Who was Admiral George Dewey?

Answer 1

He was the Commander of the US naval victories against the Spanish in the Philippines. He commanded the US Navy's Asiatic Squadron in the Pacific and received a warning order from the Secretary of the Navy that War with Spain was imminent and to assemble and re-coal in Hong Kong and prepare to engage the Spanish Navy at Manila Bay.

Answer 2

His naval victories against the Spanish in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. He is also the only US Navy Officer to have ever held the exalted rank of Admiral of the Navy.

When the rank of Fleet Admiral (Five Stars) was established in 1944 during WW2 the US Navy stipulated that Dewey's rank was senior to a Fleet Admiral. In preparation for the Invasion of Japan, consideration was given to promoting Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz to that rank so that there would be no question about the chain of command in that operation but Japan's surrender ended that possibility. That rank is equal to the Army rank of General of the Armies which has only been held by George Washington and John J. Pershing.

Answer 3

The only Admiral of the Navy (Six Stars) in US Naval History and called The Heroe of Manila Bay for his service in the Spanish American War.