Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1877-06-21
Death 1960-06-11
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Naval officer and historian.

From the description of Dudley Wright Knox papers, circa 1864-1950 (bulk 1921-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979796

Biographical Note

1877, June 21 Born, Walla Walla, Washington Territory 1896 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty on board the Massachusetts 1898 Commissioned ensign Duty on board the Maple, Independence, and Yorktown 1898 1901 Commanded the Albany and Iris 1901 1902 Inspector of ordnance, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1903 1907 Commanded the Shubrick, Wilkes, and Decatur 1907 Duty on board the Nebraska 1908 Married Lily Hazard McCalla 1908 1909 Duty at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. 1909 1911 Fleet ordnance officer, Atlantic Fleet and later the Pacific Fleet 1912 1913 Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 1913 1914 Aide, staff of the commander, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla 1914 1916 Duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C. 1916 1917 Commanded Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba 1917 1919 Aide, staff of the commander of the naval forces operating in Europe 1919 1920 Taught, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 1920 1921 Commanded the Brooklyn and Charleston 1920 1923 Naval editor, Army and Navy Journal 1921 Transferred to retired list 1921 1946 Active duty, officer in charge of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Washington, D.C. 1922 Published The Eclipse of American Sea Power. New York: American Army & Navy Journal 1924 1929 Naval correspondent, Baltimore Sun 1926 1946 Secretary, Naval Historical Foundation 1929 Naval correspondent, New York Herald Tribune 1930 1946 Curator, Navy Department 1932 Published The Naval Genius of George Washington. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1936 Published A History of the United States Navy. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1939 Published William H. Meyers's Naval Sketches of the War in California; Reproducing Twenty-eight Drawings Made in 1846-1847, with text by Knox. New York: Random House 1944 1946 Deputy director of naval history 1945 Promoted to commodore 1946 Retired from active duty 1946 1959 Vice president and chairman, executive committee of the Naval Historical Foundation 1960, June 11 Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the Dudley Wright Knox Papers, circa 1864-1960, (bulk 1921-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Disarmament
  • International trade
  • Merchant marine
  • Military readiness
  • Naval aviation
  • Naval history
  • Naval libraries
  • Sea-power

Occupations:

  • Historians
  • Naval officers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • East Asia (as recorded)
  • East Asia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • East Asia (as recorded)

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