Excerpts from obituary published in San Diego Union-Tribune on 1/24/2021:

Vice Admiral Bernard M. (Bud) Kauderer died of natural causes in Carlsbad on January 19, 2021.  He was a native of Philadelphia and was a 1953 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.  Admiral Kauderer first served as navigator in the destroyers USS The Sullivans, and then as Executive Officer in the USS Hummingbird, a coastal minesweeper.  He attended submarine school in 1957 and following qualification in submarines in USS Raton, was selected for training in the Navy’s nuclear power program.  He then served aboard the USS Robert E. Lee, USS Skipjack, and as Executive Officer in USS Ulysses S. Grant.  As Commanding Officer of the USS Barb he conducted Cold War operations in the Western Pacific.  His next assignment was to command the Nuclear Power Training Unit at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho.  He next served as Commanding Officer of the USS Dixon where he was responsible for the maintenance and logistic support of two squadrons of nuclear powered submarines.

In 1977, while serving as Chief of Staff to Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Kauderer was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral.  His first flag officer command was to Submarine Group Five in San Diego where he was responsible for the maintenance and training of three submarine squadrons and for all submarine operations in the Eastern Pacific.  In 1979 he was ordered to Washington for duty on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.  In 1981 he returned to Pearl Harbor to command the Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet with operations from the U.S. West Coast to the Indian Ocean.  In 1983 he was promoted to Vice Admiral and assigned as Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.  This assignment was unique in his service as Commander of the Submarine Forces of both fleets.  He served concurrently as Commander Submarines Allied Command, Atlantic, a NATO post.

VADM Kauderer retired from active duty on August 1, 1986.  He became a consultant to industry, academia, and government, and served as National President of the Naval Submarine League for five years.  In 1997 he was appointed to NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel where his primary focus was on radiation safety in space and on the reliability of systems in the International Space Station.  VADM Kauderer is survived by his wife of almost 67-years, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren.  He was predeceased by his son CAPT Howard Todd Kauderer.

Submitted by CDR Roy A. Mosteller, USNR (Ret)