(Battleship) 1913–1914 Served on (Destroyer) 1914–1915 Served on (Heavy cruiser) 1915–1916 Served on (Destroyer) 1916–1918 Served on (Destroyer), Ireland, "Sims' Destroyers" 1918 Trained destroyer crews, First Naval District, Boston, Mass. 1918–1919 Served on , troop transport, Europe to U.S. 1919 Served on (German ship taken over as transport) Interwar 1919–1920 Commanding (Destroyer), Adriatic, Mediterranean 1920–1921 Aide to commandant, First Naval District, Boston, Mass. 1921–1923 Aide to military governor, Santo Domingo 1923–1925 Staff, Battleship Fleet, (Flagship) 1925–1926 Staff, U.S. Fleet, (Flagship) 1926–1929 Instructor in seamanship, U.S. Naval Academy 1929–1930 Commanding (Destroyer) 1930–1931 Commanding (Destroyer) 1931–1934 Student, staff, Naval War College, Newport, RI 1934–1936 Executive officer, (Light cruiser) Pre-war 1936–1939 Operations and war plans, staff, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, (Flag) 1939–1940 Assistant hydrographer, Navy Department, Washington DC 1940–1941 Aide to Secretary of the Navy, Washington DC Atlantic 1941 Commanding Destroyer Squadron II, Atlantic, first convoy to Iceland 1942 Commanding (Auxiliary transport) 1942 Commanding (Heavy cruiser), Aleutians bombardment 1942–1943 Commanding destroyers, Atlantic Fleet 1944 Commanding Ranger Task Group Atlantic 1944 Commanded bombardment, Normandy and southern France, Atlantic Pacific 1944 Commanded Cruiser Division 13, Task Forces in 3rd and 5th Fleets, Pacific 1945 Commanded Task Force 54, Okinawa campaign, Pacific Post-war 1945 Commanded Task Forces 55 and 56, surrender, occupation of Japan 1946–1949 Commandant, First Naval District, Boston, Mass. November 10, 1973 Admiral Deyo dies in Kittery Point, Maine References External links Page with photos of various admirals, including Deyo 1887 births 1973 deaths United States Navy vice admirals United States Naval Academy alumni Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Legion of Merit People from Poughkeepsie, New York