36 Facts About Adolphus Andrews

Adolphus Andrews was a decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral.

Adolphus Andrews later served on the Pearl Harbor Court of Inquiry in 1944 and following the War, Andrews served as American Red Cross Commissioner for Pacific area.

Adolphus Andrews was born on October 7,1879, in Galveston, Texas, the son of merchant Adolphus Rutherford Andrews and his wife former Lala Caroline Davis.

Adolphus Andrews graduated from the Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Texas in the summer of 1895 and entered the University of Texas at Austin.

Adolphus Andrews passed the exam and entered the Annapolis as Midshipman in September 1897.

Adolphus Andrews graduated on June 7,1901, with a Bachelor of Science degree on the top of his class and among his classmates were several future Admirals including World War II Chief of Naval Operations, Ernest J King; and Burrell C Allen, Ivan E Bass, John Downes, Arthur P Fairfield, Charles W Fisher Jr.

Adolphus Andrews was commissioned Ensign on June 7,1903, after completing two years at sea required by law before commissioning.

Adolphus Andrews was attached to the gunboat USS Dolphin, which served as the Presidential Yacht for Theodore Roosevelt.

Adolphus Andrews held additional duty as Aide at the White House and was promoted consecutively to Lieutenant and Lieutenant on June 7,1906.

In February 1908, Adolphus Andrews returned to the United States and assumed duty at New York Navy Yard, where he remained for eight months and then was transferred to the Navy Recruiting Stations in Dallas, Texas.

Adolphus Andrews was assigned to the William H Taft's Presidential Yacht USS Mayflower in October 1910 and served as Executive officer until May 1911.

Adolphus Andrews subsequently joined the battleship USS Michigan as Gunnery officer under the command of Captain Carlo B Brittain.

Adolphus Andrews served again as ship's gunnery officer until May 1916, when he was ordered to the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey, for duty in connection with fitting out the battleship USS Oklahoma.

Adolphus Andrews served originally as the ship's navigator under Captain Roger Welles during the rearmament at Philadelphia Navy Yard and following the promotion and detachment of Captain Welles in January 1917, Andrews was appointed acting commanding officer.

Adolphus Andrews handed over the command to Spencer S Wood in June 1917 and resumed his duties as navigator.

Adolphus Andrews then participated in the training off the coast of Cuba and served as Naval Aide to Prince Axel of Denmark during the latter's stay in the United States.

Adolphus Andrews was transferred to command of the battleship USS Massachusetts in September 1918.

Adolphus Andrews was promoted to the rank of Commander on July 1,1918, and to the temporary rank of Captain on September 21 that year.

In December 1918, Andrews was ordered to New York City and attached to the headquarters of Third Naval District under Rear admiral Nathaniel R Usher.

Adolphus Andrews remained in that capacity until November 1919, when he was sent to the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island.

Adolphus Andrews completed the senior course in December 1920 and assumed command of repair ship USS Prometheus of the Atlantic Fleet.

Adolphus Andrews accompanied President Harding to Alaska and after his death in August 1923, continued as senior Naval Aide to President Calvin Coolidge.

Adolphus Andrews remained in that assignment until April 1926, when he was succeeded by Captain Wilson Brown and assumed duty as a member of the American Representation at the Geneva Preparatory Commission on Limitation of Armaments.

Adolphus Andrews was appointed commanding officer of battleship USS Texas in July 1929 and participated in the patrol cruises with the Scouting Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean until May 1931.

Adolphus Andrews was ordered to the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, and appointed Chief of Staff to President of the College, Rear admiral Harris Laning.

Adolphus Andrews was appointed Chief of Staff of the Battle Force, operating in the Atlantic under Admiral Joseph M Reeves and remained in that capacity until February 1934, when admiral Reeves was promoted to the command of the United States Fleet and took Andrews with him as Chief of Staff.

In June 1935, Adolphus Andrews was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, DC, and was responsible mostly for Navy personnel administration until June 1938.

Adolphus Andrews was appointed Commander, Scouting Force, operating with the United States Fleet and was promoted to the temporary rank of Vice Admiral on July 1,1938.

Adolphus Andrews was member of the American delegation to Brazil on the occasion of the anniversary of Brazilian independence and received Order of Naval Merit.

Meanwhile, Naval Coastal Frontiers were grouped in to Sea Frontiers, and the area of the Naval Coastal Frontier formerly under Adolphus Andrews' command was merged into the Eastern Sea Frontier and he became its commander.

Adolphus Andrews had to face the task of sweeping the stretch of the Atlantic between Nova Scotia and Florida free of enemy submarines.

Adolphus Andrews was transferred to the Retired list of the Navy on November 1,1943, but remained on active as Chairman of the Navy Manpower Survey Board in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy under Frank Knox.

Adolphus Andrews was relieved of all active duty in December 1944 and assumed position as Commissioner of the American Red Cross for South Pacific areas in June 1945.

Adolphus Andrews was a member of the New York City University Club, the Dallas Downtown Club, the Fort Worth Club, the Alibi Club, and the Metropolitan Club and Cevy Chase Country Clubs of Washington, DC.

Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews died following a long illness on June 19,1948, aged 68, at Naval Hospital in Houston, Texas.

Adolphus Andrews is buried with his wife Berenice Platter Andrews at Fairview Cemetery in Denison, Texas.