William Wirt Kimball

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name=William Wirt Kimball
lived=January 9, 1848-January 26, 1930


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placeofbirth=Paris, Maine
placeofdeath=Washington, D.C.
allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Navy
serviceyears=1869-1910
rank=Rear Admiral
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battles=Spanish American War
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William Wirt Kimball (January 9, 1848 - January 26,1930) was a U.S. naval officer and an early pioneer in the development of submarines.

Kimball was born in Paris, Maine. In 1869 he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

After serving on early Navy torpedo boats, Kimball designed machine guns and armored cars, switched to the development of submarines in the 1890s.

He commanded the Atlantic torpedo-boat fleet in the Spanish-American War.

In 1908, Kimball became rear admiral, and commanded expeditionary forces to Nicaragua in 1909. In 1910, he retired from active duty.

Admiral Kimball died in Washington, D.C. on January 26, 1930.

References

*cite web|accessdate=2007-04-12
url=http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/history/pioneers3.html#William%20W.%20Kimball
title=Biographies
work=Submarine Pioneers
publisher=Submarine Warfare Division, United States Navy

External links

*cite web|accessdate=2007-04-12
url=http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/history/pioneers.html
title="Submarine Pioneers"
publisher=Submarine Warfare Division, United States Navy

*cite web|accessdate=2007-04-12|url=http://www.humboldt.edu/~jcb10/spanwar.shtml
title=Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898
author=John Baker

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NAME=Kimball, William Wirt
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DATE OF BIRTH=1848
PLACE OF BIRTH=Paris, Maine
DATE OF DEATH=1930
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