M'KINNEY MAN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
U. S. FLEET
ADMIRAL HENRY WILEY MAKES THE
TEXAS HIS FLAG SHIP.
McKinney Courier Gazette, September 17,
1927
IS A NATIVE OF McKINNEY
Texas Man to Sail on Ship
Rearing the Name of His State.
(Dallas News, Sept. 14)
Admiral H. A. Wiley, United States navy, hoisted his four-star flag of commander
in chief of the United states fleet at the mainmast of the newly modernized
Battleship Texas last Thursday. He is a Texas man, having been born and reared
in McKinney, going through the elementary schools there. He succeeds Admiral
Charles F. Hughes both as commander in chief and has the rehabilitated Texas as
flagship.
The battleship Texas recently
underwent an extensive overhauling, during which she was converted from a coal
to an oil-burning ship. Additional deck protection against aerial attack, bilges
against underwater bomb and torpedo attack, and new masts and fire control
systems were some of the changes made, the cost totaling $2,000,000.
This marks the passing of the
last coal-burning ship in the combative forces of the American navy.
The Cruiser Seattle, the late
flagship, is to relieve the Pueblo as receiving ship at New York, the Pueblo to
be placed of of commission.
A Texas man, now commander in
chief of the United States fleet, will sail from New York Oct 6 on the flagship
bearing the name of the state of his nativity. The Texas will go through the
Panama canal and join the Pacific fleet in its maneuvers.
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Citation:
"H. A. Wiley,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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