James Lloyd "Doc" Abbot, IV (June 26, 1918 – August 10, 2012) was an American U.S. Navy admiral from Mobile, Alabama.

Abbot was the commanding officer of the attack aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, which dispatched a helicopter to pick up astronaut Scott Carpenter.

Abbot was still flying his own airplane past the age of 90 with the Federal Aviation Administration telling Abbot that he couldn't fly alone.

[3] Although he was commonly known as James Lloyd Abbot Jr., he is actually the son of U.S. Navy officer Captain James Lloyd Abbot, III (1888–1988).

[4] Abbot graduated from flight school in Miami, Florida, on November 25, 1941.