.jpg "George Dewey"){kind=small}
Patricio Montojo y Pasarón
Search results
May 21, 2018 · Dewey, George (1837–1917), American admiral and popular naval hero.Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1837 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1858. He served with distinction at the battles of New Orleans and Port Hudson during the Civil War and ended the war as a lieutenant commander.
George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close.
Act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy. Navy general orders concerning death of Dewey. Battle of Manila Bay. Bibliography. Biography. George Dewey, the only officer of the US Navy...
Apr 24, 2024 · George Dewey. Battle of Manila Bay, (May 1, 1898), defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy, resulting in the fall of the Philippines and contributing to the final U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War.
Jul 18, 2017 · Nine U.S. Navy ships of the Asiatic Squadron, with their lights extinguished and with Commodore George Dewey’s flagship, USS lead, sailed quietly into Manila Bay shortly after midnight on the night of April 30-May 1, 1898. This was to be no friendly port call to the capital city of the Philippines, a Spanish colony for over 300 years.
George Dewey. Childhood and education George Dewey, the only officer of the U.S. Navy ever to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy, was born on December 26, 1837, in Montpelier, Vermont. When George was five years old, his mother died of tuberculosis, leaving his father, a prominent local physician and founder of the National Life Insurance Company, a widower with four young children.
George Dewey (1837-1917) was an American naval officer whose victory over the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in 1898 made him a national hero. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1837, Dewey graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and saw distinguished service in the Gulf of Mexico during the American Civil War.
