Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1863, Nov. 14 | Born, Hanover County, Va. |
1884 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1887-1890 | Duty in USS Nipsic |
1898 | Duty in USS Dorothea during Spanish-American War |
1904-1906 | Commanded USS Scorpion |
1909 | Executive officer, USS Idaho |
1911 | Commanded USS Birmingham and USS Tennessee |
1911-1912 | Commanded USS Rhode Island |
1912-1914 | Commandant, Washington Navy Yard, and superintendent, Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. |
1914-1916 | Commanded USS Florida |
1917 | Commanded Squadron No. 1, Patrol Force Married Virginia Lippincott |
1918 | Commanded Division No. 1, Cruiser Force |
1919-1920 | Commanded Battleship Squadron No. 2, Atlantic Fleet |
1920 | Commanded Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet |
1921-1922 | Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Fleet |
1922-1923 | Commander-in-chief, United States Fleet, admiral rank |
1923 | President, General Board, United States Navy |
1926-1927 | Naval adviser on American delegation to the Preparatory Commission for Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, Switzerland |
1927-1928 | United States navy representative, Three Power Conference for Limitation of Naval Armament, Geneva, Switzerland |
1930 | Naval adviser, London Arms Conference, London, England |
1938, Jan. 1 | Died, Washington, D.C. |