Jesse B. Oldendorf

Jesse Barrett Oley Oldendorf was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. He also served as commander of the American naval forces during the early phase of the Battle of the Caribbean. In early 1942, a secret group of senior Navy officers empaneled by President Franklin D. Roosevelt assessed him as one of themost competent of the 120 flag officers in the Navy.

Jesse Barrett Oldendorf was born in Riverside, California onFebruary 1887. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1909, standing 141st in a class of 174, and was commissioned in 1911. Oldendorf served aboard the armored cruiser USS160California, the torpedo boat destroyer USS160Preble, the cruiser USS160Denver, the destroyer USS160Whipple and the armored cruiser California again, although she had been renamed San Diego. He also served on the Panama Canal hydrographic survey ship USS160Hannibal.

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