William R. Rush
| William Rees Rush | |
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Captain William Rush
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| Born |
September 19, 1857 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 2, 1940 (aged 82) Pallanza, Italy |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1877–1916, 1917–1919 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
USS Marietta Cavite Navy Yard USS Wilmington USS Nantucket USS Missouri (BB-11) USS Connecticut (BB-18) USS Hancock (AP-3) USS Washington (ACR-11) USS Florida (BB-30) First Division, United States Fleet Boston Navy Yard |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish–American War *Battle of Santiago de Cuba U.S. occupation of Veracruz, 1914 World War I |
| Awards |
Medal of Honor Navy Cross Distinguished Service Medal |
William Rees Rush (1857–1940) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War, the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, and World War I, and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.
William Rees Rush was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1857. He took the oath of office as a midshipman on June 6, 1872, graduated from the United States Naval Academy on June 20, 1877, and was commissioned ensign on October 15, 1881. Between that time and the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, Rush served in the gunboats USS Nantucket and USS Bennington, the protected cruiser USS Boston, and the research ship USS Albatross. He also received instruction in ordnance at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., worked in the Navy Hydrographic Office, completed the course of instruction at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, and attended the Naval War College at Newport.
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