Editing Albert Cushing Read (section)

==Later life==
On June 24, 1924, Commander Read assumed command of both {{USS|Ajax|AG-15|6}} and the aircraft squadrons of the [[United States Asiatic Fleet|Asiatic Fleet]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5538319 |title=The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner |first=George Carroll |last=Dyer |date=1972 |page=92 |volume=1 |publisher=U.S. Department of the Navy |accessdate=2020-07-15}}</ref> He served in this position until ''Ajax'' was relieved by {{USS|Jason|AC-12|6}} in June 1925 and subsequently decommissioned in July 1925. From Oct. 1926 to May 1929 Capt. Read resided at the Historic "Connecticut House" on Norfolk Naval Base.<ref>wall plaque at Connecticut House Naval Station Norfolk</ref>{{better source needed|date= January 2024}}

Read trained [[naval aviator]]s through [[World War II]]. He was nicknamed "Putty Read" because his face rarely showed any emotion.<ref>[http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/daredevils/Atlantic.htm Century of Flight: The Atlantic Challenge]</ref>

On June 4, 1962, he appeared on the TV game show ''I've Got a Secret''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ivegotasecretonline.com/about/episode-guide/year-1962/#6-4|title=Year 1962|date=2009-03-03|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-09|archive-date=2019-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204114201/http://ivegotasecretonline.com/about/episode-guide/year-1962/#6-4|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He died in retirement in [[Coconut Grove, Florida]], on October 10, 1967.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Adm. Albert C. Read Dies at 80. First to Fly Across the Atlantic |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E1D9163DE63ABC4A52DFB667838C679EDE&legacy=true |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 11, 1967 }}</ref><ref>Cunningham p. 153.</ref> He is buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]] with his wife Bess Burdine Read (1896–1992).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgRyZWFkEgZhbGJlcnQaAWM-/|title=Burial Detail: Read, Albert C (section 2, grave 4968-7)|website=ANC Explorer}}</ref>

Read was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 1965. <ref>{{cite web |title=Enshrinee Albert Read |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/albert-cushing-read/ |website=nationalaviation.org |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref>