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Walter Anderson served with the Asiatic Squadron prior to the First
World War and there joined the cruise of the Great White Fleet. He
became an expert on gunnery and also organized the first Naval ROTC
unit, at St. Johns College, Annapolis. While serving as naval attache
in England, he was part of
the American delegation to
the London Naval
Conference. As war loomed, he supervised the expansion of the
Office of Naval Intelligence and reported regularly to Franklin Roosevelt.
Anderson commanded Battleships, Battle Force, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He later commanded the board that was responsible for acceptance trials of all new Navy ships and aircraft, then took command of the Gulf Sea Frontier.
Anderson lived to the ripe old age of 100, at which time he was the
oldest living Naval Academy graduate.
| 1881-10-4
|
Born in Carlinville, Illinois |
|
| 1903 |
Midshipman
|
Graduates with distinction from
Naval Academy. Assigned to Brooklyn |
| 1905-2-3 |
Ensigh |
|
| 1905-6 |
Galveston |
|
| 1905-12 |
Postgraduate instruction in
ordnance, Washington Navy Yard |
|
| 1907-5 |
Flag secretary, Asiatic Station |
|
| 1908-11 |
Nebraska |
|
| 1909-11 |
Naval Torpedo Station, Newport,
Rhode Island |
|
| 1911-12 |
Lieutenant |
Commander, dispatch boat Yankton |
| 1912-4 |
Flag lieutenant, Atlantic Fleet |
|
| 1912-12 |
Utah |
|
| 1913-6 |
Des
Moines |
|
| 1914-12 |
Ordnance Superintendent, New
York Navy Yard |
|
| 1916-5 |
BB Arizona |
|
| 1918 |
Executive officer, BB Arizona | |
| 1919-11 |
Officer in charge, Navy
Recruiting Burea, New York |
|
| 1920-11 |
Naval War College |
|
| 1922 |
Commander, Sinclair |
|
| 1924-7 |
Head, Department of Ordnance and
Gunnery, Naval Academy |
|
| 1927-8 |
Staff, U.S. Fleet |
|
| 1929-5-31 |
Captain |
Supervisor, New York Harbor |
| 1930-5-23 |
Officer in Charge, Naval
Ammunitino Depot, Hingham, Massachusetts |
|
| 1932-1 |
Commander, BB West
Virginia |
|
| 1934-3 |
Naval attache, England |
|
| 1936-7 |
Rear admiral |
|
| 1937-2 |
Commander, Cruiser Division 4 |
|
| 1939-6 |
Director, Office of Naval Intelligence |
|
| 1941-1 |
Commander, Battleships, Battle Force | |
| 1942-9-28
|
President, Board of Inspection
and Survey |
|
| 1944-7-17 |
Commander, Gulf Sea Frontier and
7 Naval District |
|
| 1945-4-3 |
Vice admiral |
|
| 1946-3-1 |
Retires |
|
| 1981-10-24 |
Dies |
References
Naval
Historical Center (accessed 2008-5-14)
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