Dad was a superb person and a gentleman of the old school. It was not
commonly known that he suffered a brain hemorrhage in 1970 and continued to
serve out his tour as CINCPACFLT.

Rick

"Jim Carriere" wrote in message
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"Pechs1" wrote in message
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What rank was he when he retired?

He was a Captain. Here is something definitive that I found with google:

http://www.2000gop.com/mccain/

I'm pretty sure his dad and grandfather both made Admiral, there is a
destroyer named after one or both of them.