1. Luke McNamee was a United States Navy Admiral, businessman, and the 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam.
19 Facts About Luke McNamee
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Luke McNamee served in the navy for 42 years, during which time he held multiple commands.
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Luke McNamee represented the US Navy as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
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Luke McNamee later became Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
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Luke McNamee was promoted to full admiral after being placed in charge of the Battle Fleet.
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Luke McNamee was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from Kansas, graduating in 1892.
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Luke McNamee was commissioned as an ensign on July 1,1894.
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Luke McNamee became a lieutenant junior grade on March 3,1899, and a lieutenant on July 1,1900.
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Luke McNamee served as director of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
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From 1924 to 1926, Luke McNamee was appointed Naval attache to the Court of St James's in the United Kingdom.
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Luke McNamee left the post on May 29,1934, after retiring from active duty.
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Luke McNamee twice served as acting governor of Guam: first from November 2,1905, to December 3,1906, and again from October 3,1907, to December 28,1907.
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Luke McNamee aggressively expanded the company by modernizing its overseas operations.
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Luke McNamee extended service on government and private vessels using the company's equipment as well.
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Luke McNamee oversaw the opening of the first direct telegraph line to Bermuda.
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Luke McNamee was born to Michael and Anne Amelia McNamee in Mount Hope, Wisconsin in 1871.
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Luke McNamee spent the last two years of his life as a patient of the Naval Station Newport Hospital in Newport, Rhode Island.
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On December 30,1952, Luke McNamee died at Naval Station Newport Hospital at Newport, Rhode Island.
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Luke McNamee is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.