Difference between revisions of "Charles Augustus Gove"
From The Dreadnought Project
(use {{DEFAULTSORT:}} for categories) |
(Remove Categories for ship captains and gunnery officers) |
||
Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
[[Category:1854 births]] | [[Category:1854 births]] | ||
− | |||
− |
Revision as of 18:40, 22 August 2012
Charles Augustus Gove, U.S.N. (5 July, 1854 – ?) was an officer of the United States Navy.
Gove was born in Concord, New Hampshire, the son of Jesse Augustus Gove (1824–1862) and Maria Louise Sherburne (1830–1906). He was nominated at large to the United States Naval Academy and entered the United States Navy on 9 June, 1871.
On 23 May, 1887 he married Minnie Webster of San Francisco, California in Boston, Massachussetts.
From 1908 to 1909 he was Commandant of the United States Naval Academy, before he was promoted to Captain. He then took command of the newly-launched dreadnought battleship Delaware.
Notes
Naval Appointments | ||