David W. Taylor
Military Person
1864 – 1940
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Who was David W. Taylor?
Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, USN was a naval architect and engineer of the United States Navy. He served during World War I as Chief Constructor of the Navy, and Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Taylor is best known as the man who constructed the first experimental towing tank ever built in the United States.
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1864
Louisa County - Also known as
- David Taylor
- Education
- United States Naval Academy
- Randolph-Macon College
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Jul 28, 1940
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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