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  1. Dec 18, 2018 · On April 25, 1898, Congress declared war against Spain, and the U.S. Navy secretary cabled Commodore George Dewey, commanding the Asiatic Squadron, with orders to engage the enemy, not in the Caribbean but across the globe in the Philippines, where military commanders knew the empire was weakest, with a flotilla described as antiquated and ...

  2. Biography: George Dewey is known for having achieved the unique rank of Admiral of the Navy. He is most famous for leading the U.S. Navy to victory against the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Dewey was born in Vermont in 1837. After being expelled from Norwich University, he enrolled at the ...

  3. George Dewey. Childhood and education George Dewey, the only officer of the U.S. Navy ever to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy, was born on December 26, 1837, in Montpelier, Vermont. When George was five years old, his mother died of tuberculosis, leaving his father, a prominent local physician and founder of the National Life Insurance ...

  4. Jan 12, 2024 · George Dewey was born on December 26, 1837 in Montpelier, Vermont. Upon his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1857, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861. During the Civil War he served with Admiral Farragut during the Battle of New Orleans and as part of the Atlantic blockade.

  5. George Dewey (1837-1917) was an American naval officer whose victory over the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in 1898 made him a national hero. Born in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1837, Dewey graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and saw distinguished service in the Gulf of Mexico during the American Civil War.

  6. May 16, 2018 · Ryan Reynolds has tapped digital marketing veteran George Dewey to serve as the new president of Reynolds’ company, Maximum Effort Productions. The news comes as Reynolds and 20th Century Fox ...

  7. George Dewey was born on December 26, 1837, in Montpelier, Vermont and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1858. As a midshipman, Dewey served on the steam frigate Wabash. After this service, he became a passed midshipman in 1861. From 1861 to 1867, Dewey served on the sidewheel steamer Mississippi and the screw sloops Brooklyn and ...