Colby Mitchell Chester

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Colby Mitchell Chester, (1844- ), was a United States Navy officer. He was born at New London, Conn., and graduated at the Naval Academy in 1863, and in 1864 participated in operations against Mobile. He served in the Navy for 42 more years .

He was commandant at Annapolis in 1891-94; commanded the Cincinnati, the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron during the Spanish-American War; became superintendent of the Naval Observatory in 1902, and retired on February 28, 1906.

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