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Henry Thomas Mayo (
8 December 1856 –
23 February 1937) was an
admiral of the
United States Navy.
Mayo was born in
Burlington, Vermont,
8 December 1856. Upon graduation from the
United States Naval Academy in 1876 he experienced a variety of naval duties including coastal survey. During the
Spanish-American War he served in the
gunboat Bennington (PG-4) off the west coast of
North America. Appointed
rear admiral in 1913, he commanded the naval squadron involved in the
Tampico incident of
9 April 1914. His demands for vindication of national honor further accentuated the tense relations with
Mexico.
Promoted to
vice admiral in June 1915, as the new Commander in Chief,
Atlantic Fleet, he received the rank of admiral
19 June 1916. For his organization and support of the
wartime U.S. Naval Forces both in American and European waters, he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal and various foreign decorations. He evidenced foresight in urging the postwar development of
fleet aviation.
Admiral Mayo retired
28 February 1921, and, for four years, served as Governor of the
Philadelphia Naval Home. He retained his commission as an admiral by a 1930 Act of Congress. He died at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
23 February 1937.
In 1940, the
destroyer USS Mayo (DD-422) was named in his honor.
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