George Trever

Who was George Trever?

George Arthur Trever was an officer in the United States Navy in the early 1900s.

Born in Waupun, Wisconsin, Trever was appointed to the Naval Academy in May 1905 and graduated on 4 June 1909. He spent the years prior to his commissioning in cruises in Pennsylvania; Princeton; and Annapolis. Receiving the single gold stripe of an ensign while serving in Rowan on 5 June 1911, Trever assumed command of that vessel later that month. In September 1912, he was transferred to Farragut; and he commanded her until early 1914, when detached to report on board Cheyenne.

Following his tour in Cheyenne, newly promoted Lt. Trever was ordered to H-1, then attached to the Pacific Fleet. After a two-year tour of duty commanding H-1, he reported for duty at the Mare Island Navy Yard. In the spring of 1917, Trever reported to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, to supervise the building of N-1, then on the ways at the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington. N-1 was commissioned on 26 September 1917 and operated put of Puget Sound until transferred to New York late in the year for patrol duties in the Atlantic.