Edwin Alexander Anderson

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Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson (July 16, 1860 – September 23, 1933) served in the United States Navy. He should perhaps have a Jr. appended to his name.

Life & Career

Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the intervention in Santa Cruz.

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Montgomery M. Taylor
In Command, Second Torpedo Flotilla
1906[1][2] – 9 Mar, 1907[3][Inference]
Succeeded by
Hutchinson I. Cone
Preceded by
Edmund B. Underwood
Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island
4 May, 1908[4]
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Harry A. Field
Captain of U.S.S. Yorktown
1 Oct, 1910[5] – 5 Aug, 1911[6][7][Inference]
Succeeded by
Levi C. Bertolette
Preceded by
George C. Sweet
Captain of U.S.S. Iowa
Aug, 1911[8] – Nov, 1913[9]
Succeeded by
William W. Phelps
Preceded by
Frank A. Wilner
as Captain, Navy Yard, League Island
Captain, Navy Yard, Philadelphia
3 Nov, 1911[10] – after 1 Jan, 1912[11]
Succeeded by
Ralph P. Craft
Preceded by
James H. Oliver
Captain of U.S.S. New Hampshire
4 Dec, 1913[12] – after 1 Jan, 1915[13]
Succeeded by
Lloyd H. Chandler
Preceded by
Benjamin C. Bryan
Commandant, Navy Yard, Charleston
28 Nov, 1918[14]
Succeeded by
Albert Parker Niblack
Preceded by
Joseph Strauss
Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet
28 Aug, 1922 – 11 Oct, 1923
Succeeded by
Thomas Washington

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 18.
  2. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 24.
  3. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 24.
  4. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  5. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  6. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  7. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  8. NavSource.org.
  9. NavSource.org.
  10. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  11. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 12.
  12. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 11.
  13. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 10.
  14. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 10-11.