Kenneth Whiting

Kenneth Whiting
Kenneth Whiting
	Commander Kenneth Whiting aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during his 1927–1929 tour as her executive officer.
Born	July 22, 1881; Stockbridge, Massachusetts, US
Died	April 24, 1943 (aged 61); Bethesda, Maryland, US
Buried	sea off Execution Rocks in Long Island Sound
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1905–1943
Rank	Captain
Commands held	USS Shark (SS-8); USS Porpoise (SS-7); USS Tarpon (SS-14); USS G-1 (SS-20); 1st Naval Air Unit; Naval Air Station 14; Naval Air Station 15; Naval Air Station Norfolk; USS Langley (CV-1); USS Saratoga (CV-3); Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet; Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor; Patrol Wing 2; Naval Air Station New York;
Battles/wars	World War I Atlantic U-boat Campaign; ; World War II;
Awards	Navy Cross; Legion of Honor (Chevalier) (France); Victory Medal; American Defense Service Medal;

Kenneth Whiting (July 22, 1881 – April 24, 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator. During World War I, he commanded the first American military force to arrive in Europe for combat. After the war, he was instrumental in development of the aircraft carrier in the United States, where he sometimes is known as the U.S. Navy's "father of the aircraft carrier." He was involved in some way in the design or construction of five of the first six U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and served as acting commanding officer of the first carrier to enter U.S. Navy service and as executive officer of the first two American carriers. In the earliest days of the U.S. Navy's development of an aircraft carrier force, he led many shipboard innovations still in use aboard carriers today.

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