Admiral James S. Gracey,  Commandant of the Coast Guard 1982-1986. U.S. Coast Guard photo. Washington, DC – Admiral James Steele Gracey, USCG (retired), 17th Commandant of the Coast Guard, who passed away on Sunday, 05 April 2020, in Falls Church, VA, at the age of 92. Born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1927, ADM Gracey graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1949. ADM Gracey was...