Education
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907, serving aboard a number of ships in many different capacities soon after.
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1907, serving aboard a number of ships in many different capacities soon after.
He returned to the Academy on staff before serving as the first commanding officer of the United States Ship Tingey. From 1924 to 1926, he served as Guamanian governor before attending the Naval War College and serving on the staff of a number of high ranking naval officers. He then served as commanding officer of the United States Ship Whitney and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
Soon after assuming command of the United States Ship Arizona, Brown died of a heart attack.
Brown was born on November 6, 1885 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was considered very religious.
Brown entered the United States Naval Academy in 1903, graduating in 1907. In 1906, he began service aboard the United States Ship Georgia, transferring to Asiatic Squadron and the United States Ship Rhode Island until 1912.
In 1914, he transferred to the United States Ship Vermont before becoming navigator aboard the United States Ship Baltimore.
Foreign 1916, he served as executive officer aboard the United States Ship Paducah. In 1917, Brown returned to the Naval Academy as a staff member. In 1919, the United States Ship Tingey launched with Brown in command and served with the Pacific Fleet.
He was stationed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility from 1923 until August 1924.
He then served as Governor of Guam from August 26, 1924 to August 7, 1926. While still a governor, from 1925 Brown was also a member and recorder of the Board of Inspection and Survey.
From 1930 to 1931, Brown attended the Naval War College, after which he served in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He became commanding officer of the United States Ship Whitney in 1932.
From 1935 to 1937, he served as Commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, before being appointed commander of the United States Ship Arizona in 1937.
Brown died on September 7, 1938 in an apartment hotel in Long Beach, California of a heart attack. His funeral service took place aboard the United States Ship Arizona, and he was later interred at Arlington National Cemetery on September 14, 1938.