Deputy Commander US Pacific Fleet
David Charles Richardson (April 8, 1914 – June 13, 2015) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy .
He was a 1936 graduate of the United States Naval Academy .[1] [2]
Post Academy Duty (1936-1945) Junior Officer (1936-1939) Naval Flight Training (1940) Fighter Squadron Five Embarked Aboard Post World War Two Abstract from Naval Institute Oral History Project Source: David C. Richardson Naval Institute Oral History Project OODA Feedback Loop Diagram Helped write analysis of wartime battles ... Helped plan for NATO military structure ... Executive Officer (XO) (1950-1953) Post Korean War ComAirPac (OP-5) CinCSouth (Naples) Deep Draft Command at Sea
Cimarron UNREPS Hornet two years before HORNET side-swiped CIM during SEP-1968 REFTRA Exercise USS Cimarron (AO-22)
USS Hornet (CVS-12)
OpNav (OP-06) (1961-1964) Flag Officer Roles Commander Fleet Air Norfolk (1965-1966) Commander Task Force 77 (1966-1967) Assistant DCNO (Air) (1967-1968) Commander Sixth Fleet (1968-1970) Deputy CinCPacFlt (1970-1972) US-DoD KM-Pyramid Adaptation As Assistant DCNO (Air) (1967-1968), he sponsored adapting a DIKW pyramid to enable copiloting a JCS-WWMCCS Sea Surveillance System .
He then became Commander of the United States Sixth Fleet (August 1968 – August 1970).
This tour was notable for his role in creating the Ocean Surveillance Information System (OSIS) to help monitor Soviet naval operations.
Deputy Commander US Pacific Fleet (1970 - 1972)
He directed integration of an automated Sea Surveillance System for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Naval Control and Protection of Shipping (NCAPS) into the World-Wide Command and Control System (WWMCCS ).
Retired during 1972 but remained active in roles involving the US Naval Research Lab with SIMDIS . For example, see RSC-114 Class United States Navy torpedo retrievers . MarineTraffic is also an ASW-NCAPS derivative. (2007)
Also see: Global Command and Control System that replaced WWMCCS decision support system (1986).
Richardson died in 2015 at the age of 101.[3] His wife, Jeanne M. McHugh (1923–2014), died after 59 years of marriage.
See also References ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF). ^ "Richardson, David, Vice Adm., USN (Ret.)". U.S. Naval Institute . 21 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-18 . ^ "Obituary: David Charles Richardson (1914 - 2015)". legacy.com . July 3, 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-18 . External links GSA-AAS-SBIR / SCORE Tool success story