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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
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Irwin, Noble Edward (Navy Cross/Purple Heart), RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Greenfield
Last Address Warner Springs, CA
Date of Passing Aug 10, 1937
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Captain Irwin was awarded the Navy Cross for meritorious service as Director of Naval Aviation during World War I. Thereafter, he was in command of the battleship USS Oklahoma and Destroyer Squadrons of the Scouting Fleet, and was Chief of the Naval Mission to Brazil (1927–1931).
Rear Admiral Irwin became Commandant of the 15th Naval District in March 1931 and was transferred to the Retired List on 1 October 1933.
Other Comments:
The only US Naval officer wounded during the Battle of Manila Bay (1898).
CLASS - PURITAN As Built. Displacement 6,060 Tons, Dimensions, 296 x 60 x 18 feet/90.3 x 18.33 x 5.49 meters, Armament 2 dual 12/35, 6 single 4/40, 6 six-pound, Armor, 6-14" Belt, 14" barbettes, 8" Turrets, 10 " Conning Tower. Machinery, HC engines, 8 boilers, 2 shafts, 3,700 hp, Speed, 12 Knots, Crew 200 (270 wartime).
Operational and Building Data: Built by John Roach & Son, Chester, PA. Laid down 1875, suspended 1876, redesigned and construction resumed 1882, launched 6 December 1882, transferred to New York Navy Yard for completion, commissioned 10 December 1896. Operated around Cuba during the Spanish-American War, in blockade and bombardment duties. Served as a training ship at the Naval Academy 1899-1902. Decommissioned to reserve 16 April 1903; recommissioned 3 June 1903 as a receiving ship at Philadelphia. Loaned to the Washington DC Naval Militia from 1904 to 14 September 1909. Decommissioned to reserve 23 April 1910. Reclassified IX-6 on July 21, 1921 and used as Radio Controlled Target Ship.
Fate: Served as a target ship, designated Target B 1910-1917. Stricken for disposal 27 February 1918; sold for scrapping 22 January 1922.
