Years of service 1881-1925 Rank Admiral | Name Henry Wilson | |
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Born 23 February 1861
Camden, New Jersey ( 1861-02-23 ) Allegiance United States of America Commands held USS North Dakota (BB-29)
Board of Inspection and Survey
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet
U.S. Naval Forces, France
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
U.S. Battle Fleet
United States Naval Academy Battles/wars Spanish American War
World War I Relations MG Patrick J. Hurley, son-in-law Died January 30, 1954, New York City, New York, United States Education United States Naval Academy Awards Distinguished Service Medal, World War I Victory Medal Battles and wars Spanish–American War, World War I | ||
Service/branch United States Navy | ||
Henry Braid Wilson, Jr. (23 February 1861 – 30 January 1954) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I.
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Biography
Wilson was a native of Camden, New Jersey. He joined the United States Navy in the latter part of the nineteenth century and continued to serve for over forty years. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1881, His assignments included duties as commanding officer of the USS North Dakota, inspector, senior inspector and resident of the Board of Inspection and Survey from November 1913 until May 1916, and commanding officer of the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in 1916.
During World War I, he served as commander, Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet and then commander, U.S. Naval Forces, France. After the World War he served as Commander-In-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet 1919-1921, Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Battle Fleet and later superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy 1921-1925, two notable students of his at the academy were cadets and future Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, class of 1922, and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, class of 1923. Wilson retired in 1925, following forty-four years of service.
Wilson died in 1954 in New York City; at the time of his death he was the oldest living admiral of the United States Navy.
Wilson's son-in-law was Hoover Administration United States Secretary of War and Major General Patrick J. Hurley.