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|name= Albert Gleaves |birth_date= {{birth date|1858|1|1}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1937|1|6|1858|1|1}} |image= File:Albert Gleaves in 1917.jpg |caption=Gleaves in 1917 |nickname= |birth_place= Nashville, Tennessee |death_place= Haverford, Pennsylvania |placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance= {{flag|United States of America}} |branch= {{flag|United States Navy}} |serviceyears= 1877–1921 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands={{USS|Cushing|TB-1|2}} {{USS|Dolphin|PG-24|2}} {{USS|Mayflower|PY-1|2}} {{USS|St. Louis|C-20|2}} {{USS|North Dakota|BB-29|2}} Commandant Naval Station, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island {{USS|Utah|BB-31|2}} Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force |battles= Spanish–American War World War I |awards= Distinguished Service Medal Army Distinguished Service Medal |relations= |laterwork= Author }} Albert Gleaves (January 1, 1858 – January 6, 1937) was a decorated admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a naval historian. BiographyBorn in Nashville, Tennessee, Gleaves graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1877. After serving on board {{USS|Hartford|1858|2}} and {{USS|Trenton|1876|2}}, he was appointed an Ensign in 1881. Assigned to many ships and stations, he commanded {{USS|Cushing|TB-1|2}} during the Spanish–American War and later the battleship {{USS|North Dakota|BB-29|2}}. Promoted to rear admiral in 1915, in World War I he commanded the Cruiser and Transport Force. For his outstanding contribution he was awarded the Army and Navy Distinguished Service Medals. In 1919 he was promoted to Admiral and commanded the Asiatic Fleet. While serving at the Naval Ordnance Proving Ground, Admiral Gleaves made outstanding contributions in the field of gunnery and torpedoes. While carrying out some tests on torpedo steering devices he changed these weapons from instruments of luck into instruments of precision. The gear which he tested in Cushing provided the imprints which made the torpedo the "terrible weapon" of World War I. In spite of a life of constant action in war and peace, he found time to write a biography of Captain James Lawrence; A History of the Transport Service, and The Life of an American Sailor: Rear Admiral William Hemsley Emory, United States Navy, from His Letters and Memoirs. After a most distinguished career, he retired in January 1, 1922. He was a companion of the Naval Order of the United States and was assigned insignia number 756. Admiral Gleaves died at Haverford, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1937, a few days after his 79th birthday. He has been quoted as saying, "To seamen a ship becomes endowed with human virtues and faults; she ceases to be a mere inanimate thing." DecorationsHere is Admiral Albert Gleaves's ribbon bar:
Namesake{{USS|Gleaves|DD-423}}, a {{sclass-|Gleaves|destroyer}}, was the lead ship of her class and named for Admiral Gleaves.GallerySee also{{Portal|Biography|United States Navy|World War I}}References{{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-g/gleaves-albert/gleaves-albert-text.html}} External linksHis memoirs, titled The Admiral: the Memoirs of Albert Gleaves, Admiral, USN, was published in 1985 by Hope Publishing House, Pasadena, California (HOPE {{ISBN|0-932727-02-6}}). {{S-start}}{{S-mil}}{{succession box|title=Commander-in-Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet|before=William Ledyard Rodgers|after=Joseph Strauss|years=1 September 1919 – 4 February 1921}}{{S-end}}{{Authority control}}{{commons category|Albert Gleaves}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleaves, Albert}} 16 : 1858 births|1937 deaths|People from Nashville, Tennessee|United States Naval Academy alumni|United States Navy admirals|American naval historians|American male non-fiction writers|American military personnel of the Spanish–American War|American military personnel of World War I|Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)|Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur|Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class|Recipients of the Order of Wen-Hu|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery|20th-century American historians |
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