Albert W. Grant
| Albert Weston Grant | |
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| Born |
April 14, 1856 East Benton, Maine |
| Died | September 30, 1930 (aged 74) Philadelphia |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1877–1920 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | U.S. Atlantic Fleet |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Albert Weston Grant (April 14, 1856 – September 30, 1930) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War I.
Grant was born on April 14, 1856 at East Benton, Maine. He grew up at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, with his pioneer family and won a competitive appointment to the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated on June 20, 1877. Following service in USS Pensacola, Lackawanna, Alliance, Passaic, and Iroquois, he served ashore at the Norfolk Navy Yard, received torpedo training, and served briefly at the Naval War College.
Duty in Trenton, Richmond, Saratoga, and Yorktown preceded his return to Norfolk to supervise major repairs to Pensacola which entailed pioneer work in applying electricity to warships and then reported to Concord. On May 9, 1893, his commission as a lieutenant reached him while he was serving in that gunboat. A tour in cruiser San Francisco ended in the summer of 1894 when Grant was ordered back to the Naval Academy for duty as an instructor. Detached some three years later, he returned to sea in Helena and served off the coast of Cuba in Massachusetts during the Spanish–American War.
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