Harry M. P. Huse

Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse
Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse
	U.S. occupation of Veracruz
Awards	Medal of Honor

Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse (December 8, 1858 – May 14, 1942) was a

U.S. intervention at Veracruz, Mexico

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Biography

Harry Huse was born at the

Philippines, where he commanded the gunboat USS Villalobos (PG-42). This was followed by nearly five years at the Naval Academy as, among other things, instructor of mathematics

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Midshipman Harry Huse, U.S. Naval Academy photo

Promoted to the rank of commander in 1907, Huse was commanding officer of the monitor USS Nevada (BM-8) and later of the supply ship USS Celtic (AF-2). After his next promotion, to captain late in 1909, he was captain of the yard at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, commanded the battleship USS Vermont (BB-20) and, in 1914–1915, was chief of staff to Rear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher. He attended the Naval War College, graduating in 1915.

Huse reached the rank of rear admiral in mid-1916, while at the War College. He held Navy Department positions through the World War I years, followed in 1919 by command of the Atlantic Training Fleet. From late 1919 to early 1921 he served abroad, initially as senior U.S. Navy representative on the Inter-Allied Naval Armistice Commission and the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control, then as commander, U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters, with the temporary rank of vice admiral. After returning to the United States he was commandant of the Third Naval District, headquartered at New York City, and as a member of the Navy's General Board. Rear Admiral Huse left active duty in December 1922, later receiving the retirement rank of vice admiral.

Huse was a

Bethesda Naval Hospital, in suburban Maryland, on May 14, 1942. He is buried with his wife, Mary Sheward Whitelock, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia

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