Education
George attended first the Kinston Graded School, then the Rhodes Military Institute, and finally graduated from the Oak Ridge Institute in North Carolina.
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George Parrott
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He was able to attend the United States Naval Academy after having been appointed from the 2nd North Carolina district by the Honorary Claude Kitchin. Parrott was appointed Midshipman 3 July 1906 and graduated from the United States. Naval Academy, class of 1911. He was promoted to the rank of Ensign March, 1912.
Lieutenant
Junior. grade March, 1914. Lieutenant Senior grade April, 1917. And Lieutenant Commander August, 1918.
He was the executive officer on the United States Ship Shaw (Doctor of Divinity–68) in the English Channel.
The "Shaw"s own ordeal came on 9 October 1918. While escorting the giant British transport, Aquitania, Shaw"s rudder jammed just as she was completing the right leg of a zigzag, leaving her headed directly towards the transport.
A moment later, Aquitania struck Shaw, cutting off 90 feet of the destroyer"s bow, mangling her bridge and setting her on fire". Lieutenant Parrott was killed during the accident.
United States Navy Parrott (Doctor of Divinity-218) was named for him.
