Alfred Wilkinson Johnson

Alfred Wilkinson Johnson was a vocation official of the United States Navy who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I, instructed a few ships, and filled in as Director of Naval Intelligence, arriving at the position of Vice Admiral. He resigned in December 1940.Recalled to obligation during World War II he served on a few sheets, at long last resigning in August 1945. He passed on in 1963.

Early life and training

His dad Philip Carrigan Johnson painted by his uncle Eastman Johnson in 1876

Johnson was conceived in Philadelphia on November 18, 1876, child of Philip Carrigan Johnson Jr and his better half Elvira Lindsay. His dad was a vocation US Naval official, who arrived at the position of Commodore, or Rear Admiral. Alfred was a nephew of American painter Eastman Johnson, who was a prime supporter of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. https://devpost.com/alfredjohnson506?ref_content=user-portfolio&ref_feature=portfolio&ref_medium=global-nav https://en.gravatar.com/alfredjohnson506 https://speakerdeck.com/alfredjohnson506 https://independent.academia.edu/alfredjohnson12 https://www.udemy.com/user/alfredjohnson3/ https://about.me/alfredjohnson Alfred grew up with his family on his dad's assignments in California, Maine, and in the District of Columbia, where he went to state funded schools.

Maritime cadet

He pursued his dad into the Navy, being selected Naval Cadet (everywhere) by President Grover Cleveland, and entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1895.

During the Spanish–American War, as an individual from the First Class, he served on Massachusetts (BB-2) of the North Atlantic Squadron under the direction of Rear Admiral W.T. Sampson, USN and later on Detroit (C-10). He came back to Annapolis in September 1898, and was graduated in January 1899. Johnson served two years adrift, as then legally necessary before authorizing, and was appointed Ensign in 1901.

Junior official

Johnson served progressively on Newark (C-1), Texas (1892), Detroit (C-10), Kearsarge (BB-5), and had obligation in the Philippines during the revolt on board New York (ACR-2). He came back to the United States in 1903. After obligation on the screens Puritan (BM-1) and Lancaster, he served on torpedo pontoons until 1907, telling Rodgers (TB-4) and Wilkes (TB-35).

From 1907 until 1910, he filled in as an educator in the Department of Mathematics at the Naval Academy, as a component of an ordinary example of rotating ocean and shore assignments. During this task he made the sailor's training journey on Hartford (1858) in the late spring of 1908, and filled in as banner lieutenant to the leader of the Practice Squadron on the leader Olympia (C-6) in the late spring of 1909.

Johnson joined Delaware (BB-28) as right hand designer official in 1910 and in 1911 was moved to Nebraska (BB-14), with obligation as senior Engineer Officer. Upon separation, he answered to the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. From April 10, 1912, to December 13, 1913 Johnson filled in as US Naval Attaché to Santiago, Chile.

Boss

In 1914, following a while in order of the Benham (DD-49),https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alfredjohnson https://tinychat.com/room/alfredjohnson https://yourlisten.com/alfredjohnson https://hubpages.com/@alfredjohnson506 Johnson was given charge of fitting out Downes (DD-45) at the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey. He instructed the ship quickly before his exchange in 1915 to Conyngham (DD-58) at William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He accepted order of that destroyer when she was authorized on January 21, 1916. Conyngham was in the primary destroyer division sent to Europe in April 1917, when the United States entered World War I. He was based at Queenstown, Ireland. For his administrations in order of the Conyngham, Johnson was granted the Distinguished Service Medal with reference as pursues:

For incredibly worthy help in an obligation of extraordinary duty as Commanding Officer of the USS Conyngham occupied with the significant, demanding and unsafe obligation of watching the waters invaded with adversary submarines and mines, in accompanying and ensuring crucially significant caravans of troops and supplies through these waters, and in hostile and guarded activity, enthusiastically and unremittingly indicted against all types of foe maritime action; and particularly for an assault upon a foe submarine on October 19, 1917, during which assault Conyngham was straightforwardly over the submarine and dropped a profundity bomb which is accepted to have pulverized the submarine.

Johnson fitted out and instructed the destroyer Kimberly (DD-80) from the get-go in 1918. Upon his arrival to the United States soon thereafter, he announced for obligation as helper to the commandant, New York Navy Yard and Third Naval District.

He filled in as authority, Air Force, Atlantic armada, while at the same time ordering Shawmut and later Wright (AV-1), in 1920 and 1921. Planes under his direction made the main trip over the Caribbean to Panama and in June–July 1921 were occupied with besieging explores different avenues regarding ex-German warships off the Virginia Capes. In 1922 he served in the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, DC. He filled in as senior individual from sheets to (1) to overhaul the requests for gunnery and besieging practices for air ship and (2) to draw up a convention for flying machine regarding armada shoot control.

He was associate head of the Bureau of Aeronautics from 1923 to late in 1925. In collaboration with the US Geological Survey, he started the Aerial Photographic Survey of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands by maritime flying machine.

From January 1, 1926, to November 3, 1927, he told the cruiser Richmond (CL-9). After a voyage through obligation as Director of Naval Intelligence, Washington, D.C., he was designated in June 1930, as President of the National Board of Elections in Nicaragua, with extra position of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua. (In this period,https://pastebin.com/u/alfredjohnson506 https://alfred506.livejournal.com/profile https://www.kdpcommunity.com/s/profile/005f4000004obwA?language=en_US https://disqus.com/by/alfredjohnson506/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/alfredjohnson https://issuu.com/alfredjohnson506 https://www.ted.com/profiles/14810550 military officials served in strategic posts in South America.) For administration rendered in the 1930 political race, he got the Medal of Merit from the Government of Nicaragua.

Banner official

Johnson directed the ship Colorado (BB-45) in 1931 and was Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Navigation from January 9, 1932, to May 5, 1933. He was progressed to the position of Rear Admiral in 1933 and, in that year, qualified as a Naval Aviation Observer.

From August 1933 until June 1935 he filled in as administrator, Patrol Plane Squadrons, US Fleet. In January 1934, his squadrons made the main mass direct departure from the West Coast to Honolulu and to Midway Island. While in this order, he built up the watch plane squadrons by leading their tasks from command posts for expanded timeframes in far off performance centers of movement, to build their handiness to the armada.

He was an individual from the General Board from June 1935 to January 1938, when he expected direction of the Training Detachment, US Fleet. In October 1938, his title was changed to Commander, Atlantic Squadron. While in order of the Atlantic Squadron throughout the winter of 1938-1939, Admiral Johnson teamed up with the Naval Research Laboratory researchers in directing the primary complete radar tests adrift. These examinations brought about building up the utilization of radar for fire control. The procedures demonstrated helpful during World War II.

In November 1939 Johnson detailed for obligation as a Member of the General Board. On December 1, 1940, having arrived at the time of retirement, he was moved to the Retired List. He was progressed to the position of Vice Admiral, in acknowledgment of his being "uncommonly lauded for execution of obligation in real battle with the adversary during the World War".

World War II

On January 1, 1942, after the United States entered World War II, Johnson was reviewed to dynamic obligation. He filled in as US Naval Delegate to the Inter-American Defense Board from March 30, 1942, to August 1945, attempting to create guards in the western half of the globe. During this period, he had extra obligation as Naval Member on the Joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission and as Senior Naval Member of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States. He was granted the Legion of Merit.

His reference states:

... Bad habit Admiral Johnson rendered significant help to all individuals from the Board during the beginning times of threats and, by his magnificent capacity and politeness, was in huge measure liable for verifying rights and benefits essentially required by our powers in the direct of the war and for the support of warm relations between the United States and Latin American nations...

Johnson resigned on August 13, 1945, after forty-nine-and-a-half long stretches of administration.

Individual life

On June 18, 1903, at Albany, New York, he wedded Hannah Cox Harris, little girl of Frederick Harris and his significant other. She was a granddaughter of New York State Senator Hamilton Harris and an incredible niece of U.S. Representative Ira Harris. They had two little girls, Caroline Gilbert and Elvira Lindsay Johnson.

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