Adolphus Andrews

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Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, (7 October, 1879 – 19 June, 1948) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Texas, Andrews was appointed to the Naval Academy from the same state, graduating with the Class of 1901.[1] He was promoted to the rank of Ensign on 7 June, 1903[2] and to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 June, 1906.[3]

After serving as an Aide to President Theodore Roosevelt, Andrews was assigned to command the gunboat Villalobos on the Asiatic Station in 1907-1908 (according to contemporary newspaper reports, this was partly because he was courting the daughter of a Senator whose parents preferred she wed an Italian noble and wanted Andrews out of the picture.)[4]

Andrews was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 1 July, 1913.[5] During World War I, he served first as Navigator of battleship Oklahoma and then as Executive Officer of battleship Mississippi.[6][7] During this time he was promoted to the rank of Commander, temporarily on 31 August, 1917[8] and permanently on 1 July, 1918. He also received a temporary promotion to the rank of Captain on 21 September, 1918.[9] Various sources indicate he briefly commanded an old battleship in late 1918 but the identity of this ship is uncertain. He did serve as aide to Price Axel of Denmark during that royal's visit to the United States at this time.[10]

Andrews served as commanding officer of repair ship Prometheus in 1920 and 1921.[11][12] From 1922 to 1926 he commanded armed yacht Mayflower while also serving again as Naval Aide to the President, in this case Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. During this time, he was permanently promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 June, 1923.[13][14]

He next commanded the Submarine Base at New London, Connecticut (along with minesweeper Chewink) from 1926 to 1929, although for extended periods he was on temporary duty on the American delegation to disarmament talks in Geneva, Switzerland.[15][16]

Andrews was appointed to command battleship Texas in July 1929 and remained in command until May, 1931.[17][18] He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on 16 January, 1934 and bacame Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in June, 1935.[19] He next went to sea in 1938 as Commander, Scouting Force, with the temporary rank of Vice Admiral from 13 July, 1938 to 1 February, 1941.[20][21]

Reverting to his permanent rank of Rear Admiral, Andrews served as Commandant of the Third Naval District for a year from March, 1941 and as Commandant of the Eastern Sea Frontier from February, 1942 until his retirement as a Vice Admiral due to age on 1 November, 1943, having been again promoted on 1 May, 1942.[22][23][24]

Recalled immediately to active duty, Andrews served in a variety of roles, including on one of the numerous investigations of the attack on Pearl Harbor, before reverting to inactive duty in 1945. He died 3 years later in Houston, Texas.[25][26]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard D. White 		Captain of U.S.S. Prometheus
Dec, 1920[27] – Jul, 1921[28] 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Robert L. Berry 		Captain of U.S.S. Mayflower
Dec, 1922[29] – before 1 Apr, 1926[30] 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Robert L. Berry 		Naval Aide to the President
Dec, 1922[31] – before 1 Apr, 1926[32] 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
James Williams 		Captain of U.S.S. Chewink
23 Nov, 1926[33] – after 1 Jan, 1929[34] 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Zeno E. Briggs 		Captain of U.S.S. Texas
9 Jul, 1929[35] – May, 1931[36] 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
William D. Leahy 		Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
30 Jun, 1935[37] – 11 Jun, 1938 		Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Register of Officers, 1902. pp. 42-43.
  2. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. pp. 42-43.
  3. ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 34-35.
  4. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 32.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. pp. 26-27.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 22, 284.
  7. ↑ Navy Directory 1 March, 1918 p. 6
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1918. p. 20.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. p. 20.
  10. ↑ Los Angeles Times 25 October, 1918 p. 9.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1921. pp. 16-17.
  12. ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 14 July, 1921 p. 23.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1924. p. 18.
  14. ↑ Navy Directory 1 January, 1926 pp. 2, 156
  15. ↑ Hartford Courant 24 November, 1926 p. 3.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1929. p. 14.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14-15.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 18-19.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1935. pp. 5, 16.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1939. p. 16.
  21. ↑ Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1 February, 1941 p. 14.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1942. p. 14.
  23. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 18 March, 1942 p. 2.
  24. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 November, 1943 p. 3
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1944. p. 626.
  26. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 20 June, 1948 p. 21.
  27. ↑ Register of Officers, 1921. pp. 16-17.
  28. ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 14 July, 1921 p. 23.
  29. ↑ Register of Officers, 1923. pp. 18-19.
  30. ↑ Navy Directory 1 April, 1926 p. 2
  31. ↑ Register of Officers, 1923. pp. 18-19.
  32. ↑ Navy Directory 1 April, 1926 p. 2
  33. ↑ Register of Officers, 1927. p. 16.
  34. ↑ Register of Officers, 1929. p. 14.
  35. ↑ Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14-15.
  36. ↑ Register of Officers, 1928. pp. 18-19.
  37. ↑ Register of Officers, 1935. pp. 5-16.

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