Background
BASS, Ivan Ernest was born on July 29, 1877 in Carley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Isaac Esau and Mary Elizabeth (Wilks) Bass.
BASS, Ivan Ernest was born on July 29, 1877 in Carley, Mississippi, United States. Son of Isaac Esau and Mary Elizabeth (Wilks) Bass.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1901.
Lieutenant Commander 1913. Commander 1917; Captain United States Navy, 1923. Chief Engineer, United States Ship Mississippi, 1912.
Assistant Engineer Officer, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1913-1914;' Chief Engineer. United States Ship Ohio, 1914-1915. Chief Engineer, United States Ship Texas, 1915-1917.
Engineer Officer. Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917-1920. Navy Yard, New York, 1920-1923. Engineering member, Board of Inspection and Survey, Navy Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1923-1929.
Assistant Chief of Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1929. Letter of Commendation for World War work.
Member Compensation Board, United States Navy Department, 1939-1941. Member compensation board, Navy Department, 1942-1944. Member Contract Settlement Review Board, Bureau Ships, Navy Department, 1944-1947.
Member of the United States Naval Institute. Member National, Mississippi genealogical societies, Institute American Geneaology. Clubs: Army and Navy Country (Washington).
Spouse Florence Victoria Boucher, November 26, 1916, Cambridge, Massachusetts.