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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
Nevada Class Battleship:
Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941. 20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.
