Craven, Thomas T. (Thomas Tingey), 1873-1950

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Birth 1873
Death 1950

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U.S. naval officer.

From the description of Papers, 1842-1969 (bulk 1917-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605251

Naval officer.

From the description of Thomas T. Craven papers, 1842-1969 (bulk 1917-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79729181

Biographical Note

1873, July 8 Born, Vallejo, Calif. 1896 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1901 Married Antoinette Merritt 1908 Served as gunnery officer, South Carolina (battleship) 1915 Attended Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 1916 1918 Commanded Sacramento (gunboat) 1918 Commanded United States Naval Aviation Forces in Europe 1919 1921 Director of naval aviation; ordered conversion of the Jupiter (collier) into the Langley (aircraft carrier) 1922 Commanded Destroyer Squadron Fifteen in early charting of Atlantic Ocean floor using sound equipment 1923 Defended Edward H. Watson in court-martial resulting from mass shipwreck at Point Honda, Calif. 1927 1928 Director of naval communications 1928 Promoted to rear admiral; commanded Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. 1929 1931 Commander, Yangtze Patrol, China 1931 1933 Chief coordinator, Federal Coordinating Service, Bureau of the Budget 1935 Commander, Battleship Division One 1937 Commandant, Thirteenth Naval District, Bremerton, Wash. 1937 Retired from active naval service 1942 1946 Recalled to active duty; superintendent, New York State Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyler, N.Y. 1950, Apr. 5 Died, St. Albans, N.Y.

From the guide to the Thomas T. Craven Papers, 1842-1969, 1917-1945, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Aircraft carriers
  • Budget
  • Budget
  • Naval convoys
  • Naval convoys
  • Naval convoys
  • Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
  • Fisheries
  • Fisheries
  • Gunboats
  • Merchant marine
  • Merchant marine
  • Navy-yards and naval stations, American
  • Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
  • Radio
  • Radio
  • Shipwrecks
  • Shipwrecks
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Admirals
  • Naval officers

Places:

  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Mediterranean Sea (as recorded)
  • California--Honda, Point (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
  • Mediterranean Sea (as recorded)
  • California--Honda, Point (as recorded)
  • Alaska (as recorded)
  • Alaska (as recorded)

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