Administered by United States Naval Academy The Museum 118 Maryland Avenue Annapolis Maryland 21402-5034
Located United States Naval Academy Bancroft Hall, Memorial Porch Annapolis Maryland 21402
Date:
1938
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
United States Naval Academy, 1976.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On wall below sculpture, in bronze letters:) GLEAVES (On bronze plaque on wall below sculpture:) ADMIRAL ALBERT GLEAVES/1858-1937/COMMANDED CRUISER AND TRANSPORT FORCE/DURING THE WORLD WAR./"HE ORGANIZED THE STRATEGY OF OUR TRANSPORT SERVICE/AND COMPLETED THE ENORMOUS TASK ASSIGNED TO HIM/WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A SINGLE SOLDIER. FOR THIS SERVICE/HE WON THE ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD."/PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT/"I AM PROUDER OF MY COUNTRY BECAUSE HE HOLDS IN IT/THE POSITION HE DOES."/THEODORE ROOSEVELT/"YOU HAVE WON A GREAT NAVAL VICTORY."/M PAINLEVE - FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR/"FROM A SEAMAN'S POINT OF VIEW IT IS UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY."/VISCOUNT JELLICOE/FIRST SEA LORD OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY
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Summary:
A portrait of Real Admiral Albert Gleaves in his Navy uniform is installed on a small base in a niche of Memorial Porch.
