plane crash in 1938. His youngest son, Lieutenant Commander John Briscoe Pye, served on the submarine on her 13th and final war patrol. Swordfish was lost with all hands on 12 January 1945, off Kyushu, Japan. References 1880 births 1959 deaths Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy admirals United States Navy World War II admirals Presidents of the Naval War College Military personnel from Minneapolis Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Naval War College alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit 20th-century American academics