Dutton, Benjamin, Jr., CAPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1937-1937, 111X, USS Portland (CA-33)

Service Years
1901 - 1937

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Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1883

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Contact Info

Home Town Shippensburg
Date of Passing Nov 30, 1937

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Command of the USS Portland till his sudden death.

Other Comments:

He was Aide and flag Secretary to Admiral Hilary P. Jones, Commander in Chief United States Fleet in 1922 and in 1923 was ordered to the Naval Academy where he served as executive officer in the Department of Navigation and later as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering. He was the author of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy which is still used as a textbook at the Naval Academy and in the merchant marine.

1937-1937, 111X, USS Portland (CA-33)

From Month/Year June / 1937	To Month/Year November / 1937
Unit USS Portland (CA-33) Unit Page
Rank Captain	NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Portland (CA-33) Details
	Hull number CA-33
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Heavy Cruiser
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: May 7, 2014

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Portland (CA-33)

Dutton, Jr., Benjamin, CAPT, (1905-1937)	OFF	111X	Captain
Gravgaard, Elmer, CWO2, (1919-1946)	BM	BM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Callaghan, Daniel Judson, RADM, (1911-1942)	OFF		Commander
Raborn, William Francis, VADM, (1928-1963)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade
Bradley, Willis Winter, CAPT, (1906-1946)			Commander
Murray, Stuart Shadrick, VADM, (1919-1956)			Commander
STROOP, Paul David, VADM, (1926-1965)			Lieutenant Commander
RILEY, Herbert, VADM, (1927-1964)			Lieutenant
Davies, Thomas Daniel, RADM, (1937-1973)			Ensign
English, Robert Henry, RADM, (1911-1943)			Commander