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{{Infobox Governor
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|name = Luke McNamee
|name = Luke McNamee
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|8|4}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|8|4|mf=yes}}
|birth_place=[[Mount Hope, Wisconsin]]
|birth_place=[[Mount Hope, Wisconsin]], U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|12|30|1871|8|4}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|12|30|1871|8|4|mf=yes}}
|death_place=[[Newport, Rhode Island]]
|death_place=[[Newport, Rhode Island]], U.S.
|image = Luke McNamee.jpg
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|term_start1 = September 1921
|term_start1 = September 1921
|term_end1 = November 1923
|term_end1 = November 1923
|predecessor1 = [[Andrew T. Long]]
|predecessor1 = Andrew T. Long
|successor1 = [[Henry Hughes Hough]]
|successor1 = [[Henry Hughes Hough]]
|order2 = 12th
|order2 = 12th
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|nationality = {{flag|United States}}
|nationality = {{flag|United States}}
|spouse = Dorothy Swinburne McNamee
|spouse = Dorothy Swinburne McNamee
|relatives = [[William T. Swinburne]] (father-in-law)
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|awards = [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]<br>[[Legion of Honour]]
|awards = [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]<br>[[Legion of Honour]]
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'''Luke McNamee''' (April 4, 1871 – December 30, 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=D14NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22McNamee,+Luke%22+1871 |title=Britannica book of the year |work=books.google.co.uk |year=1953 |access-date=25 March 2012|last1=Hooper |first1=Franklin Henry |last2=Yust |first2=Walter }}</ref> was a [[United States Navy]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]], businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval [[Governor of Guam]]. He served in the Navy for 42 years, during which time he held multiple commands. During the [[Spanish–American War]], he earned the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]], and later the [[Legion of Honour]]. Earlier on his career, he served as governor, and expanded funding for fighting the infectious diseases running through the native population. He represented the U.S. Navy as a delegate to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference in 1919]]. He later became [[Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He was promoted to [[Admiral (United States)|full admiral]] after being placed in charge of the [[Battle Fleet]]. After this command, he served as President of the [[Naval War College]] before retiring in 1934. After leaving the Navy, he became President and Chairman of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company, where he aggressively expanded telegraph and radio service overseas.


'''Luke McNamee''' (April 4, 1871 – December 30, 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=D14NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22McNamee,+Luke%22+1871 |title=Britannica book of the year |work=books.google.co.uk |year=1953 |access-date= March 25, 2012|last1=Hooper |first1=Franklin Henry |last2=Yust |first2=Walter }}</ref> was a [[United States Navy]] [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]], businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval [[Governor of Guam]]. He served in the navy for 42 years, during which time he held multiple commands. During the [[Spanish–American War]], he earned the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]], and later the [[Legion of Honour]].
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==Early life==

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McNamee was married to Dorothy Swinburne, daughter of Admiral [[William T. Swinburne]], with whom he had no children.<ref name=obit/> For much of his life, he lived in [[Wisconsin]], though he later moved to [[Jamestown, Rhode Island]].<ref name=retired>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/05/10/archives/mnamee-retired-in-navy-40-years-washington-hears-war-college-head.html |title=M'Namee Retired; In Navy 40 Years |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 May 1934 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=10 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>
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Earlier on his career, he served as governor, and expanded funding for fighting the infectious diseases running through the native population. He represented the U.S. Navy as a delegate to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference in 1919]]. He later became [[Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence]]. He was promoted to [[Admiral (United States)|full admiral]] after being placed in charge of the [[Battle Fleet]]. After this command, he served as President of the [[Naval War College]] before retiring in 1934. After leaving the navy, he became president and Chairman of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company, where he aggressively expanded telegraph and radio service overseas.


==Naval career==
==Naval career==
McNamee had a 42-year career in the [[United States Navy]]. He was appointed to the [[United States Naval Academy]] from [[Kansas]], graduating in 1892.<ref name=obit/> He was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] on July 1, 1894. He served two years aboard the training ship {{USS|Atlanta|1884|6}} before being transferred to the {{USS|Essex|1876|6}}, where he served from 1894 to 1898.<ref name=records/> He became a [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|lieutenant junior grade]] on March 3, 1899 and a [[Lieutenant (naval)|lieutenant]] on July 1, 1900.<ref name=records>{{cite book|last=Hamersly|first=Lewis Randolph|title=The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps|year=1902|publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv1BAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Luke+McNamee%22&pg=PA319|access-date=12 November 2010|page=319}}</ref> He served as [[executive officer]] of the {{USS|Princeton|PG-13|6}} during the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=obit/> In 1901, he served aboard the battleship {{USS|Oregon|BB-3|6}}.<ref name=retired/> From 1905 to 1908, he was assigned to the [[Naval Base Guam|Guam Naval Station]], after which he served as the naval inspector to [[General Electric]] works in [[Schenectady, New York]] and [[Massachusetts]] and the [[navigator]] of the {{USS|Nevada|BM-8|6}}.<ref name=obit/><ref name=retired/> After serving as the first [[commanding officer]] of the {{USS|Sacramento|PG-19|6}},<ref>{{cite web|last=Mooney |first=James |title=Sacramento |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sacramento-ii.htm |work=[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] |publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]] |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5u5lToOTo?url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sacramento-ii.htm |archive-date=8 November 2010 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> he was promoted to [[Captain (United States)#U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|Captain]] in 1917. While on the ''Sacramento'', he commanded all Navy forces in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], though this only consisted seven gunboats.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mexican Officials Want Americans Quit Yaqui Valley|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1U8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=28kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4622,3725644&dq=luke-mcnamee&hl=en|access-date=10 November 2010|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|date=23 June 1915|agency=[[The New York Times Company]]|location=[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]|page=3}}</ref> After his promotion, he served as chief of staff to the commander of the [[United States Pacific Fleet]], and then to Admiral [[William Sims]], commander of United States Naval forces in [[Europe]].<ref name=obit/> In 1919, he was on the naval advisory board at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]].<ref name=obit/>
McNamee had a 42-year career in the [[United States Navy]]. He was appointed to the [[United States Naval Academy]] from [[Kansas]], graduating in 1892.<ref name=obit/> He was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]] on July 1, 1894. He served two years aboard the training ship {{USS|Atlanta|1884|6}} before being transferred to the {{USS|Essex|1876|6}}, where he served from 1894 to 1898.<ref name=records/> He became a [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|lieutenant junior grade]] on March 3, 1899, and a [[Lieutenant (naval)|lieutenant]] on July 1, 1900.<ref name=records>{{cite book|last=Hamersly|first=Lewis Randolph|title=The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps|year=1902|publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv1BAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Luke+McNamee%22&pg=PA319|access-date= November 12, 2010|page=319}}</ref> He served as [[executive officer]] of the {{USS|Princeton|PG-13|6}} during the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name=obit/>


In 1901, he served aboard the battleship {{USS|Oregon|BB-3|6}}.<ref name=retired/> From 1905 to 1908, he was assigned to the [[Naval Base Guam|Guam Naval Station]], after which he served as the naval inspector to [[General Electric]] works (in [[Schenectady, New York]] and [[Massachusetts]]) and the [[navigator]] of the {{USS|Nevada|BM-8|6}}.<ref name=obit/><ref name=retired/> After serving as the first [[commanding officer]] of the {{USS|Sacramento|PG-19|6}},<ref>{{cite web|last=Mooney |first=James |title=Sacramento |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sacramento-ii.htm |work=[[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] |publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]] |access-date=November 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208150305/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sacramento-ii.htm |archive-date= December 8, 2010 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> he was promoted to [[Captain (United States)#U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|captain]] in 1917. While on the ''Sacramento'', he commanded all Navy forces in the [[Gulf of Mexico]], though this only consisted of seven gunboats.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mexican Officials Want Americans Quit Yaqui Valley|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1U8sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=28kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4622,3725644&dq=luke-mcnamee&hl=en|access-date= November 10, 2010|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|date=23 June 1915|agency=[[The New York Times Company]]|location=[[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]|page=3}}</ref>
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In 1921, he served as commanding officer of the {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|6}} and the {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43|6}} in 1923. He served as Director of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name=obit/> From 1924 to 1926, McNamee was appointed [[Military attaché|Naval attaché]] to the [[Court of St. James's]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. During his time in [[London]], he was promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]].<ref name=obit/> In 1926, he commanded all the [[Destroyer]]s in the [[Battle Fleet]], before becoming director of fleet training. for the next four years. After being promoted to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], he returned to the Battle Fleet to command its [[Battleship]] force, doing so from 1931 to 1932. In 1933, he achieved [[Admiral (United States)|full admiral]] and commanded the entire [[Battle Force]].<ref name=obit/> On June 3, 1933, he became President of the [[Naval War College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce |url=http://www.usnwc.edu/NWCSite/images/about/NWCPastPresidents.aspx |publisher=[[Naval War College]] |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5u5jyq3ID?url=http://www.usnwc.edu/NWCSite/images/about/NWCPastPresidents.aspx |archive-date=8 November 2010 |location=[[Newport, Rhode Island]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left the post on May 29, 1934 after retiring from [[active duty]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1930-1939 |url=http://www.usnwc.edu/About/History/Chronology-of-Courses-and-Significant-Events/1930s.aspx |work=Chronology of Courses and Significant Events |publisher=[[Naval War College]] |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5u5kSAAEG?url=http://www.usnwc.edu/About/History/Chronology-of-Courses-and-Significant-Events/1930s.aspx |archive-date=8 November 2010 |location=[[Newport, Rhode Island]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his career, he was awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]] and the French [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name=obit/>

After his promotion, he served as chief of staff to the commander of the [[United States Pacific Fleet]], and then to Admiral [[William Sims]], commander of United States Naval forces in [[Europe]].<ref name=obit/> In 1919, he was on the naval advisory board at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]].<ref name=obit/>

In 1921, he served as commanding officer of the {{USS|Nevada|BB-36|6}} and the {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43|6}} in 1923. He served as Director of the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name=obit/> From 1924 to 1926, McNamee was appointed [[Military attaché|Naval attaché]] to the [[Court of St. James's]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. During his time in [[London]], he was promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]].<ref name=obit/> In 1926, he commanded all the [[Destroyer]]s in the [[Battle Fleet]], before becoming director of fleet training. for the next four years. After being promoted to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], he returned to the Battle Fleet to command its [[Battleship]] force, doing so from 1931 to 1932. In 1933, he achieved [[Admiral (United States)|full admiral]] and commanded the entire [[Battle Force]].<ref name=obit/>

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On June 3, 1933, he became President of the [[Naval War College]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce |url=http://www.usnwc.edu/NWCSite/images/about/NWCPastPresidents.aspx |publisher=[[Naval War College]] |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130204150/http://usnwc.edu/NWCSite/images/about/NWCPastPresidents.aspx |archive-date= November 30, 2010 |location=[[Newport, Rhode Island]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left the post on May 29, 1934, after retiring from [[active duty]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1930-1939 |url=http://www.usnwc.edu/About/History/Chronology-of-Courses-and-Significant-Events/1930s.aspx |work=Chronology of Courses and Significant Events |publisher=[[Naval War College]] |access-date=November 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614162359/https://www.usnwc.edu/About/History/Chronology-of-Courses-and-Significant-Events/1930s.aspx |archive-date=June 14, 2010 |location=[[Newport, Rhode Island]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his career, he was awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]] and the French [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name=obit/>


==Governorship==
==Governorship==
McNamee twice served as acting [[Governor of Guam]]: first from November 2, 1905 to December 3, 1906, and again from October 3, 1907 to December 28, 1907.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Era Governors of Guam |url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |work=Guampedia |publisher=[[University of Guam]] |access-date=29 October 2010 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5tqqTg3k2?url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |archive-date=29 October 2010 |location=[[Guam]] |date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As governor, he urged the [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] to invest in the control of [[leprosy]] and other infectious diseases on the island, arguing that this would be in the best interest of Navy finances, as it would protect paid personnel's productivity and the native [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] population, a group the Navy thought could provide cheap labor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hattori|first=Anne Perez|title=Colonial Dis-ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam , 1898-1941|year=2004|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]]|isbn=0-8248-2808-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i84sQCC-unkC&q=%22Luke+McNamee%22&pg=PA70|access-date=12 November 2010|location=[[Honolulu, Hawaii]]|page=70}}</ref>
McNamee twice served as acting [[Governor of Guam]]: first from November 2, 1905, to December 3, 1906, and again from October 3, 1907, to December 28, 1907.<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Era Governors of Guam |url=http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |work=Guampedia |publisher=[[University of Guam]] |access-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711134857/http://guampedia.com/naval-era-governors-of-guam/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |location=[[Guam]] |date=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As governor, he urged the [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] to invest in the control of [[leprosy]] and other infectious diseases on the island, arguing that this would be in the best interest of Navy finances, as it would protect paid personnel's productivity and the native [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] population, a group the navy thought could provide cheap labor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hattori|first=Anne Perez|title=Colonial Dis-ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941|year=2004|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]]|isbn=0-8248-2808-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i84sQCC-unkC&q=%22Luke+McNamee%22&pg=PA70|access-date=November 12, 2010|location=[[Honolulu, Hawaii]]|page=70}}</ref>


==Business career and later life==
==Business career and later life==
After leaving the Navy, McNamee became President of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company in 1934. He aggressively expanded the company by modernizing its overseas operations. He extended service on government and private vessels using the company's equipment as well.<ref name=obit/> In 1940, he led negotiations with labor unions after they shut down company operations, and was able to reach an agreement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E1FFC3B55117A93C0A91789D85F448485F9 |title=Mackay Service Back to Normal: Radio Company Settles Dispute with Its Workers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 February 1940 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=21 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> On May 19, 1950, he became [[chairman]] of the [[board of directors]]. He also oversaw the opening of the first direct telegraph line to [[Bermuda]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/08/06/archives/new-link-to-bermuda-direct-radiotelegraph-service-may-be-opened.html |title=New Link to Bermuda: Direct Radio-Telegraph Service May Be Opened Monday |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 August 1942 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=29 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> In May 1951, he resigned his position as director of both Mackay and [[International Telephone and Telegraph]].<ref name=obit/>
After leaving the navy, McNamee became president of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company in 1934. He aggressively expanded the company by modernizing its overseas operations. He extended service on government and private vessels using the company's equipment as well.<ref name=obit/> In 1940, he led negotiations with labor unions after they shut down company operations, and was able to reach an agreement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E1FFC3B55117A93C0A91789D85F448485F9 |title=Mackay Service Back to Normal: Radio Company Settles Dispute with Its Workers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= February 2, 1940 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=21 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>


After retiring, McNamee lived in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he succeeded [[Herbert Livingston Satterlee]] as chairman of the executive committee of the Marine Museum of the City of New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0910FA3F5A107A93CBAB1788D85F4C8485F9 |title=M'Namee Gets New Post: Admiral Heads Marine Museum Executive Committee |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 March 1948 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=39 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> McNamee spent the last two years of his life as a patient of the [[Naval Station Newport]] Hospital at Newport, Rhode Island. He died there on December 30, 1952.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/31/archives/admiral-mnamee-dead-in-newport-foner-head-of-mackay-radio-adviser.html |title=Admiral M'Namee Dead in Newport: Former Head of Mackay Radio, Adviser at 1919 Paris Peace Parley, in Navy 42 Years |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 December 1952 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=15 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Admiral Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14090339/luke_mcnamee_18711952/|newspaper=Marshfield News-Herald|date=December 30, 1952|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = September 30, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
On May 19, 1950, he became [[chairman]] of the [[board of directors]]. He also oversaw the opening of the first direct telegraph line to [[Bermuda]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/08/06/archives/new-link-to-bermuda-direct-radiotelegraph-service-may-be-opened.html |title=New Link to Bermuda: Direct Radio-Telegraph Service May Be Opened Monday |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 6, 1942 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=29 |access-date= August 12, 2013}}</ref> In May 1951, he resigned his position as director of both Mackay and [[International Telephone and Telegraph]].<ref name=obit/>

After retiring, McNamee lived in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he succeeded [[Herbert Livingston Satterlee]] as chairman of the executive committee of the Marine Museum of the City of New York.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0910FA3F5A107A93CBAB1788D85F4C8485F9 |title=M'Namee Gets New Post: Admiral Heads Marine Museum Executive Committee |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 29, 1948 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=39 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* [[Navy Cross]]<ref name="militaryhallofhonor_mcnamee">{{cite web |url=https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=598 |title=Luke McNamee, Admiral, U.S. Navy |website=militaryhallofhonor.com |accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Legion of Honour|French Legion of Honour]]<ref name="militaryhallofhonor_mcnamee"/>

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==Personal life==
Luke McNamee was born to Michael and Anne Amelia ({{nee}} Garvey) McNamee in [[Mount Hope, Wisconsin]] in 1871.

On October 22, 1903, at Saint Cecilia's Church in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], McNamee married Dorothy Swinburne (born 1880, [[Erie County, Pennsylvania]]), the daughter of Admiral [[William T. Swinburne]]. The McNamees had no children.<ref name="militaryhallofhonor_mcnamee"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9DDY-X67/dorothy-swinburne-1878-1965 |title=Dorothy Swinburne |website=familysearch.org |accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12A-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA17-PA8 |title=Personal Matters |publisher=Army and Navy Register |page=8 |date=October 31, 1903 |accessdate=November 30, 2021}}</ref>

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For much of his life, he lived in [[Wisconsin]], though he later moved to [[Jamestown, Rhode Island]].<ref name=retired>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/05/10/archives/mnamee-retired-in-navy-40-years-washington-hears-war-college-head.html |title=M'Namee Retired; In Navy 40 Years |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 10, 1934 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=10 |access-date= August 12, 2013}}</ref> He spent the last two years of his life as a patient of the [[Naval Station Newport]] Hospital in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

On December 30, 1952, McNamee died at [[Naval Station Newport]] Hospital at Newport, Rhode Island. McNamee is interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. His widow, Dorothy, died on November 21, 1965 (aged 85) and was interred beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.
<ref name="militaryhallofhonor_mcnamee"/><ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/31/archives/admiral-mnamee-dead-in-newport-foner-head-of-mackay-radio-adviser.html |title=Admiral M'Namee Dead in Newport: Former Head of Mackay Radio, Adviser at 1919 Paris Peace Parley, in Navy 42 Years |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= December 31, 1952 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=15 |access-date=August 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title=Admiral Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14090339/luke_mcnamee_18711952/|newspaper=Marshfield News-Herald|date=December 30, 1952|page=12|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = September 30, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>


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Luke McNamee
21st President of the Naval War College
In office
June 3, 1933 – May 29, 1934
Preceded byHarris Laning
Succeeded byEdward C. Kalbfus
21st Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence
In office
September 1921 – November 1923
Preceded byAndrew T. Long
Succeeded byHenry Hughes Hough
12th Naval Governor of Guam
In office
October 3, 1907 – December 28, 1907
Preceded byTemplin Potts
Succeeded byEdward John Dorn
10th Naval Governor of Guam
In office
November 2, 1905 – December 3, 1906
Preceded byGeorge Leland Dyer
Succeeded byTemplin Potts
Personal details
Born(1871-08-04)August 4, 1871
Mount Hope, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedDecember 30, 1952(1952-12-30) (aged 81)
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Nationality United States
SpouseDorothy Swinburne McNamee
RelativesWilliam T. Swinburne (father-in-law)
AwardsNavy Cross
Legion of Honour
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy Seal United States Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands

Luke McNamee (April 4, 1871 – December 30, 1952)[1] was a United States Navy Admiral, businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam. He served in the navy for 42 years, during which time he held multiple commands. During the Spanish–American War, he earned the Navy Cross, and later the Legion of Honour.

Earlier on his career, he served as governor, and expanded funding for fighting the infectious diseases running through the native population. He represented the U.S. Navy as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He later became Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence. He was promoted to full admiral after being placed in charge of the Battle Fleet. After this command, he served as President of the Naval War College before retiring in 1934. After leaving the navy, he became president and Chairman of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company, where he aggressively expanded telegraph and radio service overseas.

Naval career[edit]

McNamee had a 42-year career in the United States Navy. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Kansas, graduating in 1892.[2] He was commissioned as an ensign on July 1, 1894. He served two years aboard the training ship USS Atlanta before being transferred to the USS Essex, where he served from 1894 to 1898.[3] He became a lieutenant junior grade on March 3, 1899, and a lieutenant on July 1, 1900.[3] He served as executive officer of the USS Princeton during the Spanish–American War.[2]

In 1901, he served aboard the battleship USS Oregon.[4] From 1905 to 1908, he was assigned to the Guam Naval Station, after which he served as the naval inspector to General Electric works (in Schenectady, New York and Massachusetts) and the navigator of the USS Nevada.[2][4] After serving as the first commanding officer of the USS Sacramento,[5] he was promoted to captain in 1917. While on the Sacramento, he commanded all Navy forces in the Gulf of Mexico, though this only consisted of seven gunboats.[6]

After his promotion, he served as chief of staff to the commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, and then to Admiral William Sims, commander of United States Naval forces in Europe.[2] In 1919, he was on the naval advisory board at the Paris Peace Conference.[2]

In 1921, he served as commanding officer of the USS Nevada and the USS Tennessee in 1923. He served as Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence.[2] From 1924 to 1926, McNamee was appointed Naval attaché to the Court of St. James's in the United Kingdom. During his time in London, he was promoted to rear admiral.[2] In 1926, he commanded all the Destroyers in the Battle Fleet, before becoming director of fleet training. for the next four years. After being promoted to vice admiral, he returned to the Battle Fleet to command its Battleship force, doing so from 1931 to 1932. In 1933, he achieved full admiral and commanded the entire Battle Force.[2]

On June 3, 1933, he became President of the Naval War College.[7] He left the post on May 29, 1934, after retiring from active duty.[8] During his career, he was awarded the Navy Cross and the French Legion of Honour.[2]

Governorship[edit]

McNamee twice served as acting Governor of Guam: first from November 2, 1905, to December 3, 1906, and again from October 3, 1907, to December 28, 1907.[9]

As governor, he urged the United States Secretary of the Navy to invest in the control of leprosy and other infectious diseases on the island, arguing that this would be in the best interest of Navy finances, as it would protect paid personnel's productivity and the native Chamorro population, a group the navy thought could provide cheap labor.[10]

Business career and later life[edit]

After leaving the navy, McNamee became president of the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company in 1934. He aggressively expanded the company by modernizing its overseas operations. He extended service on government and private vessels using the company's equipment as well.[2] In 1940, he led negotiations with labor unions after they shut down company operations, and was able to reach an agreement.[11]

On May 19, 1950, he became chairman of the board of directors. He also oversaw the opening of the first direct telegraph line to Bermuda.[12] In May 1951, he resigned his position as director of both Mackay and International Telephone and Telegraph.[2]

After retiring, McNamee lived in New York City. In 1948, he succeeded Herbert Livingston Satterlee as chairman of the executive committee of the Marine Museum of the City of New York.[13]

Awards[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Luke McNamee was born to Michael and Anne Amelia (née Garvey) McNamee in Mount Hope, Wisconsin in 1871.

On October 22, 1903, at Saint Cecilia's Church in Boston, Massachusetts, McNamee married Dorothy Swinburne (born 1880, Erie County, Pennsylvania), the daughter of Admiral William T. Swinburne. The McNamees had no children.[14][15][16]

For much of his life, he lived in Wisconsin, though he later moved to Jamestown, Rhode Island.[4] He spent the last two years of his life as a patient of the Naval Station Newport Hospital in Newport, Rhode Island.[citation needed]

On December 30, 1952, McNamee died at Naval Station Newport Hospital at Newport, Rhode Island. McNamee is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. His widow, Dorothy, died on November 21, 1965 (aged 85) and was interred beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery. [14][2][17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hooper, Franklin Henry; Yust, Walter (1953). "Britannica book of the year". books.google.co.uk. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Admiral M'Namee Dead in Newport: Former Head of Mackay Radio, Adviser at 1919 Paris Peace Parley, in Navy 42 Years". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. December 31, 1952. p. 15. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Hamersly, Lewis Randolph (1902). The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 319. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "M'Namee Retired; In Navy 40 Years". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. May 10, 1934. p. 10. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. ^ Mooney, James. "Sacramento". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Washington, D.C.: Naval History & Heritage Command. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  6. ^ "Mexican Officials Want Americans Quit Yaqui Valley". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. The New York Times Company. 23 June 1915. p. 3. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  7. ^ "Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce". Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  8. ^ "1930-1939". Chronology of Courses and Significant Events. Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  9. ^ "Naval Era Governors of Guam". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. August 10, 2010. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Hattori, Anne Perez (2004). Colonial Dis-ease: US Navy Health Policies and the Chamorros of Guam, 1898-1941. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press. p. 70. ISBN 0-8248-2808-9. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  11. ^ "Mackay Service Back to Normal: Radio Company Settles Dispute with Its Workers". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. February 2, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  12. ^ "New Link to Bermuda: Direct Radio-Telegraph Service May Be Opened Monday". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. August 6, 1942. p. 29. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. ^ "M'Namee Gets New Post: Admiral Heads Marine Museum Executive Committee". The New York Times. New York City. The New York Times Company. March 29, 1948. p. 39. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  14. ^ a b c d "Luke McNamee, Admiral, U.S. Navy". militaryhallofhonor.com. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  15. ^ "Dorothy Swinburne". familysearch.org. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Personal Matters". Army and Navy Register. October 31, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  17. ^ "Admiral Dies". Marshfield News-Herald. December 30, 1952. p. 12. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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