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About William Swift
William Swift was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and briefly the Naval Governor of Guam in 1901. He was court-martialed in 1907 for the grounding of the battleship Connecticut (BB-18), and briefly suspended from duty. In 1910, he headed the aptly named Swift Board which reorganized the Department of the Navy prior to World War I.
Everything about William Swift →- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Governor of Guam
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 17, 1848
- Died
- June 30, 1919