Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1877, June 21 | Born, Walla Walla, Washington Territory |
| 1896 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty on board the Massachusetts |
| 1898 | Commissioned ensign Duty on board the Maple, Independence, and Yorktown |
| 1898-1901 | Commanded the Albany and Iris |
| 1901-1902 | Inspector of ordnance, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1903-1907 | Commanded the Shubrick, Wilkes, and Decatur |
| 1907 | Duty on board the Nebraska |
| 1908 | Married Lily Hazard McCalla |
| 1908-1909 | Duty at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. |
| 1909-1911 | Fleet ordnance officer, Atlantic Fleet and later the Pacific Fleet |
| 1912-1913 | Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
| 1913-1914 | Aide, staff of the commander, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla |
| 1914-1916 | Duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C. |
| 1916-1917 | Commanded Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba |
| 1917-1919 | Aide, staff of the commander of the naval forces operating in Europe |
| 1919-1920 | Taught, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
| 1920-1921 | Commanded the Brooklyn and Charleston |
| 1920-1923 | Naval editor, Army and Navy Journal |
| 1921 | Transferred to retired list |
| 1921-1946 | Active duty, officer in charge of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Washington, D.C. |
| 1922 | Published The Eclipse of American Sea Power. New York: American Army & Navy Journal |
| 1924-1929 | Naval correspondent, Baltimore Sun |
| 1926-1946 | Secretary, Naval Historical Foundation |
| 1929 | Naval correspondent, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1930-1946 | Curator, Navy Department |
| 1932 | Published The Naval Genius of George Washington. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
| 1936 | Published A History of the United States Navy. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| 1939 | Published William H. Meyers's Naval Sketches of the War in California; Reproducing Twenty-eight Drawings Made in 1846-1847, with text by Knox. New York: Random House |
| 1944-1946 | Deputy director of naval history |
| 1945 | Promoted to commodore |
| 1946 | Retired from active duty |
| 1946-1959 | Vice president and chairman, executive committee of the Naval Historical Foundation |
| 1960, June 11 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |