Robert E. Coontz

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Robert Coontz (1919)
Ensign Coontz (far right, 1889)

Robert Edward Coontz (born June 11, 1864 in Hannibal , Missouri , † January 26, 1935 in Bremerton , Washington ) was an Admiral in the US Navy and from 1919 to 1923 the second Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

biography

Coontz was the son of the entrepreneur Benton Coontz. He attended Hannibal Public Elementary School, Inglesile College from 1878 to 1879, and Hannibal College from 1879 to 1880. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis , Maryland in 1885 . Early in his career, he served in the Department of the Navy (DoN) and later on several ships in Alaska and the Great Lakes .

In 1894 he returned to the Department of the Navy and was later assigned to the USS Philadelphia and the USS Charleston and the US National Geodetic Survey . On the Charleston he took part in the Spanish-American War . On the USS Nebraska Coontz (at the time Lieutenant Commander ) took part as Executive Officer in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet .

After the voyage, Coontz was promoted to commander and commanded midshipmen at the US Naval Academy. From 1912 to 1914 he was governor of Guam . After another promotion, Coontz was captain and commanding officer of the USS Georgia and later until 1918 the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . He was then briefly acting Chief of Naval Operations and then became the commander of a battleship division in the Atlantic.

Coontz had just been sent to the Pacific when he was appointed the new, second CNO and temporary admiral in September 1919. He held this position until mid 1923. He then returned to the lake back and was as Rear Admiral (uh) ( Rear Admiral ) Commander-in-Chief of the US fleet, succeeding Admiral Edward W. Eberle . He is also known for his key role in promoting U.S. naval aviation. He campaigned for the USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) to be converted into aircraft carriers . From October 1925 to June 1928 he was in command of the fifth naval district; then he was retired.

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SURNAME Coontz, Robert E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coontz, Robert Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US Navy Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Hannibal , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1935
Place of death Bremerton , Washington