Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1881, May 26 | Born, Allenport, Pa. |
1898 | Graduated, Teachers College, California, Pa. |
1905 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1905-1909 | Ensign on USS Maryland |
1910 | Married Cora Grover |
1910-1912 | Commanded the USS Chicago in reserve commission, Boston, Mass. |
1914 | M.S. in electrical and radio engineering, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1914-1916 | Fleet radio officer and aide on the staff of the commander-in-chief, United States Atlantic Fleet |
1916-1917 | Gunnery officer on USS South Carolina and USS Nevada |
1918 | Gunnery observer on USS New York, operating in European waters Gunnery observer in the war zone with the British Grand First Fleet |
1919-1920 | Chief of Fire Control Section, Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington D.C. Introduced synchronous fire control system and remote control of guns by power |
1921-1923 | Aide on the staff and fleet gunnery officer to the commander-in-chief, United States Pacific Fleet |
1923-1926 | Served in office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
1926-1928 | Executive officer of USS West Virginia Captain of USS Neches Division commander of six destroyers in the Pacific |
1928-1931 | Chief of Policy and Liaison Section, Office of Island Government, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
1931-1933 | Commander of USS Marblehead |
1934-1936 | Inspector of ordnance in charge, Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va. |
1937-1941 | Promoted to rear admiral and chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. |
1941, Feb.-Dec. | Commander of Minecraft Battle Force, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; engaged in defense of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, when his flagship, the USS Oglala, was strafed and torpedoed by the Japanese |
1941, Dec.-1945 | Commander of navy yard at Pearl Harbor; charged with salvaging and repairing ships sunk during Japanese attack and returning them for use in the Pacific war |
1944 | Awarded Legion of Merit |
1945 | Awarded Gold Star in lieu of second Legion of Merit |
1946 | Retired from United States Navy |
1949 | Elected commander-in-chief of the Military Order of the World Wars |
1950 | Presented with the Freedom Foundation award |
1976, June 2 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |
1981 | Published So Proudly We Hail: The History of the United States Flag. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press |