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William Sowden Sims (October 15, 1858 – September 28, 1936) was an admiral in the United States Navy who fought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the navy. During World War I, he commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe.
William Sowden Sims (born Oct. 15, 1858, Port Hope, Ont., Can.—died Sept. 28, 1936, Boston, Mass., U.S.) was an admiral whose persistent efforts to improve ship design, fleet tactics, and naval gunnery made him perhaps the most influential officer in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Nov 10, 2016 · William Sowden Sims’ drive to modernize gunnery and professionalism in the late 19 th /early 20th century U.S. Navy places him among the most influential figures of the modern service. Sims...
EXACTLY twenty years ago William Sowden Sims, U.S.N. (retired), after studying the results of the air attack on the obsolete warships, declared " the battleship is dead.”. He and Brigadier ...
William Sowden Sims. "The Victory at Sea" was written by the U.S. naval commander of all U.S. forces in European waters, who was stationed in London to command all U.S. naval operations.
William Sims was the American admiral sent to assess the state of naval affairs in Europe in the spring of 1917 and, as the eventual Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, was responsible for coordinating that nation’s response, with Britain, to the problem of Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare.
The USS Sims, a 1,570-ton destroyer, name in honor of Admiral Sims, was launched on April 8, 1939, sponsored by his widow, Mrs. W. S. (Anne H.) Sims of Boston, Massachusetts. That vessel was...
