Walter S. Crosley
| Walter Selwyn Crosley | |
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RADM Walter S. Crosley, as a Commander, about 1912
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| Born |
30 October 1871 East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, New Hampshire |
| Died | 6 January 1939 (aged 67) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1893–1935 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held |
USS Algonquin USS Leyden USS Truxton USS Scorpion USS Prairie USS Rhode Island USS Seattle Seventh Naval District Naval Station and Naval Operating Base, Key West, Florida USS Idaho Train Squadron ONE, Scouting Fleet Base Force Ninth Naval District Naval Station Great Lakes Battleship Division 3, Battle Force Fifteenth Naval District Naval Station, Balboa, Canal Zone |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Navy Cross |
USS Algonquin USS Leyden USS Truxton USS Scorpion USS Prairie USS Rhode Island USS Seattle Seventh Naval District Naval Station and Naval Operating Base, Key West, Florida USS Idaho Train Squadron ONE, Scouting Fleet Base Force Ninth Naval District Naval Station Great Lakes Battleship Division 3, Battle Force Fifteenth Naval District
Walter Selwyn Crosley (30 October 1871 – 6 January 1939) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was a recipient of the Navy Cross, the second highest military decoration for . He subsequently advanced to the rank of Rear Admiral, to date from February 17, 1927, and was transferred to the Retired List in that rank on November 1, 1935.
Walter Selwyn Crosley was born in East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, on October 30, 1871, the son of a Universalist Church pastor. He was appointed to the U. S. Naval Academy from the Fourth Congressional District of Connecticut and entered on September 9, 1889. He graduated on June 2, 1893 and served the two years at sea then required by law as a Passed Midshipman, first assigned to the Naval Academy training ship USS Bancroft and next to the new cruiser, USS Detroit that was at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the naval revolt against the Brazilian Government. In March 1894 he was attached to the USS Charleston that sailed by way of the Straits of Magellan to Mare Island Navy Yard on her way to the Asiatic Station. The ship arrived at San Francisco in July 1894 during a railroad strike and while at Mare Island, Passed Midshipman Crosley was given command of a detail that manned a Gatling gun loaded on a flat car ahead of a locomotive with the purpose of dissuading the strikers so that trains might proceed without altercation.
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