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Early reports generally agreed that there was a heavy fog at the time. If so, it is difficult to explain why the squadron was proceeding at 20 knots. However, in a despatch to the Navy Department Admiral Coontz, Commanding the U. S. Fleet, said...
...cruiser Seattle, bearing Admiral Coontz, Commander of the United States Fleet, went aground off Marrowstone Point in Puget Sound during a dense fog. Pulled off by tugs, she proceeded under her own power to the Puget Sound Navy Yard...
Admiral Sims' denunciation calls attention to the fact that Admiral Robert E. Coontz, soon to become Admiral of the United States Fleet, is not a graduate of the College. Admiral Jones, retiring from that post, is. Of the 47 admirals in the Navy, 25 are War College graduates, and of the 15 newly appointed to sea duty, nine are graduates...
Admiral Edward W. Eberle, who was commander-in-chief of the battle fleet which "took" the Panama Canal at the maneuvers, will succeed to the present position of Admiral Coontz, as chief of naval operations...
...Admiral Coontz. On June 30 he will take command of our fleet...