gasoline flames, Chandler helped deploy fire hoses alongside enlisted men to stop the flames and then waited his turn for first aid with those same ratings. The admiral, his lungs scorched very severely, was beyond help. He died the next day, January 7, 1945, in spite of the efforts of the medical department. Chandler was posthumously awarded a Navy Cross (for Lingayen Gulf), a Silver Star (for Surigao Strait) and an Army Distinguished Service Medal (from General Douglas MacArthur) Admiral Chandler was buried at sea, and is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila Philippines National Cemetery. Namesakes Two ships in the U.S. Navy have been named after Chandler. In October 1945, the destroyer was named in his honor. In 1983, the guided missile destroyer was named after him. References Citations Websites Books Anon (1946). Man of War: Log of the United States Heavy Cruiser Louisville. Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Co. Morison, Samuel, Eliot, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas 1944-45, (2001) New York, Castle Books for Little Brown and Company External links – cenotaph at Arlington National cemetery – Tablets of the Missing 1894 births 1945 deaths United States Navy personnel killed in World War II Naval Postgraduate School alumni People from Annapolis, Maryland Military personnel from Maryland Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) Recipients of the Silver Star United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy rear admirals United States Navy World War II admirals