James J. Raby
Military Person
1874 – 1934
Who was James J. Raby?
James Joseph Raby was a rear admiral of the United States Navy.
Raby was appointed a midshipman on September 9, 1891. Commissioned as an ensign on July 1, 1895, he advanced rapidly in rank, becoming commander on July 1, 1914, captain on November 23, 1919, and rear admiral on November 1, 1927.
In 1912, he commanded the battleship Oregon with additional duty as Commander of the port of Apra, Guam. During World War I, took out the first merchant convoy under American escort during the war. He received the Navy Cross for convoy escort duty while commanding Albany and later Missouri . He held a commission as Air Pilot and often flew his own plane.
After various assignments in Washington, D.C., in 1922 Raby became Commandant of the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, until 1926, and later of the 8th Naval District. In 1931, he became Commandant of the 6th Naval District with additional duty as Commandant of the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina. In January 1934, he was transferred from command of the Sixth Naval District, to San Francisco, where he was scheduled to assume command of the Twelfth Naval District on 1 February.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1874
Bay City - Also known as
- James Raby
- Lived in
- Bay City
- Died
- Jan 15, 1934
Midway
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on July 23, 2013
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