Navigation journal, 1891-1892, 1896-1897.

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Navigation journal, 1891-1892, 1896-1897.

William Sowden Sims was born in 1858 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1880. He was naval attache to Paris, St. Petersburg and Madrid, 1897-1900, naval aide to President Roosevelt, 1908-1909, Co, USS Minnesota, 1909-1911, CO, Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic, 1913-1915, CO, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 1917-1918 and president of the Naval War College, 1917, 1919-1922.

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William S. Sims, U.S. Navy admiral, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1882. He was president of the naval War College in 1917 and from 1919-1922. During WWI, he was CO, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe From the description of Letter, January 8, 1918. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 731199382 William S. Sims was born in 1858 in Port Hope, Ontario. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1880. He served as president of the naval War College, 1917, 1919-1922 and du...