sentences:  He had a yacht, "Melinda" (named after his daughter), that he donated to the United States Navy for use as a submarine chaser.During the war, Markey rose to the rank of commodore and served as an assistant intelligence officer on the staff of Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey at Guadalcanal.After the war, he was promoted to rear admiral and he officially retired from the Navy on February 27, 1956.