Clarence Stewart Williams - Arlington VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 2, Site 1152-2

Description: From Find A Grave: US Navy Admiral. He served as the Commander-in-Chief of the US Asiatic Fleet. Born in Springfield, Ohio, he entered the US Naval Academy in Annapolis MD in 1880, graduating in 1884. For the next five years he served on the sloop USS Hartford, flagship of the Pacific Squadron, followed by the Coast Survey schooner USS Eagre, then aboard the sloop USS Ossipee patrolling the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. In 1889 he returned to the US Naval Academy as an instructor in mathematics until 1893, when he returned to sea duty as a watch officer aboard the protected cruiser USS Charleston, which protected American interests and shipping in South America during the Brazilian Revolution and evacuated missionaries from the coast of China during the Sino-Japanese War. In 1896 he returned to the Academy as an instructor of higher mathematics until 1898. During the Spanish-American War, he commanded the newly commissioned gunboat USS Gwin, which participated in the blockade of Cuba as a dispatch vessel. From 1899 to 1900 he was watch officer aboard the unarmored cruiser USS Marblehead and from 1900 to 1901 aboard the battleship USS Iowa. In 1901 he participated in a preliminary hydrographic survey of Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean for a cable station, returning to the Academy again as an instructor of navigation until 1903. He then served as executive officer of the hospital ship USS Solace, as executive officer of the monitor USS Monterey, and as navigator of the training ship USS Prairie until 1904. He was executive officer of USS Iowa from 1904 to 1905, navigator of the battleship USS Massachusetts in 1905, and executive officer of USS Iowa again from 1905 to 1907. From 1911 until 1912 he was a member of the Board of Inspection and Survey. From 19112 until 1915 he commanded the battleship USS Rhode Island, including operations during the Mexican Campaign of 1914. During World War I, he served as chief of staff of the Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet, commander of Battleship Division 8, Atlantic Fleet, and as commander of Light Cruiser Division 1, Pacific Fleet, on detached duty in the South Atlantic. In early 1919 he served briefly as chief of staff of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, but was transferred in June of that year to command Battleship Squadron 4, Pacific Fleet. He then returned to shore duty, serving in the Navy Department, Washington DC, to organize the Office of War Plans as its first director. From November 1922 until September 1925 he was President of the Naval War College. In October 1925 he became Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet and was promoted to the temporary rank of admiral. As the senior American officer in the Far East, he directed the American military intervention to protect foreign nationals in China at the beginning of the Chinese Civil War. He left this position in September 1927 reverted back to his permanent rank of rear admiral and retired shortly afterwards, with 43 years of continuous military service. During his service in World War I, he received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. He died in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 88. Date of birth: 10/07/1863 Date of death: 10/24/1951 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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