society at Secretary- Treasurer while a Lieu- tenant in 1913 and again as a Captain in 1928 and 1931.

After graduation from the Naval Academy, Rear Admiral Cox served con- secutively in the USS ILLINOIS, USS F'RANK- LIN, USS CHARLES- TON, and USS NEW

HAMPSHIRE, until September 1909. Following instruction in Engineering at the Postgraduate School, Annapolis, Md., he became Assistant to the Inspector of Machinery at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass., after which he joined the USS SALEM in which he served as Engineer Officer. He had duty in the Bu- reau of Steam Engineering, during 1912 to 1915. Assigned duty in connection with the machinery of the battleship NEVADA, Admiral Cox went aboard upon her commissioning and served first as Asst. Engineer Officer and later Engineering Officer while she operated with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. Detached from the NEVADA he became Engineer Officer of the Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, where he served for 3% years.

Thereafter he served as Naval Inspector of Machinery, Westinghouse Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., returning then to the Bureau of Engineering, for a tour of duty as Senior Assistant in the Design Division. Returning to sea in October 1925, he served as Division Engineer Officer and Aide on the Staff of Commander Bat- tleships Division, Battle Fleet, USS WEST VIRGINIA and later USS MARY- LAND, flagships, continuing similar duty on the Staff of Commander Battle Fleet in the USS CALIFORNIA. In March 1927 he again returned to the Bureau of Engineering to serve as Head of the Design (later Design and Construction) Di- vision for 5 years. He was Naval Inspector of Machinery, New York Shipbuild- ing Co., Camden, New Jersey, from March 1932 until August 1933 and from that year until July 1939 served as Director of the U. S. Naval Engineering Experi- ment Station, Annapolis, Maryland. Transferred for a year's duty as Naval In- spector of Machinery, Newport News Shipbuilding& Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, and in July 1940 was designated as Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Inspector of Navigational Material with additional duty as Naval Inspector of Ordnance at the Newport News Shipbldg. & Dry Dock Co., supentising the building of capital ships in that shipyard. In June of 1942, six months after the U. S. entered World War 11, was assigned further additional duty with the Bu- reau of Ships, a consolidation of the Bureau of Engineering and the Bureau of Construction & Repair, in June 1940. He continued to serve in that assignment until relieved of all active duty in 1946. He has the Victory Medal, Grand Fleet Clasp (USS NEVADA), the American Defense Service Medal, American Cam- paign Medal and World War I1 Victory Medal. He was awarded the LEGION OF MERIT in 1946.

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