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Holly graf biography
Holly Graf
Former US Navy officer
Holly Ann Graf is a retired United States Navy officer. Until January 2010 she was commanding officer of the Ticonderoga-classguided missilecruiserUSS Cowpens (CG-63), a major surface combatant vessel of the fleet.
She was the first woman to command a cruiser in the history of the U.S. Navy. Earlier, she had been among the first women in the U.S. Navy to command a destroyer when she served as skipper of the guided missile destroyer USS Winston S.
Churchill (DDG-81). Her personal decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star, among others.[1] Graf was relieved of command for abusive behavior unbecoming of an officer and was featured in Time magazine that characterized her as a modern-day female "Captain Bligh".[2] The U.S.
Navy forced Graf into early retirement in 2012, but allowed her to do so at her current rank of captain and under "honorable circumstances".[3]