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Captain George Andrew Alexander
35th Naval Governor of Guam
Alexander served as the Governor of Guam from June 21, 1933 to March 27, 1936. He supported the local effort to obtain United States citizenship for all residents of Guam, sending a petition requesting the right and signed by 2,000 Guamanians to the President of the United States. He revolutionized the Guam legal system, replacing old Spainish-style laws with the Code of Guam, a set of laws based on the California Codes. Though the Guam Museum opened in 1933, Alexander officially made it a government institution by executive order. Though the government of Guam recommended him for promotion to Rear Admiral, he retired from the Navy as a Captain. During WWI he commanded the USS Yacona providing Atlantic convoy service. His last command at sea was the USS Arizona BB-39.
CLASS - NEW YORK Displacement 8,150 Tons, Dimensions, 384' (oa) x 64' 10" x 26' 8" (Max) Armament 6 x 8"/35, 12 x 4"/40 8 x 6pdr, 4 x 1pdr, 3 x 14" tt. Armor, 4" Belt, 5 1/2" Turrets, 6" Deck, 7" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 565. Operational and Building Data Keel laid on 19 SEP 1890 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA Launched 02 DEC 1891 Commissioned 1 AUG 1893 Decommissioned 31 MAR 1905 Commissioned 15 MAY 1909 Decommissioned 31 DEC 1909 Commissioned 1 APR 1910 Renamed SARATOGA 16 FEB 1911 Decommissioned 6 FEB 1916 Commissioned 23 APR 1917 Renamed ROCHESTER 1 DEC 1917 Reclassified CA 2 in 1920 Decommissioned 29 APR 1933 Stricken 28 OCT 1938 Fate: Scuttled in DEC 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese.
