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Home Town Newington, CT
Last Address New York City. Burial: Newington Cemetery Newington, Hartford County Connecticut, USA
Date of Passing Apr 26, 1932
Location of Interment Newington Cemetery - Newington Cemetery, Connecticut
Wall/Plot Coordinates Family plot.
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Last Known Activity:
Vice Admiral Roger Welles, Jr., U.S.N. (Ret.)
United States. Naval Forces, Europe.
United States. Navy--Intelligence specialists.
United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet.
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet.
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence.
Colombia--Discovery and exploration.
Indians of South America--Venezuela World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Spanish-American War, 1898
Commendant 5th and 11th Naval Districts
First Commendant San Diego Training Station
First "Navy Mayor" of San Diego, Calif.
Other Comments:
Decorations include:
Navy Cross - 1919
Spanish Campaign, Cuba, Atlantic Medals, 1898 - 1898
Philippine Campaign Medal - Navy/Marine Corps - 1899
WWI Victory Medal - 1918
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France) - 1919
Grand Officer Order of Leopold II (Belgium) - 1919
Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, Japan - 1919
Illinois Class Battleship: Displacement 11,565 Tons, Dimensions, 373' 10" (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' 7" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 14 x 6"/40, 4 x 18" tt. Armor, 16" 1/2 Belt, 14" Turrets, 4 " Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 536.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cailf., February 9, 1897. Launched November 26, 1898. Commissioned February 4, 1901. Decommissioned November 15, 1906. Recommissioned April 1, 1908, Decommissioned May 15, 1920, Stricken July 1, 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26, 1922 and broken up for scrap.