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| 54k | Rear Admiral Henry Maston Mullinnix was born on 4 July 1892 in Spencer, Ind., and graduated first in his Naval Academy Class of 1916. He served in Balch (Destroyer #50), engaged in patrol and escort duty off Ireland during World War I. Following service in Gridley (DD-92) and Brooks (DD-232), he completed work in aeronautical engineering at Annapolis and MIT, receiving an M.S. degree in 1923. After flight training at Pensacola, Fla., he was designated naval aviator on 11 January 1924. He was one of those mainly responsible for developing the air-cooled engine for naval aircraft. Between 1924 and 1941, besides various shore duties, he served in Saratoga (CV-3, as assembly & repair officer; assistant air officer; and commanding officer of her bombing squadron, VB-2B), Wright (AV-1), and was the first commanding officer of Albemarle (AV-5). Mullinnix commanded Saratoga from 7 April 1943, until 22 August, when he was transferred to duty with a carrier division, with the rank of rear admiral. Rear Admiral Mullinnix was ComCarDiv 24, on board Liscome Bay, when she was torpedoed and sunk off Makin Island, in the Gilberts, 24 November 1943. He was reported as "Missing In Action" and declared dead one year later. Henry M. Mullinnix was posthumously awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of his "outstanding initiative and superior executive ability." | Fabio Peña | |
| 52k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 121k | Undated image from the NAVSEA Journal. | Bob Bush | |
| 41k | Undated aerial view, location unknown. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 34k | Undated, location unknown. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 51k | Undated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 88k | U.S. Naval Station Trinidad T.W.I. 26 June 1958 | James C. Young ETR2 58-59 | |
| 48k | New York July 1962. | Marc Piché | |
| 46k | San Juan during Cuba Crisis, Nov. 1962. USS Mullinix and USS Lester (DE-1022). | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 15k | Refueling from the USS Intrepid (CV-11), March 1963. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 32k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 49k | Ron with USS Fletcher (DD-445) in background, March 1963.. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 61k | Shakedown cruise, anchored in harbor at Gitmo Cuba, Aug 1963. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 21k | Underway in heavy weather south of Jamaica, October 1963. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 16k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 13k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 13k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 13k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 19k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 50k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 33k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 51k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 36k | As above. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 33k | Captain's Gig, Hamilton, Bermuda April 1964. | Ron Zimmerman | |
| 215k | NOB Norfolk, August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| 27k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 36k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 31k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
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