Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960

Naval officer and historian.

From the description of Dudley Wright Knox papers, circa 1864-1950 (bulk 1921-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979796

Biographical Note

• 1877, June 21: Born, Walla Walla, Washington Territory
• 1896: Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty on board the Massachusetts
• 1898: Commissioned ensign Duty on board the Maple, Independence, and Yorktown
• 1898 - 1901 : Commanded the Albany and Iris
• 1901 - 1902 : Inspector of ordnance, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• 1903 - 1907 : Commanded the Shubrick, Wilkes, and Decatur
• 1907: Duty on board the Nebraska
• 1908: Married Lily Hazard McCalla
• 1908 - 1909 : Duty at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif.
• 1909 - 1911 : Fleet ordnance officer, Atlantic Fleet and later the Pacific Fleet
• 1912 - 1913 : Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
• 1913 - 1914 : Aide, staff of the commander, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
• 1914 - 1916 : Duty in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C.
• 1916 - 1917 : Commanded Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba
• 1917 - 1919 : Aide, staff of the commander of the naval forces operating in Europe
• 1919 - 1920 : Taught, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
• 1920 - 1921 : Commanded the Brooklyn and Charleston
• 1920 - 1923 : Naval editor, Army and Navy Journal
• 1921: Transferred to retired list
• 1921 - 1946 : Active duty, officer in charge of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Washington, D.C.
• 1922: Published The Eclipse of American Sea Power. New York: American Army & Navy Journal
• 1924 - 1929 : Naval correspondent, Baltimore Sun
• 1926 - 1946 : Secretary, Naval Historical Foundation
• 1929: Naval correspondent, New York Herald Tribune
• 1930 - 1946 : Curator, Navy Department
• 1932: Published The Naval Genius of George Washington. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
• 1936: Published A History of the United States Navy. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• 1939: Published William H. Meyers's Naval Sketches of the War in California; Reproducing Twenty-eight Drawings Made in 1846-1847, with text by Knox. New York: Random House
• 1944 - 1946 : Deputy director of naval history
• 1945: Promoted to commodore
• 1946: Retired from active duty
• 1946 - 1959 : Vice president and chairman, executive committee of the Naval Historical Foundation
• 1960, June 11: Died, Bethesda, Md.

From the guide to the Dudley Wright Knox Papers, circa 1864-1960, (bulk 1921-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)