| 词条 | Henry Braid Wilson | ||||||||
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|name=Henry Braid Wilson |birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1861|2|23}} |death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|1954|1|30|1861|2|23}} |image=WilsonCoontzRodman.jpg |caption=Henry Braid Wilson (left), circa 1919 |nickname= |birth_place= Camden, New Jersey |death_place= New York City, New York |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance= {{flag|United States of America|1908}} |branch= United States Navy |serviceyears=1881–1925 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands=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=Spanish–American War World War I |awards= Navy Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) World War I Victory Medal |relations= MG Patrick J. Hurley, son-in-law |laterwork= }} Henry Braid Wilson, Jr. (23 February 1861 – 30 January 1954) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I. BiographyWilson 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 president of the Board of Inspection and Survey from November 1913 until May 1916, and commanding officer of the {{USS|Pennsylvania|BB-38|6}} (BB-38) in 1916. During World War I, he served as commander, Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet and then commander, U.S. Naval Forces, France.[1] 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. Medals and commendations
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References1. ^http://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/account-operations-american-navy-france-during-war-germany.html
before=Henry T. Mayo| title=Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet| after=Hilary P. Jones| years=July, 1919–June, 1921}}{{s-end}}{{United States Naval Academy superintendents}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Henry B.}} 11 : 1861 births|1954 deaths|People from Camden, New Jersey|United States Navy admirals|United States Naval Academy alumni|American military personnel of the Spanish–American War|American military personnel of World War I|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)|Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal|Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy |
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