John W. Wilcox, Jr.

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Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, Jr. was a native of Georgia and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy class of 1905. As commander of Battleships, Atlantic Fleet, he was lost at sea on March 27, 1942, washed from the decks of his flagship, the USS Washington (BB-56), in the North Atlantic off Sable Island.

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1. http://www.usswashington.com/moverbrd.htm

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