Ships
- USS Duluth (CL-87) Commander from 21 February 1948 · Relieved on 25 June 1949
John Joseph Hyland Jr. had Duluth (CL-87) from 21 February 1948 until 25 June 1949, the day she went out of commission in reserve. NavSource lists him as a commander at the time, class of 1934, and gives his final rank as admiral. He is not the John Joseph Hyland who commanded Nevada as a captain from 12 July 1930 to 30 April 1932. This officer entered the Naval Academy in 1930.
The caption of Naval History and Heritage Command photograph NH 69903 is the fetched account of his career. It gives no birth date, no birthplace, and no death. It does not name his parents.
The caption says he entered the Naval Academy in 1930 and was commissioned an ensign on 31 May 1934. NavSource's class year is 1934, which matches that commissioning. He served in Lexington (CV-16) in 1934 and in Elliott (DD-146) in 1936. The caption prints the destroyer's name as ELLIOT. On 12 May 1937 he was designated a naval aviator.
The caption says he served with various squadrons until 1944, when he was assigned to the Naval Station at Anacostia. For sixteen months there he was private pilot for Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. The caption does not name Duluth. His command of her is the NavSource list, and it begins on 21 February 1948, after the war. The first command line says Commander, which is the rank NavSource gives him on that date.
NavSource relieves him on 25 June 1949. The caption, which does not mention Duluth, next dates him as operations officer of Kearsarge (CV-33) from June 1949 to January 1950. He attended the National War College in 1954. He commanded Onslow (AVP-48) from August 1956 to July 1957, and in September 1958 he assumed command of Saratoga (CVA-60). The caption says he became a vice admiral on being named Commander, Seventh Fleet, on 1 October 1965. NavSource's final-rank column says admiral. No date for that rank was fetched, and the caption does not mention it. The caption says that after Saratoga he assumed command of various divisions, offices, and departments, and it stops there.