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Caperton, William Banks, ADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Spring Hill, TN
Last Address Newport, RI
Date of Passing Dec 21, 1941
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Admiral William Banks Caperton held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces intervening in Haiti (1915–16) and Santo Domingo (1916), and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, from July 28, 1916, to April 30, 1919. He served actively until November 12, 1921.
The U.S.S. Essex was an armed naval sloop built between 1874 and 1876 at East Boston, Mass., by Donald McKay who was world famous for his clipper ships.