Hewitt, Henry Kent, ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1947-1949, United Nations Command (UNC)
Service Years
1906 - 1949
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
Year of Birth
1888
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Hackensack, NJ
Last Address
Middlebury, VT
Date of Passing
Sep 15, 1972
 
Location of Interment
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
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Henry Kent Hewitt was commander of amphibious operations in North Africa and southern Europe through World War II. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1906.

Following World War II, he commanded U.S. Naval Forces Europe, advised the Naval War College, and served as a Navy representative to the United Nations. Hewitt retired from active duty to Orwell, Vermont in 1949. 

   

  1922-1923, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

Commander

From Month/Year
August / 1922

To Month/Year
August / 1923

Unit
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Unit Page

Rank
Commander

NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
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 USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Details

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max).Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 31,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., October 27, 1913. Launched 16 March 1915. Commissioned June 12, 1916. Decommissioned August 29, 1946. Stricken February 19, 1948. Fate: Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.

Type
Surface Vessel
 

Parent Unit
Pennsylvania-class

Strength
Battleship

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2019
   
   
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9 Members Also There at Same Time
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

Bryant, Carleton Fanton, VADM, (1914-1946) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Kiefer, Dixie, Cmdre, (1918-1945) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Pratt, William Veazie, ADM, (1886-1933) Rear Admiral Lower Half
Pye, William Satterlee, VADM, (1901-1944) Commander
Lawler, Robert James, CDR, (1917-1942) OFF 210X Lieutenant
Thomas, William Nathaniel, RADM, (1918-1949) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Dalton, Nat, PO1, (1921-1955) Seaman First Class
Hadley, Hugh William, CDR, (1922-1942) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Espe, Carl Frederick, VADM, (1922-1962) Ensign

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