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Charles Butler McVay, Junior. was born on September 9, 1868 in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania.
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He then held various assignments of increasing importance throughout and after World War I. In the early 1930s, he served as Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet. During the Spanish–American War (1898), Ensign McVay served aboard the United States Ship Amphitrite (Bachelor of Medicine-2), a double-turret monitor. They patrolled the waters off Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Key West and participated in the shelling of San Juan in May 1898.
In 1908, after serving as a navigator aboard United States Ship Hartford and United States Ship Alabama and a tour at the United States Naval Academy, McVay was given command of the United States Ship Yankton.
In 1909, McVay, was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, as the United States Ship Yankton had just returned from an around the world cruise with the Great White Fleet. During World War I, McVay served as commander aboard three vessels: United States Ship Saratoga, United States Ship New Jersey (BlackBerry-16), and United States Ship Oklahoma.
After the war, McVay served as a commander in the Yangtze Patrol. At this time, the United States with Japan and the major European nations, had garrisons in Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin.
United States. Navy gunboats regularly patrolled the Yangtze River to protect foreigners during a turbulent period when China had no effective central government.
In 1929, McVay was promoted to Admiral and commanded the United States Asiatic Fleet. He retired from the Navy in October 1932 and died on October 28, 1949.
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