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26 Dec 1894

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21 Jun 1906

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5 Jun 1908

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3 Jun 1910

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5 Jun 1915

United States
  • Pedro del Valle graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps. ww2dbase [Pedro del Valle | Annapolis, Maryland | CPC]
28 Jun 1917

United States
  • J. J. Clark, United States Naval Academy class of 1918, graduated one year early due to the looming WWI. Clark was a member of the Cherokee Nation and was the first Native American to graduate from the Naval Academy. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
  • Miles Browning, United States Naval Academy class of 1918, graduated one year early due to the looming WWI. ww2dbase [Miles Browning | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
  • Clifton Sprague, United States Naval Academy class of 1918, graduated one year early due to the looming WWI. ww2dbase [Clifton Sprague | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
  • Thomas Sprague, United States Naval Academy class of 1918, graduated one year early due to the looming WWI. ww2dbase [Thomas Sprague | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
6 Jun 1918

United States
11 Aug 1930

United States
  • Fleet submarine USS V-5 (later renamed USS Narwhal) departed Annapolis, Maryland bound for the Caribbean and her shakedown cruise. ww2dbase [Narwhal | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
18 Mar 1939

United States
22 Dec 1939

United States
27 Dec 1939

United States
30 Apr 1941

United States
  • Submarine USS Thresher visited the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland where she took aboard Rear Admiral Henry Wilson as a guest. ww2dbase [Thresher | Annapolis, Maryland | DS]
1 May 1941

United States
22 Dec 1941

United States
3 Sep 1945

United States
16 Nov 1946

16 Nov 1946 Photos
President Harry Truman tours the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, United States escorted by Academy Superintendent Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch, right, 16 Nov 1946.
15 Jan 1947

United States
4 Jun 1970

United States
  • Clifton Cates passed away from illness at the United States Naval Hospital in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. ww2dbase [Clifton Cates | Annapolis, Maryland | CPC]
28 Apr 1978

United States



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