James Wood (Canadian admiral)

Vice Admiral James Crilly Wood CMM CD (29 August 1934 – 2 March 2020) was a Canadian Forces officer who served as Commander Maritime Command from 29 July 1983 to 3 July 1987.

Wood joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1951.

[1] He became Commanding Officer of the submarine HMCS Ojibwa in 1967, a staff officer in the Directorate of Equipment Requirements at the National Defence Headquarters in 1970 and Commander of the First Canadian Submarine Squadron in 1972.

[1] He went on to be Deputy Chief of Staff (Sea) in 1974, Commanding Officer of the supply ship HMCS Protecteur in 1976 and Deputy Chief of Staff Plans in 1977.

[1] Wood died in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 2 March 2020, at the age of 85.