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{{short description|United States Navy admiral (1891–1980)}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Walter S. DeLany
|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1891|1|21}}
|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1980|9|21|1891|1|21}}
|birth_place=[[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], Pennsylvania
|death_place=[[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], Maryland
|placeofburial=[[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]], [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]],&nbsp;[[Maryland]]
|image=Walter S. DeLany 22 January 1944.PNG
|caption=DeLany as a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] on 22&nbsp;January&nbsp;1944.
|nickname=
|branch=[[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears=1912–1953
|rank=[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|35px]] [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice admiral]]
|commands=*{{USS|Paulding|DD-22}}
* Navy Recruiting Station, [[Albany, New York|Albany]],&nbsp;New York
* [[Destroyer]]&nbsp;[[Division (naval)|Division]]&nbsp;7
* {{USS|New Orleans|CA-32}}
* [[Battleship]]s-[[Cruiser]]s,&nbsp;[[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]]
* [[3rd Naval District]]
* [[Eastern Sea Frontier]]
* [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]]
|unit=
|battles= {{tree list}}
* [[Occupation of Veracruz]]
** [[Battle of Veracruz (1914)|Battle of Verzcruz]]
* [[World War I]]
**[[Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I|Atlantic campaign]]
* [[World War II]]
** [[Pacific War]]
***[[Guadalcanal campaign]]
***[[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]]
* [[Cold War]]
{{tree list/end}}
|awards=
|relations=
|laterwork=*Deputy Administrator for [[Mutual Defense Assistance Act|Mutual Defense Assistance Control]]
*President, [[Naval Historical Foundation]]
*[[Navy Relief Society]]
}}
'''Walter S. DeLany''' (21 January 1891 – 21 September 1980) was a [[United States Navy]] [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]]. During a 41-year naval career, he served in the [[United States occupation of Veracruz]], [[World War I]], [[World War II]], and the [[Cold War]]. In retirement, he was Deputy Administrator for [[Mutual Defense Assistance Act|Mutual Defense Assistance Control]] in the [[United States Department of Defense]] and [[United States Department of State]], president of the [[Naval Historical Foundation]], and an officer of the [[Navy Relief Society]].
==Biography==
[[File:Walter S. DeLany young.PNG|thumb|left|A young Walter&nbsp;S.&nbsp;DeLany.]]
===Early life===
'''Walter Stanley DeLany''' was born in [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], Pennsylvania, on 21 January 1891, the son of Irvin F. DeLany and the former Mary E. Dunkle. He attended [[Reading Senior High School]] before his appointment from Pennsylvania to the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1908. While a [[Midshipman#United States Naval and Merchant Marine Academies|midshipman]] at the Naval Academy, he was a [[cheerleader]] and a member of the class [[College basketball|basketball]] and [[lacrosse]] teams. He graduated on 7&nbsp;June&nbsp;1912.<ref name=navhistheritagebio>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-d/delany-walter-stanley.html |title=Walter Stanley DeLany 21 January 1891–21 September 1980 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 July 2020 |website=history.navy.mil |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref>
===Naval career===
====Early career====
DeLany was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] on his graduation day, 7 June 1912, and reported aboard the [[battleship]] {{USS|Minnesota|BB-22|6}}.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> During his tour aboard her, ''Minnesota'' operated in the [[Caribbean]] to represent and protect American interests as unrest began to break out in several countries in the region. During the first half of 1912, she patrolled Cuban waters and was at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] in Cuba from 7 to 22 June 1912 to support the suppression of an insurrection on the island. In mid-1913, she patrolled along the east coast of Mexico during the [[Mexican Revolution]]. She returned to Mexico from 26 January to 7 August 1914, participating in the Battle of Veracruz and subsequent [[United States occupation of Veracruz|occupation of Veracruz]], and returned to [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Veracruz]] from 11 October to 19 December 1914, during which period the occupation came to an end. ''Minnesota'' returned to the United States in 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/minnesota-ii.html |title=''Minnesota'' II (Battleship No. 22) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 April 2020 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref>
DeLany detached from ''Minnesota'' in May 1915 and received a promotion to [[lieutenant (junior grade)]] on 8 June 1915. Following [[torpedo]] instruction aboard the [[armored cruiser]] {{USS|Montana|ACR-13|6}}, he reported to the [[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]] at [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], Massachusetts, for duty in connection with [[Fitting-out|fitting out]] the new battleship {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|6}}. He served aboard ''Nevada'' from her [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] on 11 March 1916.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
====World War I====
DeLany was serving aboard ''Nevada'' when the United States entered [[World War I]] with its [[declaration of war]] on the [[German Empire]] on 6 April 1917. In May 1917,  he transferred to the [[destroyer]] {{USS|Wilkes|DD-67|6}},<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> which escorted an American troop [[convoy]] from  New York City to [[Saint Nazaire]], France, in June 1917, then took up duties from July 1917 defending [[Allies of World War I|Allied]] shipping during the [[Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I]] from a base at [[Queenstown, Ireland|Queenstown]], Ireland. ''Wilkes'' never encountered a German [[submarine]] during the war, but did rescue 23 survivors of the torpedoed British [[merchant ship]] SS ''Purley'' on 25&nbsp;July&nbsp;1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wilkes-ii.html |title=Wilkes II (Destroyer No. 67) 1916–1934 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 February 2017 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref>
DeLany returned to the United States in August 1918 and assumed duty as executive officer of the destroyer {{USS|Craven|DD-70|6}} upon her commissioning on 19 October 1918.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> ''Craven'' was still in the United States when World War I came to an end with an [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|armistice with Germany]] on 11&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918.
During the war, DeLany received temporary promotions to [[Lieutenant (naval)|lieutenant]] and [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]]. He then reverted to the permanent rank of lieutenant, to which he was promoted in 1918.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
====Interwar period====
DeLany served aboard ''Craven'' until June 1919 as she operated along the [[United States East Coast]] and in the Caribbean. He then briefly commanded the destroyer {{USS|Paulding}} before taking charge of the Navy Recruiting Station in [[Albany, New York|Albany]], New York in July 1919.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
[[File:NH 57100 Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet.jpg|thumb|left|[[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Husband E. Kimmel]], [[Commander, United States Pacific Fleet|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet]] (center) consults with his chief of staff, [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[William W. Smith (admiral)|William W. Smith]], right, and his operations officer and assistant chief of staff, Captain Walter S. DeLany (left) at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii, in 1941.]]
DeLany left the recruiting station in November 1921, when he reported aboard the newly commissioned [[Troopship|transport]] {{USS|Argonne|AP-4}} for duty as her [[navigator]] and [[first lieutenant]]. During his tour aboard her, ''Argonne'' made her maiden voyage – to the Caribbean – followed by a number of voyages from the U.S. East Coast to [[East Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/argonne-ap-4-ii.html |title=Argonne II (AP-4) 1921–1946 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=18 May 2020 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> While aboard ''Argonne'', he received a permanent promotion to lieutenant commander in 1922.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
In June 1923 DeLany became executive officer of the destroyer {{USS|Lamson|DD-328}},<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> operating along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lamson-ii.html |title=Lamson II (Destroyer No. 328) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=24 February 2016 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> and from January to October 1924 he served as [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]] [[gunnery officer]] of [[Destroyer squadron|Destroyer Squadron]] Nine, [[Scouting Fleet]]. He had duty in the Training Division of the [[Bureau of Navigation]] at the [[United States Department of the Navy]] in Washington, D.C., from October 1924 until January 1927, and for three years thereafter served as first lieutenant aboard the battleship {{USS|Oklahoma|BB-37}}.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> While he was aboard ''Oklahoma'', she was reassigned to the Scouting Fleet early in 1927, made a voyage from the [[United States West Coast]] to the U.S. East Coast, picked up midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy for the year's midshipman cruise, and carried the midshipmen through the [[Panama Canal]] to San Francisco, California, before the making the return journey with stops in the Caribbean. She then underwent  modernization at [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, from 1927 to 1929 before rejoining the Scouting Fleet for Caribbean exercises.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/oklahoma.html |title=Oklahoma (Battleship No. 37) 1916–1944 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 May 2021 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
DeLany returned to the Department of the Navy in February 1930 and served for three years in the Ships’ Movements Division in the Office of the [[Chief of Naval Operations]]. In July 1933 he became navigator of the battleship {{USS|New York|BB-34}}<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> in the [[United States Pacific Fleet]]. ''New York'' operated alog the U.S. West and East Coasts and in the Caribbean and took part in [[fleet problem]]s during his time aboard her.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/new-york-v.html |title=New York V (Battleship No. 34) 1914–1946 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 September 2017 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> In 1935 he began duty in the executive department at the U.S. Naval Academy. On 15 July 1938, he assumed command of Destroyer Division Seven in Destroyers, [[Battle Force]], with the destroyer {{USS|Mugford|DD-389}} as his [[flagship]],<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> operating along the U.S. West Coast and in the [[Hawaiian Islands]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mugford-ii.html |title=Mugford II (DD-389) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=11 August 2015 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> In May 1939 he became chief of staff and aide to Commander [[Cruiser]]s, Battle Force, aboard the commander's flagship, the [[light cruiser]] {{USS|Honolulu|CL-48}}, which took part in exercises along the U.S. West Coast and later moved to [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/honolulu-ii.html |title=Honolulu II (CL-48) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 July 2015 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> On 1 February 1941 he was designated assistant chief of staff and [[operations officer]] on the staff of the [[Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet|Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet]].<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
====World War II====
The United States entered [[World War II]] with the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. DeLany continued in his assignment on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, until 23 June 1942. He was awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] for "exceptionally meritorious service" in that assignment, the award citation stating, "During this vitally important period he displayed the highest qualities of judgment and initiative, thereby contributing materially to the prosecution of the [[Pacific War|war against Japan]]."<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
On 24 June 1942 DeLany assumed command of the [[heavy cruiser]] {{USS|New Orleans|CA-32}}, then operating in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific Theater]]. As part of the screen of the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3}}, ''New Orleans'' participated in the [[Guadalcanal campaign]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> including the [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]], during his tour in command. In the latter battle, ''New Orleans'' helped to fight off heavy Japanese air attacks targeting ''Saratoga''. After the Japanese [[submarine]] {{Jsub|I-26||2}} [[torpedo]]ed ''Saratoga'' on 31 August 1942, ''New Orleans'' was part of ''Saratoga''′s escort as the aircraft carrier steamed to Pearl Harbor for repairs, arriving there on 21 September 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/new-orleans-ii.html |title=New Orleans II (CA-32) 1934–1959 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=27 January 2021 |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
Promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] with date of rank effective 26&nbsp;May&nbsp;1942, DeLany was detached from ''New Orleans'' to report on 12&nbsp;November&nbsp;1942 as Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), to Commander-in-Chief, [[United States Fleet]], at U.S. Navy headquarters in Washington, D.C.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/> When the [[Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee]] (JANAC) was created in January 1943 to assess enemy naval and [[merchant ship]]ping losses during World War II, he was appointed as its chairman, a function he performed until relieved by Rear Admiral [[Jerauld Wright]] after the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/index.html#fwd |title=Foreword |access-date=2008-09-04 |work=JANAC |publisher=Hyperwar.com }}</ref> In addition, on 19 March 1943 he was redesignated Assistant Chief of Staff (Readiness), in that assignment serving as the U.S. Navy representative on the Joint Committee on New Weapons and Equipment (JNW), and was in this position when World War II ended in August 1945. He was awarded a second Legion of Merit for "exceptionally meritorious service … from November 1942 to August 1945 … During this long period, by the exercise of great foresight, broad vision, unusual initiative, sound judgment, superior professional knowledge, and high executive ability, he directed the improvement and development of means, methods, and practices which kept the United States Fleet in a continually higher state of readiness for battle than those of the enemies and contributed in a great degree to the successful prosecution of the war."<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
====Post-World War II and Cold War====
After a reorganization in October 1945, DeLany continued as head of the Operational Readiness Section of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and headed the post-World War II Training Policy Board. On 26 January 1946, he was given the temporary rank of [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] as Commander Battleships-Cruisers, Pacific Fleet, with the heavy cruiser {{USS|St. Paul|CA-73}} as his flagship. He continued in that command until June 1948.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
Ordered to the [[Third Naval District]] in New York City, he became commandant of that district, reverting to his permanent rank of rear admiral upon assuming command on 1&nbsp;July&nbsp;1948. He commanded the district until May&nbsp;1952. He then became Commander [[Eastern Sea Frontier]], with additional duty as Commander [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]], with the accompanying rank of vice admiral, and served as such until relieved of all active duty pending his transfer to the Retired List of the Navy on 1&nbsp;February&nbsp;1953.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
==Retirement==
Upon DeLany's retirement, the City of New York, at a civic ceremony, awarded him its [[gold medal]] for "Distinguished and Outstanding Public Service."<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
Subsequent to DeLany's retirement, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed him to serve as Deputy Administrator for [[Mutual Defense Assistance Act|Mutual Defense Assistance Control]] in the [[United States Department of Defense]]′s [[United States Foreign Operations Administration]], and the [[United States Senate]] confirmed this appointment in May 1953. He remained in this position when it moved to the [[United States Department of State]]′s [[International Cooperation Administration]] in 1955, serving continuously from May 1953 until March 1961, coordinating East–West strategic trade projects.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v10/persons#p_DLVAWS1 |title=FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1955–1957, FOREIGN AID AND ECONOMIC DEFENSE POLICY, VOLUME X, List of Persons |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--undated--> |website=history.state.gov |publisher=Office of the Historian, United States Department of State |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
DeLany became associated with the [[Naval Historical Foundation]] in 1961 and became its president in 1967, serving in that capacity until his death.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/><ref name=washpostobit>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=23 September 1980 |title=Adm. W. S. Delany, Veteran of Two World Wars |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/09/24/adm-ws-delany/507a7aa9-3601-4fe5-9e93-ec864d196415/ |work=The Washington Post |location= Washington, D.C. |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=navhistfound>{{cite web |url= https://navyhistory.org/2022/12/a-history-of-the-naval-historical-foundation/ |title= A History of the Naval Historical Foundation |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 December 2022 |website= navyhistory.org |publisher=Naval Historical Foundation|access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> Among its other activities, the Naval Historical Foundation published a series of pamphlets on subjects of interest in U.S. Navy history.<ref name=navhistfound/> As part of the series, DeLany wrote ''Bayly′s Navy'', a short memoir of his World War I service aboard USS ''Wilkes'' at Queenstown, Ireland. The foundation published it in the fall of 1980, shortly after DeLany's death.<ref name=baylysnavy>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/baylys-navy.html |title=Bayly's Navy By Vice Admiral Walter S. Delany, United States Navy (Retired) |last=DeLany |first=William S. |date=23 August 2017 |website=history.navy.mil/ |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref> DeLany had a passion for the Navy Department Library, which became part of the Naval Historical Center (later renamed the [[Naval History and Heritage Command]]) during his tenure as president, and in recognition of his support for the library its reading room was dedicated in his honor.<ref name=navhistfound/>
DeLany also was active in the [[Navy Relief Society]], both as a member of its board of managers and as chairman of its finance committee.<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
==Personal life==
DeLany married the former Lou May Sharman. The couple had one daughter, Kathryn DeLany Fawkes; one son, U.S. Navy [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] Walter S. DeLany Jr.; and four grandchildren.<ref name=washpostobit/>
DeLany was an original member of the [[Queenstown Association]] — a veterans organization for U.S. Navy and [[Royal Navy]] personnel who served together at Queenstown, Ireland, during World War I – until its dissolution in 1961,<ref name=baylysnavy/> as well as of the [[Army and Navy Club (Washington, D.C.)|Army and Navy Club]] in Washington, D.C., the [[The Huguenot Society of America|Huguenot Society]] in Washington, D.C., and the [[Sons of the Revolution]].<ref name=navhistheritagebio/><ref name=washpostobit/> He was a member of All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., and served on its [[vestry]] from 1965 to 1968 and as its senior [[Churchwarden|warden]] from 1973 to 1975.<ref name=washpostobit/>
==Death==
Suffering from [[heart disease]] and [[pneumonia]], DeLany died at the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|National Naval Medical Center]] in [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], Maryland, on 21&nbsp;September&nbsp;1980.<ref name=washpostobit/> He is buried at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]], Maryland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=AssignmentExt&ID=1516032 |title=
DeLANY, Walter, VADM Deceased |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 May 2011 |website=togetherweserved.com |publisher=Together We Served |access-date=9 February 2024}}</ref>
==Honors and awards==
* {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|name=Legion of Merit ribbon|width=106}} [[Legion of Merit]] (two awards)<ref name=navhistheritagebio/><ref name=washpostobit/>
* [[File:National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[National Defense Service Medal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://navylog.navymemorial.org/delany-walter-0 |title=WALTER  STANLEY DELANY |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--undated--> |website=navylog.navymemorial.org |publisher=The United States Navy Memorial |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
* [[File:Mexican Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Mexican Service Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|name=World War I Victory Medal ribbon|width=106}} [[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with [[Destroyer]] Clasp<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Defense Service Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[American Campaign Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[World War II Victory Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|106px]] [[Navy Occupation Service Medal]] with Asia Clasp<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[File:China Service Medal ribbon.svg|106px]] [[China Service Medal]]<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* [[Special Collar Order of Yun Hui]] ([[Republic of China]])<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
* Gold Medal for Distinguished and Outstanding Public Service (New York City)<ref name=navhistheritagebio/>
==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/baylys-navy.html ''Bayly′s Navy'' by Vice Admiral Walter S. Delany, United States Navy (Retired) at Naval History and Heritage Command]
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