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Chevalier, Godfrey DeCourcelles (Naval Aviator #7), LCDR.
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Contact Info
Last Address Norfolk, VA
Date of Passing Nov 14, 1922
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
LCDR Chevalier was the first US Naval Aviator to land a plane on an Aircraft Carrier - October 26, 1922
Other Comments:
Writing about a flight with Ensign Godfrey DeC. Chevalier, Arthur Ruhl of the New York Tribune wrote, "he turns an aeroplane into a sentient being as blithe and carefree as himself! We have been to another world and back [and] he still seems a little apart and resplendent, touched by the radiance of that thin, upper ether."
Connecticut Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 456' 4" (oa) x 76' 10" x 26' 9" (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 12 x 7"/45, 20 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 881.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, Newport News, VA., October 27 1903. Launched April 8 1905. Commissioned March 9 1907. Decommissioned December 1 1921. Stricken November 10 1923.
Fate: Broken Up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard in 1924.
