Education
Clark graduated from the Naval Academy in 1863.
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Born in Bradford, Vermont on August 10, 1843. His Civil War service included command of the screw sloop Ossipee in the Battle of Mobile Bay and in the bombardment of Fort Morgan. Clark was promoted to captain in 1896.
In March 1898, he took command of the battleship Oregon at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, and when war with Spain was deemed inevitable, he received orders to proceed to Key West, Florida, with all haste.
After a most remarkable voyage of over 14,000 miles, around Cape Horn, he joined the American fleet in Cuban waters on May 26, and on July 3 commanded his ship at the destruction of Cervera"s squadron. Admiral Clark was a Veteran Companion of the Vermont Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
He died of heart failure at his home in Long Beach, California on October 1, 1922. The destroyer United States Ship Clark (Doctor of Divinity-361) was named for him.
