robert, coogan, robert, paul, coogan, april, 1922, march, 2015, vice, admiral, united, states, navy, served, commander, naval, forces, from, 1976, 1980, third, fleet, from, 1975, 1976, coogan, also, served, commanding, officer, both, shangri, tolovana, command. Robert Paul Coogan April 1 1922 March 9 2015 was a vice admiral in the United States Navy who served as its Commander Naval Air Forces from 1976 to 1980 1 and Third Fleet from 1975 to 1976 1 Coogan also served as commanding officer of both USS Shangri La CV 38 and USS Tolovana AO 64 commander of Task Force 73 directing Navy actions during the Mayaguez incident in 1975 as well as commandant of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy from 1969 until 1971 He was born in Newport Rhode Island After leaving the navy Coogan worked as president of Aerojet In his later years he resided in San Diego California where he died in 2015 at the age of 92 2 3 Robert P CooganVADM Robert P CooganBorn 1922 04 01 April 1 1922Newport Rhode IslandDiedMarch 9 2015 2015 03 09 aged 92 San Diego CaliforniaAllegianceUnited States of AmericaService wbr branchUnited States NavyYears of service1943 1980RankVice admiralCommands heldCommander Naval Air Forces Third Fleet Carrier Task Force 73 US 7th Fleet USS Shangri La CV 38 USS Tolovana AO 64 References edit Reynolds Clark G 2002 Famous American Admirals Clark G Reynolds ISBN 9781557500069 Retrieved 2012 08 06 Robert P Coogan Newport RI Retrieved 14 January 2016 http www cooganresearchgroup com crg research monaghan1 txt bare URL plain text file nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the United States Navy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert P Coogan amp oldid 1175357559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
