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Captain Gill was born in Junction City, Kansas and entered the Naval Academy in 1903. In 1911 he was appointed as aide to Staff Commander, First Division, Atlantic Fleet and beginning in 1916 served as gunnery officer on USS Seattle and Oklahoma. He was later executive officer of USS George Washington, and navigator on the battleship Pennsylvania. He commanded USS Antares, Vestel, and Astoria before becoming Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Yale University. Captain Gill died on 9 January 1948.
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1918, LCdr Gill for the United States Naval Academy.
Author: Commander Charles Clifford Gill
Naval Power In The War: (1914-1917) and What Happened At Jutland
1917-1918, Cruiser and Transport Force, Atlantic Fleet
Cruiser and Transport Force, Atlantic Fleet Details
He was aboard the SS Lutetia (French) operating with the Transport Force (Newport News Division)
The Cruiser and Transport Force served in Atlantic waters during World War I moving the American Expeditionary Force to Europe
Chain of Command The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France.
Other Memories Charles C. Gill, USN: Cruiser & Transport Force, Secret & Confidential Letters, 1917-1918.
