Harry Shepard Knapp

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Harry Shepard Knapp (born June 27, 1856 in New Britain (Connecticut) , † April 6, 1928 in Hartford (Connecticut) ) was an American Vice Admiral and US Governor of the Dominican Republic .

biography

After school he joined the United States Navy and finished training on June 20, 1878 with graduation from the United States Naval Academy . In the following years, he served as a naval cadet (midshipman) in the naval bases of Pensacola (Florida) , Minnesota and Jamestown (Virginia) , before 1882 be July 8 officer's commission as a lieutenant received. He was then used as a naval officer on several ships and naval bases until he was Executive Officer of the USS Dorothea at the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898 . He was then again a naval officer on a number of important uses on ships and on land before he was on August 3, 1908 commander of the USS Charleston (CC-22), a protected cruiser of the 1905 St. Louis class. There he was promoted to sea captain in 1909 . On January 8, 1910, he was initially assigned to the Naval Main Office (General Board) and at the same time worked temporarily as a staff officer in the joint office of the United States Army and the US Navy for the defense of the Panama Canal (Joint Army and Navy Board for Defense of the Panama Canal) . On September 15, 1911, he took command of the USS Florida (BB-30), a battleship of the Florida class of the same name.

After a little more than four years of service on the USS Florida, he was appointed commander of the cruisers of the Atlantic fleet on November 8, 1915 . After the occupation, a week before the First World War , he was appointed US governor of the Dominican Republic on November 29, 1916 and also US military representative in Haiti . At this post Knapp was promoted to Rear Admiral on March 17, 1917 . As a cruiser commodore, he distinguished himself through special merits, in which he dealt in particular with the protection of Allied ships from submarines of the German Imperial Navy . In addition, he dealt with the protection of the Caribbean from hostile aggression. For this achievement he was awarded the Navy Cross . As military governor, he first issued orders restricting freedom of speech and freedom of the press .

Shortly after the armistice , he left his post in Santo Domingo on November 18, 1918 and was appointed naval attaché at the US Embassy in London . In this function he was a delegate at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 . On February 4, 1920, he took command of the US naval forces in Europe while being promoted to Vice Admiral . However, he only held this office for a few months. After he retired on June 27, 1920, he worked temporarily as a consultant and special negotiator for the US Navy, including in Haiti.

He was in honor of the 1943-built USS Knapp (DD-653), a destroyer of Fletcher class named.

Publications

  • Reuben E. Bakenhus, Harry S. Knapp, Emory R. Johnson: The Panama Canal, Comprising Its History and Construction, and Its Relation to the Navy, International Law and Commerce. J. Wiley et al., New York NY 1915.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Hall of Valor of the Military Times
  2. ↑ Eric Roord: The dictator next door. The good neighbor policy and the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945. Duke University Press, Durham NC et al. 1998, ISBN 0-8223-2123-8 , p. 16.
  3. ^ Oran R. Young, Gail Osherenko (Eds.): Polar Politics. Creating international environmental regimes. Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY 1993, ISBN 0-8014-8069-8 , p. 73.
  4. ↑ "KNAPP Investigates HAITI BANK snarl; Admiral Sent Down to Straighten Out Trouble Involving National City's Interests.ITS PRIVILEGES CONTESTEDPayment to Bank of Interests onDeposits by Government Protested by American Advise", New York Times September 20, 1920
  5. ↑ USS Knapp
predecessor Office successor
Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal President of the Dominican Republic
1916–1918 		US Military Governor Ben Hebard Fuller
personal data
SURNAME Alright, Harry Shepard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Vice Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH New Britain (Connecticut)
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1928
Place of death Hartford, Connecticut