From NSL Update 02-25-2002
RADM McKnight, Jr., who made five patrols as commanding officer of USS PORPOISE earning a Silver Star and a Bronze Star during his campaign in the Pacific, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 8 at Scripps Mercy Hospital. He was 93.
Before retiring from active duty in 1959, RADM McKnight
commanded six of the 12 ships he served aboard, including the destroyer tender
Prairie in the Korean War.
His family is planning to have ashes scattered at sea from the submarine
Scranton, on which his grandson, Lt. Keith Everett, is a navigator. In addition
to his son, survivors include a daughter, Margot Everett of Casper, Wyo.; three
grandsons; and four great-grandchildren. No services are scheduled.
Donations are suggested to the Class of 1930 Fund, USNA Alumni Association, 247 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21402-5068.