Richard Stockton Field
Commander (retired) Richard Stockton Field (9 June, 1890 – ) served in the United States Navy.
Life & Career
Field was born in Mississippi, and was appointed to naval service there on 3 July, 1907.[1]
Promoted to the rank of Ensign on 7 March, 1912, by early 1914, Field was serving in the destroyer U.S.S. Paulding.[2]
Field was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) on 7 March 1915 and by early 1916 he was in the battleship U.S.S. Connecticut.[3]
On 15 August, 1918 he was granted the temporary rank of Lt. Cdr.. By early 1919 he was serving in protected cruiser U.S.S. Olympia.[4]
Promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander came on 1 January, 1922.[5]
Field was promoted to the rank of Commander on 4 June, 1931. In early 1936, he was at the Naval War College, Newport.[6]
Field was retired on 1 September 1937 after fifteen years, nine months of sea service.[7]
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Preceded by Rodman D. DeKay |
Captain of U.S.S. Goff 4 Oct, 1921[8] |
Succeeded by Donald C. Godwin |
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. pp. 60-61.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. pp. 54-55.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 52-53.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1936. pp. 34, 35.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1939. pp. 442-443.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.