Furer, Julius Augustus, 1880-1963

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1880-10-09

Death 1963-06-05

Biographical notes:

Naval officer.

From the description of Papers of Julius Augustus Furer, 1910-1962 (bulk 1915-1961). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060554

Biographical Note

1880, Oct. 9 Born, Mosel, Wis. 1901 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1905 M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1915 Duty at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii In charge of the USS F-4 submarine salvage operations 1915 1923 Duty in the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with a two-year absence from 1919 to 1921 1917 Supervisor, construction of 110-foot submarine 1919 1921 Duty in the Pacific Fleet 1923 1927 Member, Naval Mission to Brazil 1927 Married Helen Carlin Emery 1935 1937 Assistant naval attaché, American embassy, London, England 1935 1938 Technical adviser, Naval Limitations Conference, London, England 1938 1941 General inspector, Bureau of Ships 1941 Promoted to rear admiral 1941 1945 Coordinator of research and development, Navy Department 1958 Retired, United States Navy 1959 Published Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1963, June 5 Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the Julius Augustus Furer Papers, 1910-1962, (bulk 1915-1961), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)