Knight, Austin Melvin, ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1919-1920, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
Service Years
1873 - 1918
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
 Year of Birth
1854
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Ware, Ma		 Last Address
Washington, DC
Date of Passing
Feb 26, 1927		  

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United States Navy Memorial
  1927, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page


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Last Known Activity:


Austin Melvin Knight was commander in chief of the US Asiatic Fleet from 1917 to 1918. His 1901 textbook Modern Seamanship was a standard reference for over eight decades.
   
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Captain Knight was placed under arrest while on trial for culpable negligence, and his wife fell ill and died during his detainment. The court-martial also threatened to derail his previously scheduled promotion to rear admiral. His private and professional travails coupled with the perception that he had been scapegoated by the political establishment made him a sympathetic figure among his fellow officers.
   
  1899-1901, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)

Lieutenant Commander

From Month/Year
March / 1899
To Month/Year
- / 1901

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Lieutenant Commander
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Last Updated: Oct 12, 2010
   
   
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US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
Sommers, Robert Emil, LT, (1854-1907) [Other Service Rank]
McNair, Frederick, RADM, (1857-1900) Rear Admiral Lower Half
Loomis, Joel Porter, RDML, (1864-1901) Captain
Colahan, Charles Ellwood, CDR, (1869-1904) Commander
Wainwright, Richard, RADM, (1868-1911) Commander
Wainwright, Richard, RADM, (1868-1911) Lieutenant Commander
Williams, Clarence Stewart, ADM, (1884-1927) Lieutenant Commander
Blow, George Preston, LT, (1876-1900) Lieutenant
Irwin, Noble Edward, RADM, (1891-1933) Lieutenant
Jewell, Charles Thomas, CDR, (1892-1909) Lieutenant
Pratt, William Veazie, ADM, (1886-1933) Lieutenant
Ziegemeier, Henry Joseph, RADM, (1890-1930) Lieutenant
Mustin, Henry Croskey, CAPT, (1896-1923) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Belknap Jr., Charles, LCDR, (1903-1919) Midshipman
Bowen, Harold, VADM, (1905-1947) Midshipman
Carpenter, Reginald Thorne, Mid, (1900-1902) Midshipman
Kalbfus, Edward, ADM, (1895-1941) Midshipman
Land, Emory Scott, VADM, (1893-1937) Midshipman
Leary, Herbert Fairfax, VADM, (1905-1945) Midshipman
ROBINSON, Samuel, ADM, (1903-1946) Midshipman
Stark, Harold Rainsford, ADM, (1905-1946) Midshipman
Taussig Sr., Joseph Knefler, VADM, (1899-1947) Midshipman
WESTERVELT, George Conrad, CAPT, (1903-1927) Midshipman
Wood, Welborn Cicero, Mid, (1898-1899) Midshipman
Sommers, Robert Emil, LT, (1854-1907) 00 00E Lieutenant
TOWNSEND, Lloyd, CDR, (1906-1926) 00 Midshipman
Grant, Albert Weston, VADM, (1877-1920) Lieutenant Commander
Christy, Harley Hannibal, VADM, (1891-1934) Lieutenant
Eberle, Edward Walter, ADM, (1885-1928) Lieutenant

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