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RADM Claude Sexton Gillette

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RADM Claude Sexton Gillette

Birth
Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Death
27 Sep 1959 (aged 73)
Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Burial
Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.9195366, Longitude: -69.8248401
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Son of Mark Daniel and Mary (Hull) G.; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., 1909, B.S., 1916; M.S., Columbia U., 1917; married Lydia Baxter, Sept. 7, 1937.

Commd. ensign, U.S. Navy, 1909, advancing through the grades to rear adm., 1942; served in various capacities in ships and stations throughout the world, with specialization in industrial and ship maintenance activities; industrial mgr. U.S. Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, T.H., Apr. 1939-June 1942; directly in charge of salvage and rehabilitation of vessels damaged and sunk in the catastrophe of Dec. 7, 1941, and indsl. reconstruction and preparation of that great base for the Pacific war.

Manager, Puget Sound navy yard, 1942-45. Decorated Silver Star (World War I), overseas campaign medals for World War I and World War II. Mem. U.S. Naval Engineers Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Home: Bath, Me.

Claude married (1) Mirian Brown 25 May 1911 in Tacoma WA.

Claude married (2) Jeanne Andres 19 Apr 1920 in Brooklyn NY.

Claude married (3) Lydia McLellan Baxter 07 Sep 1937 in Bath ME.
Son of Mark Daniel and Mary (Hull) G.; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., 1909, B.S., 1916; M.S., Columbia U., 1917; married Lydia Baxter, Sept. 7, 1937.

Commd. ensign, U.S. Navy, 1909, advancing through the grades to rear adm., 1942; served in various capacities in ships and stations throughout the world, with specialization in industrial and ship maintenance activities; industrial mgr. U.S. Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, T.H., Apr. 1939-June 1942; directly in charge of salvage and rehabilitation of vessels damaged and sunk in the catastrophe of Dec. 7, 1941, and indsl. reconstruction and preparation of that great base for the Pacific war.

Manager, Puget Sound navy yard, 1942-45. Decorated Silver Star (World War I), overseas campaign medals for World War I and World War II. Mem. U.S. Naval Engineers Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Home: Bath, Me.

Claude married (1) Mirian Brown 25 May 1911 in Tacoma WA.

Claude married (2) Jeanne Andres 19 Apr 1920 in Brooklyn NY.

Claude married (3) Lydia McLellan Baxter 07 Sep 1937 in Bath ME.

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