Ingersoll, Royal E. (Royal Eason), 1883-1976

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Admiral, U.S. Navy.

From the description of Papers, 1936-1967. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 50990319

Naval officer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Royal Eason Ingersoll : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632088

Biographical Note

Royal Rodney Ingersoll

  • 1847, Dec. 4: Born, Niles, Mich.
  • 1868: Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
  • 1873, Aug. 26: Married Cynthia Eason
  • 1887: Coauthored with J. F. Meigs Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery. Baltimore: Press and Bindery of Issac Friedenwald
  • 1893: Authored Exterior Ballistics. Baltimore: Deutsch Litho'g & Printing Co.
  • 1893: Promoted to lieutenant-commander
  • 1903: Commanded the Helena (gunboat), Admiral Robley D. Evans' flagship on a cruise up the Yangtze River, China
  • 1905 - 1907 : Commander, Maryland (cruiser)
  • 1907: Appointed chief of staff to Admiral Robley D. Evans
  • 1908, July 11: Promoted to rear admiral
  • 1909, Dec. 4: Retired
  • 1917 - 1919 : President, Special Naval Ordnance Board
  • 1931, Apr. 21: Died, La Porte, Ind.

Royal E. Ingersoll

  • 1883, June 20: Born, Washington, D.C.
  • 1905: Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
  • 1910, June 29: Married Louise Van Harlingen
  • 1911 - 1913 : Instructor, Seamanship and International Law, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
  • 1916 - 1918 : Assistant for communications and then communications officer, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department
  • 1924 - 1926 : Commander, Nokomis (patrol vessel)
  • 1928: Assistant chief of staff to commander, United States Battle Fleet
  • 1930 - 1933 : Chief of staff, U.S. Fleet
  • 1936 - 1938 : Director, War Plans Division Operations
  • 1938 - 1940 : Commander, Cruiser Division Six, U.S. Fleet
  • 1940 - 1941 : Assistant chief, naval operations
  • 1942: Promoted through grades to admiral
  • 1942 - 1944 : Commander-in-chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
  • 1944 - 1945 : Commander, Western Seas Frontier
  • 1946, Aug.: Retired
  • 1976, May 20: Died

From the guide to the Royal Rodney Ingersoll and Royal E. Ingersoll Papers, 1866-1935, (bulk 1866-1925), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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referencedIn Tolley, Kemp, 1908-. Oral history typescript entitled "Reminiscences of RADM Kemp Tolley" done by the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Worthington, J.M. Biography of ADM Ingersoll / by RADM J. M. Worthington. Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library
referencedIn Samuel Eliot Morison Papers, 1939-1972, (bulk 1942-1956) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Royal Rodney Ingersoll and Royal E. Ingersoll Papers, 1866-1935, (bulk 1866-1925) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Ingersoll, Royal E. (Royal Eason), 1883-1976. Papers, 1936-1967. Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADM. ROYAL E. INGERSOLL AWARDS MEDALS AND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION TO USS CARD (CVE-11) National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Ingersoll, Royal E. (Royal Eason), 1883-1976. Reminiscences of Royal Eason Ingersoll : oral history, 1964. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn John Wills Greenslade Papers, 1847-1961, (bulk 1895-1952) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Theodore Stark Wilkinson Papers, 1893-1962, (bulk 1920-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976. Papers, 1939-1972 (bulk 1942-1956). Library of Congress
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correspondedWith Greenslade, John F. (John Francis), 1904- person
associatedWith Greenslade, John Wills, 1880-1950. person
associatedWith Ingersoll, Royal Rodney, 1847-1931. person
associatedWith Maryland (Cruiser) corporateBody
associatedWith Mason, John T., 1909-, person
associatedWith Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976. person
associatedWith Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Tolley, Kemp, 1908- person
associatedWith United States. Navy. corporateBody
correspondedWith Wilkinson, Theodore Stark, 1888-1946. person
associatedWith Worthington, J.M. person
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Birth 1883-06-20

Death 1976-05-20

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