Arthur Schuyler Carpender | |
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.jpg) Vice Admiral Arthur S. Carpender | |
| Nickname(s) | Chips |
| Born | 24 October 1884 New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Died | 10 January 1960 (aged 75) Washington, D.C. |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1908–1946 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Service number | 0-6600 |
| Commands | Ninth Naval District Seventh Fleet Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Squadron 31 Destroyer Squadron 32 USS Northampton USS Macdonough Submarine Division 14 USS Maddox USS Radford USS Fanning |
| Battles / wars | Mexican Revolution |
| Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Australia) Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) |
Arthur Schuyler Carpender (24 October 1884 – 10 January 1960) was an American admiral who commanded the Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II.
A 1908 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Carpender sailed around the world with the Great White Fleet. He commanded a landing force that went ashore at Puerto Cortes, Honduras in 1911, and participated in the United States occupation of Veracruz as adjutant of the First Regiment of Bluejackets in 1914. As commander of the destroyer USS Fanning in the action of 17 November 1917 during World War I, he engaged the U-boat U-58, and forced it to surrender.
At the start of World War II Carpender was Commander Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet. In July 1942, he arrived in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he became commander of Task Force 51, the naval forces based in Western Australia. In September 1942, he was appointed commander of the Southwest Pacific Force, later renamed the Seventh Fleet, and Allied Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific Area, which he led through the Battle of Buna–Gona and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. The following year he oversaw the fleet's operations during Operation Cartwheel. He commanded the Ninth Naval District from January 1944 until August 1945, retiring in November 1946 with a tombstone promotion to the rank of admiral.