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The same year Dewey was appointed President of the General Board of the United States Navy, where he would play a key role in the growth of the U.S. Navy until his death in January 1917. Dewey Square in Boston is named after Commodore Dewey, as is Dewey Beach, Delaware.
USS Olympia leading a column of cruisers, painting by Francis Muller. On 27 April 1898, the squadron, composed of the protected cruisers USS Olympia (the flagship of the squadron ' s commander, Commodore George Dewey), USS Baltimore, USS Raleigh, and USS Boston, the gunboats USS Petrel and USS Concord, and the United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter USS McCulloch, sailed from Mirs Bay ...
The Cavite base was repaired, and a new replacement Naval hospital was built. The Manila bases and the large Fleet anchorage in Manila Bay began to build up for the expected costly invasion of Japan, planned for November 1, 1945, called Operation Downfall. With the Surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, the invasion was not needed. The new ...
USS Dewey (YFD-1) was a floating dry dock built for the United States Navy in 1905, and named for American Admiral George Dewey. The auxiliary floating drydock was towed to her station in the Philippines in 1906 and remained there until scuttled by American forces in 1942, to prevent her falling into the hands of the invading Japanese .
Duane Edgar Dewey (November 16, 1931 – October 11, 2021) was an American combat Marine. He received the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor , for his actions on April 16, 1952, during the Korean War .
USS Dewey (YFD-1), a floating drydock at U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines until being scuttled in 1942; USS Dewey (DD-349), a 1934 Farragut-class destroyer, launched in 1934 and struck in 1945; USS Dewey (DDG-45), a 1958 Farragut-class guided missile destroyer, launched in 1958 and struck in 1992