Henry Braid Wilson

Infobox Military Person
name=Henry Braid Wilson
lived=1861-1954


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nickname=
placeofbirth=Camden, New Jersey
placeofdeath= New York, New York
branch=U.S. Navy
serviceyears=1881-1925
rank=Admiral
unit=
commands=Board of Inspection and Survey
USS "Pennsylvania" (BB-38)
Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet
U.S. Naval Forces, France
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
U.S. Battle Fleet
United States Naval Academy
battles=Spanish American War
World War I
awards= Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Medal (Army)
relations=
laterwork=

Henry Braid Wilson, Jr. (23 February1861 - 30 January 1954) was an Admiral in the United States Navy during World War I.

Henry Wilson was a native of Camden, New Jersey. He joined the United States Navy in the latter part of the nineteenth century and continued to serve for over forty years. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1881, His assignments included duties as Inspector, Senior Inspector and President of the Board of Inspection and Survey from November 1913 until May 1916, Commanding Officer of the USS "Pennsylvania" (BB-38) 1916. During World War I, he served as Commander, Patrol Forces, Atlantic Fleet and then Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, France. After the World War he served Commander-In-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet 1919-1921, Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Battle Fleet and later Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy 1921-1925, a notable student of his at the academy was cadet and future Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, class of 1922. Admiral Wilson Retired in 1925, following forty-four years of service.

Admiral Wilson died in 1954 in New York City, at the time of his death he was the oldest living admiral of the U.S. Navy.

Admiral Wilson's son-in-law was Hoover Administration United States Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley.

*USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), a guided missile destroyer, was named for him.

*A portion of U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey passing through Camden, New Jersey, Admiral Wilson Blvd.

References

* [http://www.cffc.navy.mil/history.htm History of the Fleet Forces Command, formerly the U.S. Atlantic Fleet]
* [http://arlingtoncemetery.net/hbwilson.htm Arlingtoncemetery.net entry]
* [http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenPeople-AdmiralHBWilsonJr.htm Camden People - Admiral Henry Braid Wilson Jr.]
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h5/henry_b_wilson.htm short bio from DANFS]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/battlesh/bb38.htm DANFS History of U.S.S. Pennsylvania BB-38]
*INSERV Presidents [http://www.spawar.navy.mil/fleet/insurv/history.htm]