Robert Edward Coontz

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Admiral Robert Edward Coontz (June 11, 1864 – January 26, 1935) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Coontz served in the Great White Fleet and as the second Chief of Naval Operations.

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George R. Clark
Commandant of Midshipmen, Naval Academy
1910 – 1911
Succeeded by
George W. Logan
Preceded by
George R. Salisbury
Commandant, Naval Station, and Naval Governor, Guam
30 Jan, 1912[1] – 23 Sep, 1913[2]
Succeeded by
Alfred W. Hinds
Preceded by
Marbury Johnston
Captain of U.S.S. Georgia
1913[3][4] – 1915[5][6]
Succeeded by
Joseph W. Oman
Preceded by
Vincendon L. Cottman
Commandant, Navy Yard, Puget Sound
20 Jul, 1915[7]
Succeeded by
Harry A. Field
Preceded by
William S. Benson
Chief of Naval Operations
1 Nov, 1919[8] – 21 Jul, 1923[9]
Succeeded by
Edward W. Eberle

Footnotes

  1. Wikipedia
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 12.
  4. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  5. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 12.
  6. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 12.
  7. Register of Officers, 1917. pp. 10-11.
  8. Wikipedia
  9. Wikipedia