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Wilson died in 1954 in New York City at the time of his death he was the oldest living admiral of the United States Navy. Wilson retired in 1925, following forty-four years of service.

Rickover, class of 1922, and Admiral Arleigh A. Two notable students of his at the academy were cadets and future Admiral Hyman G. Battle Fleet and later superintendent of the U.S. After the World War he served as Commander-In-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet 1919–1921, Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1881, His assignments included duties as commanding officer of the USS North Dakota, inspector, senior inspector and president of the Board of Inspection and Survey from November 1913 until May 1916, and commanding officer of the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in 1916.ĭuring World War I, he served as commander, Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet and then commander, U.S. He joined the United States Navy in the latter part of the nineteenth century and continued to serve for over forty years. Wilson was a native of Camden, New Jersey. Henry Braid Wilson (far right) with Warren G. (23 February 1861 – 30 January 1954) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I.

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