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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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.
   
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Winslow, Cameron McRae, ADM, (1875-1919) Vice Admiral
Winslow, Cameron McRae, ADM, (1875-1919) Vice Admiral
Fiske, Bradley Allen, RADM, (1874-1916) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Mayo, Henry Thomas, ADM, (1876-1920) Rear Admiral Lower Half
RODGERS, Thomas, RADM, (1878-1919) Rear Admiral Lower Half
Sims, William Sowden, ADM, (1880-1922) Rear Admiral Lower Half
Bristol, Mark Lambert, RADM, (1887-1932) Captain
McDONALD, John Daniel, VADM, (1884-1922) OFF 111X Captain
McDONALD, John Daniel, VADM, (1884-1922) OFF 111X Captain
Niblack, Albert Parker, VADM, (1880-1923) Captain
Pratt, William Veazie, ADM, (1886-1933) Captain
Sims, William Sowden, ADM, (1880-1922) Captain
Stickney, Herman Osman, RADM, (1888-1921) Captain
Twining, Nathan Crook, RADM, (1889-1923) Captain
Vogelgesang, Carl Theodore, RADM, (1890-1927) Captain
Cole, William Carey, VADM, (1889-1932) Commander
Craven, Thomas Tingey, VADM, (1896-1946) Commander
Harrison, William Kelly, CDR, (1887-1919) OFF 111X Commander
KITTELLE, Sumner, RADM, (1889-1931) Commander
Knox, Dudley, RDML, (1896-1946) Commander
McKEAN, Josiah, VADM, (1886-1928) Commander
Stirling, Jr., Yates, RADM, (1892-1936) Commander
TAYLOR, Montgomery Meigs, ADM, (1890-1936) Commander
Watson, Edward, CAPT, (1895-1929) Commander
Belknap Jr., Charles, LCDR, (1903-1919) Lieutenant Commander
Bryant, Samuel Wood, RADM, (1900-1937) Lieutenant Commander
Belknap Jr., Charles, LCDR, (1903-1919) Lieutenant
Pye, William Satterlee, VADM, (1901-1944) Lieutenant

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