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Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow (29 July 1854 – 2 January 1932) served in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. A son of Commander Francis Winslow (I) (1818–1862), (Cameron's father, who also fought in the Civil War, and died of Yellow Fever in 1862 while in command of the USS R. R. Cuyler (1860), was a first cousin of John A. Winslow.) He was a first cousin once removed of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, who served in the Civil War and is best known as the commanding officer of the U.S.S. ''Kearsarge'' which defeated the C.S.S. ''Alabama''. == Biography == Cameron McRae Winslow was born in Washington, D.C. His older brother was Lieutenant Francis Winslow (II) USN; his younger brother, Arthur Winslow, was the grandfather of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1874, after which followed years of extensive sea duty. He was married to Theodora Havemeyer (c. 1877–1945), one of the many children of sugar baron Theodore A. Havemeyer and Emilie De Loosey Havemeyer. They had a son, Lieutenant Cameron McRae Winslow Jr. During the 1898 war with Spain, then-Lieutenant Winslow served on board ''Nashville''. He was commended for extraordinary heroism when, on 11 May 1898, he commanded a boat expedition from ''Nashville'' and ''Marblehead'' which succeeded in cutting two submarine cables off Cienfuegos, Cuba, which linked Cuba with Europe. Despite withering enemy fire from point-blank range, which resulted in a bullet wound to his hand, Winslow retained command throughout the engagement. Winslow commanded ''Charleston'' from 1905 to 1907 and battleship ''New Hampshire'' from 1908 to 1909. Winslow did not sail on the around-the-world cruise of the Great White Fleet. When the fleet returned to the US in 1909, Winslow and the ''New Hampshire'' joined the fleet for its formal military review before President Roosevelt. Promoted to rear admiral on 14 September 1911, Winslow was Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, from 13 September 1915 until 29 July 1916 when he was retired due to the statutory age limit (while in command of the Pacific Fleet, he held four-star Admiral rank pursuant to a 1915 law that designated holders of certain commands to temporary 4-star rank; see List of United States Navy four-star admirals). Winslow was recalled to active duty in World War I with the rank of rear admiral. He served as Inspector of Naval Districts on the Atlantic coast until again retiring on 11 November 1919. While in this assignment, Winslow's flagship was the USS ''Aloha'', a private sailing yacht acquired by the Navy for use during the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cameron Winslow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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