Dudley Wright Knox

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Dudley Wright Knox : biography

21 June 1877 – 11 June 1960

The United States Navy ship USS Knox (FF-1052) was named for him.

Early life

Born in Fort Walla Walla, Washington, Knox attended school in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 5 June 1896.

Decorations

Commodore Dudley Wright Knox´s ribbon bar:

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1st Row Navy Cross Legion of Merit
2nd Row Navy Expeditionary Medal Philippine Campaign Medal Spanish Campaign Medal
3rd Row China Relief Expedition Medal Army of Cuban Pacification Medal Mexican Service Medal
4th Row World War I Victory Medal w/ Overseas Clasp American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal
5th Row World War II Victory Medal Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Published works

  • Report and recommendations of a board appointed by the Bureau of Navigation regarding the instruction and training of line officers., by Dudley W. Knox, Ernest J. King, and William S. Pye. (1920)
  • The eclipse of American sea power (1922)
  • The naval genius of George Washington with a foreword by Admiral Hilary P. Jones. (1932)
  • Naval documents related to the quasi-war between the United States and France, 1798-1800 Seven volumes. Published under direction of the Secretary of the Navy. Prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, under the supervision of Captain Dudley W. Knox, U. S. Navy (ret.), with an introduction by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (1935–1939)
  • Naval documents related to the United States wars with the Barbary powers Six volumes. Published under direction of the Secretary of the Navy. Prepared by the Office of Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, under the supervision of Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S. Navy (ret.). (1939–1944)
  • A history of the United States Navy, with an introduction by William L. Rodgers (1936); revised with a foreword by Chester W. Nimitz (1948, 2006)
  • Naval sketches of the war in California; reproducing twenty-eight drawings made in 1846-47, by William H. Meyers; descriptive text by Capt. Dudley W. Knox; introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1939)
  • Carte de la partie de la Virginie où l’armée combinée de France & des Etats-Unis de l’Amérique a fait prisonnière l’Armée anglaise, commandée par Lord Cornwallis le 19 octbre. 1781: avec le plan de l’attaque d’York-town & de Glocester, levée et dessinée sur les lieux par ordre des officiers genx. de l’Armée française & américaine / à Paris, ches Esnauts et Rapilly. (1945)
  • Dudley Wright Knox: A Register of his Papers in the Library of Congress (1971)

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