Feller missed about 3 3/4 seasons due to his service in the Navy.
He enlisted in the Navy immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack in December, 1941 and left the service upon the end of World War II in 1945. He pitched his first game in the 1945 season on August 24.
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Pitcher Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians who missed nearly 4 full seasons (all of 1942-1944 and most of 1945) serving in the Navy during World War II.
He didn't serve in the Navy.
U.S. Navy, 1958-1978, aircraft maintenance officer
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They are allowed on all of them. They currently serve on all but the smallest ships that do not have accomodations for them such as Frigates.