Background
WEEMS, Philip Van Horn was born on March 29, 1889 in Turbine, Montgomery Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Burch and Mary Elizabeth (Rye) Weems.
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy
WEEMS, Philip Van Horn was born on March 29, 1889 in Turbine, Montgomery Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Burch and Mary Elizabeth (Rye) Weems.
Country School; Branham and Hughes School, »Spring Hill. Tennessee; United States Naval Academy, 1912.
Y.C. Commissioned Ensign, 1912, Lieutenant, (Junior Grade), 1915, Lieutenant, 1917, Lieutenant Commander, temporary, 1918, permanent. Hydrographic Survey work off Atlantic end of Panama Canal. San Bias coast, Nicaragua coast, 1914-1915.
Served, United States Ship North Dakota, 1912-1914, Nevada, 1916-1917, Georgia., 1917, Orizaba, Murray, 1918, O’Brien, 1919. Navy Recruiting Officer for Maryland, member, United States Olympic Team, wrestling, Antwerp, 1920. Instr., United States Naval Academy, 1921, 1924-1927.
Navigating Officer, United States Ship Rochester, 1921-1924. Executive Officer, United States Ship Cuyama. Holds Masters and Chief Engineers license for merchant marine, on all oceans.
Member: Tennessee Sons of American Revolution. American Legion.
Spouse Margaret Thackray, August 31, 1915, N.