Career
Odd Isaachsen Willoch made a career in the Royal Norwegian Navy, attending the Norwegian Military Academy and studying radio technology in the United Kingdom. Before the Second World War he commanded the offshore patrol vessels Fridtjof Nansen and Michael Sars. In 1928 Willoch took part in the search for the Latham 47 flying boat that had disappeared over the Barents Sea while carrying the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
By 1940 he had reached the rank of Captain (kommandørkaptein) and commanded the coastal defence ship HNoMS Eidsvold in 1940.
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