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Home Country
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Sims, William Sowden, ADM USN(Ret).
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Home Town
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Last Address
Boston, MA
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Date of Passing
Sep 28, 1936 |
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Location of Interment
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Last Known Activity
Admiral William S. Sims, commander of U.S. naval forces in European waters during World War I, remarked:
‘The average man suffers very severely from the pain of a new idea….It is my belief that the future will show that the fleet that has 20 airplane carriers instead of 16 battleships and 4 airplanes will inevitably knock the other fleet out.’
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Other Comments:
He refused to accept the Distinguished Service Medal because he objected to the Navy’s policy of awarding medals to undeserving officers.
Promoted to Admiral in 1930 while retired
Foreign Awards:
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (Great Britain),
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France),
Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan),
Grand Cordon, Order of Leopold (Belgium),
Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy
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1876-1880, US Naval Academy Annapolis (Faculty Staff)
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1880-1881, USS Tennessee (1865) Screw frigate
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1881-1882, USS Swatara (screw sloop)
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1883-1884, USS Yantic (screw gunboat)
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1885-1886, USS COLORADO (Steam Frigate)
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1886-1887, USS Richmond (1860)
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1887-1888, Personnel Exchange Program (PEP), CNO - OPNAV
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1889-1893, USS Saratoga (1842) Sloop of war
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1893-1894, USS PHILADELPHIA (C-4)
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1894-1896, USS Charleston (C-2)
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1897-1900, Naval Attache/Asst Naval Attache, CNO - OPNAV
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1900-1901, USS Kentucky (BB-6)
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1901-1901, USS Monterey (BM-6)
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1901-1902, Commander In Chief Asiatic Fleet
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1902-1908, Director of Naval Target Practice
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1907-1909, The White House
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1909-1911, USS Minnesota (BB-22)
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1911-1913, Naval War College (Staff)
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1913-1915, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
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1915-1916, USS Nevada (M-8)
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1917-1917, Naval War College (Staff)
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1917-1918, Commander in Chief US Naval Forces Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR)/Commander US Naval Forces Europe (COMUSNAVE
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1919-1922, Naval War College (Staff)
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1925-1925, Bureau of Navigation
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