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Louis McCoy Nulton (August 8, 1869 - November 10, 1954) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who was superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1925 to 1928 and commander of the Battle Fleet from 1929 to 1930. ==Early career== He was born in Winchester, Virginia to Annie Clark and Colonel Joseph Nulton,〔 〕 a prominent Virginian who commanded Confederate troops during the American Civil War and subsequently commanded for many years the Old Second Virginia Regiment, National Guard. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1885 at the age of 16, he graduated seventh in the class of 1889 and served his initial sea duty as a passed cadet aboard the protected cruiser ''Chicago''.〔 His early assignments included service aboard the battleship ''Texas'', followed by duty as executive officer of the auxiliary cruiser ''Panther'', as ordnance officer of the battleship ''Ohio'', and as executive officer of the battleship ''Wisconsin''. He served two tours as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy and a third tour as commandant of midshipmen,〔 and compiled one of the technical dictionaries used at the Academy.〔 His first command was the gunboat ''Nashville'' in 1913, followed by the armored cruiser ''Montana''.〔 In 1914, while commanding ''Montana'', he led landing parties ashore during the United States occupation of Veracruz.〔 In 1918 he was given command of the Atlantic Fleet battleship ''Pennsylvania'', and served as ''Pennsylvanias captain when it escorted President Woodrow Wilson to and from the Paris Peace Conference.〔 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「Louis McCoy Nulton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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