Chester, Colby Mitchell, 1844-1932

Naval officer.

From the description of Papers of Colby Mitchell Chester, 1913-1928 (bulk 1913-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81349130

Biographical Note

• 1844, Feb. 29: Born, New London, Conn.
• 1863: Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1864: Duty in Richmond (steam sloop of war), West Gulf Blockading Squadron
• 1865: Duty in Kickapoo (monitor)
• 1869 - 1873 : Duty in Alaska (screw sloop of war), Pacific Squadron
• 1873: Married Melancia Antoinette Tremaine
• 1874 - 1877 : Duty at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1885 - 1888 : Commanded Galena (steamer)
• 1889: Served on Naval Board to select naval site on the Pacific coast, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash.
• 1891 - 1894 : Commandant of midshipmen at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1896: Commanded Richmond (steam sloop of war)
• 1897 - 1898 : Commander in chief, South Atlantic Squadron
• 1900: Duty in Constantinople to support an American damage claim
• 1902 - 1906 : Superintendent, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
• 1903: Promoted to rear admiral
• 1908: Authorized by President Theodore Roosevelt and the State Department to aid in the establishment of American trade in western Asia
• 1908 - 1909 : Delegate to the Ninth International Congress of Geography, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1917: Commandant of the Naval Unit, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1932, May 4: Died, Rye, N.Y.

From the guide to the Colby Mitchell Chester Papers, 1913-1928, (bulk 1913-1917), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)