Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1862, Dec. 7 | Born Newington, Conn. |
1884 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty in USS Tennessee as flag midshipman |
1887 | Duty in USS Thetis, North Pacific Fleet |
1891 | Sent to Venezuela and the Guianas to explore the Orinoco River as U.S. special representative for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. |
1894 | Duty in USS Essex |
1896 | Duty in USS Texas |
1897 | Duty in Massachusetts Nautical Schoolship Enterprise |
1898 | Duty in USS Wasp, Spanish-American War |
1902 | Duty in USS Mayflower |
1903 | Student, U.S. Naval War College |
1906 | Duty in USS Wisconsin |
1907 | Inspector of equipment, Force River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass. |
1908 | Married Harriet Ogden Deen |
1909-1910 | Commanded USS New Orleans, Asiatic Fleet |
1911-1913 | Commanded USS Louisiana, Atlantic Fleet |
1913-1915 | Commandant, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. |
1917-1919 | Director, U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence |
1919 | Promoted to rear admiral Commander, First Division of the Atlantic Fleet |
1920-1923 | Commandant, Eleventh Naval District |
1925 | Promoted to vice admiral |
1925-1926 | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe |
1926 | Retired from the navy |
1932, Apr. 26 | Died, New York, N.Y. |