| 词条 | Alfred Winsor Brown |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Alfred Winsor Brown |honorific-suffix = |image = |caption = |order = 31st |office = Naval Governor of Guam |term_start = August 26, 1924 |term_end = August 7, 1926 |predecessor = Henry Bertram Price |successor = Lloyd Stogell Shapley |birth_date = {{birth date|1885|11|6}} |birth_place = Chelsea, Massachusetts |death_date = {{death date and age|1938|9|7|1885|11|6}} |death_place = Long Beach, California |restingplace= Arlington National Cemetery |party = |nationality = {{flag|United States}} |alma_mater = United States Naval Academy |nickname = |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{nowrap|}} United States Navy |serviceyears = 1903–1938 |rank = Captain |unit = |commands = {{USS|Tingey|DD-272|6}} {{USS|Whitney|AD-4|6}} Portsmouth Naval Shipyard {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}} |wars = World War I |awards = Mexican Service Medal World War I Victory Medal Order of Abdon Calderon }} Alfred Winsor Brown (November 6, 1885 – September 7, 1938) was an United States Navy Captain who served as the 31st Naval Governor of Guam. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907, serving aboard a number of ships in many different capacities soon after. He returned to the Academy on staff before serving as the first commanding officer of {{USS|Tingey|DD-272|6}}. From 1924 to 1926, he served as Guamanian governor before attending the Naval War College and serving on the staff of a number of high-ranking naval officers. He then served as commanding officer of {{USS|Whitney|AD-4|6}} and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Soon after assuming command of {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}}, Brown died of a heart attack. LifeBrown was born on November 6, 1885 in Chelsea, Massachusetts.[1] He married Marguerite Boynton Brown, and had four children by her: Alfred Winsor Brown, Jr., Barbara Brown, Jean Brown, and Mary Boynton Brown.[2] He was considered very religious.[2] Naval careerBrown entered the United States Naval Academy in 1903, graduating in 1907.[1] In 1906, he began service aboard {{USS|Georgia|BB-15|6}}, transferring to Asiatic Squadron and the USS Rhode Island until 1912.[1] In 1914, he transferred to {{USS|Vermont|BB-20|6}} before becoming navigator aboard {{USS|Baltimore|C-3|6}}. For 1916, he served as executive officer aboard {{USS|Paducah|PG-18|6}}.[1] In 1917, Brown returned to the Naval Academy as a staff member.[1] In 1919, {{USS|Tingey|DD-272|6}} launched with Brown in command and served with the Pacific Fleet.[2] He was stationed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility from 1923 until August 1924. He then served as Governor of Guam from August 26, 1924 to August 7, 1926.[3] While still a governor, from 1925 Brown was also a member and recorder of the Board of Inspection and Survey.[1] From 1930 to 1931, Brown attended the Naval War College, after which he served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the office of the Chief of Naval Operations.[1] He became commanding officer of {{USS|Whitney|AD-4|6}} in 1932. From 1935 to 1937, he served as Commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, before being appointed commander of {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}} in 1937.[1] Brown died on September 7, 1938 in an apartment hotel in Long Beach, California of a heart attack.[4] His funeral service took place aboard {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}}, and he was later interred at Arlington National Cemetery on September 14, 1938.[1] During his career, he earned three medals: the Mexican Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal, and the Order of Abdon Calderon.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite journal|title=Captain A. W. Brown, U.S. Navy, Detached from Command by Death |journal=Broadside |date=17 September 1933 |volume=XIV |url=https://home.nps.gov/valr/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=418464 |accessdate=24 March 2011 |publisher=United States Navy }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box2. ^{{cite book|last=Mooney|first=James|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|year=1981|publisher=Naval History & Heritage Command|location=Washington, D.C.|chapter-url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t/tingey.htm|accessdate=24 March 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5xQnWkgQ1?url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t/tingey.htm|archivedate=24 March 2011|chapter=USS Tingey}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Naval Era Governors of Guam |url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |work=Guampedia |publisher=University of Guam |accessdate=24 March 2011 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5tqqTg3k2?url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |archivedate=29 October 2010 |location=Guam |date=10 August 2010 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|title=Captain A.W. Brown of the Navy Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 September 1938|agency=The New York Times Company|location=New York City|page=23}} |before = Henry Beltram Price |title = Naval Governor of Guam |years = 1924–1926 |after = Lloyd Stowell Shapley}}{{s-end}}{{Governors of Guam}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Alfred Windsor}} 8 : 1885 births|1938 deaths|Governors of Guam|United States Naval Academy alumni|United States Naval Academy faculty|People from Chelsea, Massachusetts|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery|Naval War College alumni |
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