Charles B. McVay, Jr.
September 9, 1868(1868-09-09) – October 28, 1949 (aged 81)
Charles B. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McVay, Jr.
Place of birth	Edgeworth, Pennsylvania
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1890-1932
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	United States Asiatic Fleet
Battles/wars	Spanish American War World War I
Relations	Charles B. McVay III (son)

Charles Butler McVay II (September 9, 1868 – October 28, 1949) was an admiral in the United States Navy after World War I. Edgeworth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay III ( July 30 1898 – November 6 1968) was a career naval officer and the Commanding Officer Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

In 1907-1909, After the cruise of the Great White Fleet, he commanded the tender, Yankton. The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a Circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, He then held various assignments of increasing importance throughout and after World War I. Later, in the earlier 1930s, he served as Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet. The Asiatic Fleet was part of the US Navy. During the World War II era the fleet protected the Philippines.

Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay Jr. was born on September 9, 1868 at Edgeworth, Pennsylvania. Edgeworth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. He was an 1890 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States During the Spanish-American War (1898), Ensign McVay served aboard the USS Amphitrite (BM-2), a double-turret monitor. Early Service The second USS Amphitrite —the lead ship in her class of iron-hulled twin-screw monitors —was laid down in 1874 at Wilmington A monitor was a type of relatively small Warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns and was used by some navies They patrolled the waters off Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Key West and participated in the shelling of San Juan in May 1898.

In 1908, after serving as a navigator aboard USS Hartford and USS Alabama and a tour at the US Naval Academy, Commander McVay was given command of the USS Yankton. Civil War With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Hartford was ordered home History Her keel was laid down on 1 December 1896 at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building In 1909, Lieutenant Commander McVay, was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, as the USS Yankton had just returned from an around the world cruise with the Great White Fleet.

World War I service

During World War I, Charles B. McVay Jr. served as commander aboard three vessels: USS Saratoga, USS New Jersey (BB-16), and USS Oklahoma. USS New York (ACR-2 Assigned to the South Atlantic Squadron, New York departed New York Harbor 27 December 1893 for Construction Oklahoma was the last ship of the US Navy to be installed with Vertical triple expansion reciprocating machinery instead of Steam turbines

Asiatic Fleet Command

After the Great War, Charles B. McVay Jr. served as a commander in the Yangtze Patrol. At this time, the United States with Japan and the major European nations, had garrisons in Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin. U. S. Navy gunboats regularly patrolled the Yangtze River to protect foreigners during a turbulent period when China had no effective central government. In 1929, Charles V. McKay Jr. was promoted to Admiral and commanded the United States Asiatic Fleet. Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers The Asiatic Fleet was part of the US Navy. During the World War II era the fleet protected the Philippines. He retired from the Navy in October 1932 and died on October 28, 1949.

His son, Charles B. McVay III, was the commanding officer of the ill-fated Indianapolis. Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay III ( July 30 1898 – November 6 1968) was a career naval officer and the Commanding Officer Service before World War II Indianapolis was laid down on March 31 1930 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp

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