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Last Rank
Vice Admiral
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Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
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Primary Unit
1923-1924, 00X, USS California (BB-44)
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Service Years
1891 - 1934
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Last Known Activity
US Navy Vice Admiral. Born in Circleville, Ohio, he graduated from the US Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland, in 1891. He served in a variety of warship and educational assignments and was in command of two small gunboats in 1902 and as Executive Officer on the USS North Carolina in 1910. Promoted Commander in 1915, he was in command of station ships at Annapolis, Maryland, when he was placed in charge of vessels for the Army Transport, at the Naval Academy, (1915-17). In May 1917, he was promoted Captain in command of the Armored Cruiser USS San Diego engaged in important duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports. During World War I, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for distinguished service while in command of USS San Diego which was sunk by a German mine on July 19, 1918. After the war, he was stationed at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, where he was station Commander. In 1924, he was promoted Rear Admiral, held several flag commands ashore and afloat, as well as serving at the Naval War College and other Navy boards in Washington D.C. Christy retired from active duty in October 1934, and in January 1950 was advanced to the rank of Vice Admiral on the Retired List in honor of his combat awards. He died at age 79 in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Other Comments:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6605381
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-c/h-chrsty.htm
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1898-1899, 00X, USS Detroit (C-10)
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1910-1912, 00X, USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
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1912-1912, 00X, USS Chester (CL-1)
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1913-1913, 00X, USS Brooklyn (CA-3)
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1914-1914, 00X, USS Salem (CL-3)
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1915-1915, 00X, USS Kearsarge (BB-5)
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1915-1917, 00X, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1915-1917, 111X, USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25)
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1917-1917, 00X, USS Minneapolis (C-13)
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1917-1918, 00X, USS San Diego (ACR/CA-6)
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1918-1919, 00X, USS Wyoming (BB-32)
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1920-1923, 00X, NAS Pensacola
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1923-1924, 00X, USS California (BB-44)
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