Background
He was a son of Henry Smith Craven, a United States Navy officer and engineer and the grandson of his namesake, Thomas Tingey Craven (1808–1887) and great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750–1829).
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He was a son of Henry Smith Craven, a United States Navy officer and engineer and the grandson of his namesake, Thomas Tingey Craven (1808–1887) and great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750–1829).
United States Naval Academy, 1896. United States War College, 1916.
In 1908, Craven was stationed aboard the battleship United States Ship South Carolina (BlackBerry-26) assigned duties as the ship"s gunnery officer In 1916, Thomas T. Craven was given command of the gunboat Sacramento (Procter and Gamble-19) which he commanded throughout World War I until 1918. In 1919 while serving as the director of Naval Aviation, Tingey ordered the United States Ship Jupiter (Air Corps-3), a collier, to be converted into the United States. Navy"s first dedicated aircraft carrier which was renamed, United States Ship Langley (CV-1).
During the remainder of his naval career, Craven commanded Destroyer Squadron 15, was the Director of Naval Communications, commanded Great Lakes Naval Training Station, the Yangtze Patrol in China, Battleship Division One and served as the Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District in Bremerton, Washington prior to retiring from active duty in 1937.
Following the United States" entrance into World World War II, Vice Admiral Craven was recalled to active duty serving as superintendent of the New York Maritime Academy at Fort Schuyler, New York until 1946.
In the aftermath of the Honda Point Disaster in September 1923, Admiral Tingey defended Captain Edward H. Watson, Commanding Officer of Destroyer Squadron 11, during the courts martial proceedings.
Club: Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia).
Spouse Antoinette Merritt, July 25, 1901, Baltimore, Maryland.