Former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Thomas Hayward in 1980 during an interview with All Hands magazine. US Navy Photo
Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, who served as the 21st chief of naval operations from 1978 to 1982, died March 3. He was 97.
The career aviator rose to head a growing Navy during the height of Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and worked to professionalize a service still weighed down with problems like racism and drug use after the Vietnam War.
In a statement, Chief of Naval...