Lewis Compton (Assistant Secretary of the Navy)

Lewis Compton (7 November 1892 – 24 October 1942) was an officer in the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Biography

Born in

Perth Amboy, New Jersey Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,436. Perth Amboy has a Hispanic majority population. In the 2010 census, th ...

, Compton enrolled in the

United States Naval Reserve The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...

22 March 1917. After active duty in

, he continued to take part in training until resigning from the Reserve 1 July 1932. After a career of public service in New Jersey, he became special assistant to the

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) is the title given to certain civilian senior officials in the United States Department of the Navy. From 1861 to 1954, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was the second-highest civilian office in the Depar ...

. He himself was Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 9 February 1940 to 13 February 1941. He died in New York 24 October 1942. was named for him.

References

: United States Navy officers 1892 births 1942 deaths United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy {{USN-bio-stub