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Benjamin McCandlish
Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish (June 3, 1886 – October 16, 1975) was a United States Navy Flag officer who served as the 36th Naval Governor of Guam and was a recipient of the Navy Cross.
McCandlish was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the third of four children of James Gray and Lelia Jane McCandlish ()(), and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1909.
==Naval service==
As an ensign, McCandlish served aboard the USS New York (ACR-2), an armored cruiser that was renamed USS Saratoga in 1911. During World War I, he commanded the USS ''Davis'', a Sampson class destroyer, during its mission to escort troops to Europe through waters infested by German u-boats. For his actions, he received the Navy Cross() as a lieutenant commander.〔 McCandlish commanded a number of different-class vessels during the 1920s and 1930s until 12 August 1938, when he assumed his last seagoing command, becoming the first captain of the USS Boise (CL-47), a Brooklyn class cruiser().
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