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Edward H. Smith (sailor)
Edward Hanson "Iceberg" Smith was a United States Coast Guard admiral, oceanographer, and Arctic explorer. He was born 29 October 1889 at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.〔〔 He received a Ph.D. in oceanography from Harvard, and commanded the and the . Most famously, he commanded the Greenland Patrol, and led Coast Guard efforts to defend Greenland against the Germans in World War II.〔Tilley, p 5〕 After retirement from the Coast Guard, he assumed the directorship of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
==Early life and career==
Smith attended high schools at Vineyard Haven and New Bedford, Massachusetts. After attending one year at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith was appointed a cadet at the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction on 8 May 1910 and after graduation was commissioned as a third lieutenant 7 June 1913.〔〔Noble, p 67〕 His first assignment was aboard home-ported at Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as the cutter junior engineering officer.〔 In February 1915 he was transferred to USCGC ''Acushnet'' and USCGC ''Apache'' before be returning to USCGC ''Seminole''. He remained assigned there until 4 August 1917 when he was transferred to USCGC ''Manning'' which escorted troop and supply convoys to Europe during World War I.〔"Register of the Officers, Vessels, and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, January 1, 1918", (1918), Government Printing Office〕 During his tour of duty aboard ''Manning'', Smith was promoted to second lieutenant on 7 June 1918. After short tours aboard and from January to November 1919, Smith was assigned to , which was one of two cutters assigned annually to the International Ice Patrol.〔
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