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Edwin Taylor Pollock (October 25, 1870June 4, 1943) was a career officer in the United States Navy, serving in both the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of captain. Like many naval officers, his name was often abbreviated using initials: Pollock. As a young ensign, Pollock served aboard the during the Spanish-American War. After the war, he rose through the ranks, served on several ships, and did important research into wireless communication. In 1917, less than a week before the United States entered World War I, he won a race against a fellow officer to officially receive the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark, and served as the territory's first acting governor. During the war, he was promoted to captain and a vessel under his command transported 60,000 American soldiers to France, for which he was awarded a Navy Cross. Afterward, he was made the eighth Naval Governor of American Samoa and then the superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, before retiring in 1927. ==Early career== Originally from Mount Gilead, Ohio, Pollock attended the United States Naval Academy and, as a midshipman, was assigned to the and the .〔; 〕 He graduated with a rank of ensign in 1893. After graduation, Pollock returned to Ohio and married Beatrice E. Law Hale on December 5. Two weeks later, he was assigned to the cruiser during its initial shake-down. He was subsequently assigned to the gunboat for an expedition to China. He remained in China for two and a half years as part of the Asiatic Squadron, then transferring to the before returning home in 1897. On his return home, the Spanish-American War was heating up and he was reassigned to the ''New York'', to see service in Cuba and Puerto Rico, eventually taking part in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. In January 1900, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the . Over the following year he served on the and the .〔; 〕 On board the ''Buffalo'', he returned to the Asiatic Squadron near China and was finally transferred to the , the squadron's flagship. He remained on board the ''Brooklyn'', until its return home in May 1902. After a brief leave, Pollock was assigned to the USS ''Chesapeake'' (as the watch and division officer), a position he held for more than one year. He was subsequently transferred to the , serving for another year, and then to Cavite Naval Base.〔; 〕 At Cavite, he was promoted to lieutenant commander in February 1906.〔; 〕 His first duty as a lieutenant commander was on the , as the navigator. In 1910, Pollock was reassigned to the , where he was promoted to commander in March 1911. On his promotion, Pollock commanded the and the , before being transferred to the United States Naval Observatory.〔; 〕 During his command of the ''Kearsarge'', Pollock briefly commanded the for a world-record setting wireless experiment. For this feat, the ''Salem'' was outfitted with 16 different wireless telegraph technologies and sailed to Gibraltar, with Pollock commanding. On arrival, they tested these technologies and set a world-record for longest wireless telegraph distance, , using a "Poulsen Apparatus", based on principles by Valdemar Poulsen. Experiments were also conducted to determine wireless characteristics during inclement weather and during both the day and night. In 1916, he was put in command of the , the ship on which he previously was the navigator. 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「Edwin Taylor Pollock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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