Lieutenant Gg), June 7, 1918; Lieutenant, January 12, 1923; 

 Lieutenant Commander, April 21, 1924; Commander, October 1, 

 1934 Captain, December 1, 1941; Rear Admiral, June 30, 1942 

 (permanent rank as of January 1 , 1948). 



EARLY ASSIGNMENTS : 



He served his first assignment as junior engineer and line officer 

 aboard the Cutter SEMINOLE, based at Wilmington, North Carolina. From 

 February to November of 1915, he served aboard the Cutter ACUSHNET out 

 of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, then reported to the Cutter APACHE at Balt- 

 imore, Maryland. In January 1916, he was reassigned to the Cutter SEMINOLE. 



From August 1917 to January 1919, during World War I he was navigator 

 of the Cutter MANNING in the Atlantic Patrol Force which performed convoy 

 escort duty between England and Gibraltar. He received the World War I 

 Victory Medal for that period. His next tour of duty lasted six months 

 with the Cutter TALLAPOOSA of Boston, after which he was assigned briefly 

 as navigator of the Cutter ANTIGONE of the Newport News Division Transport 

 Force. 



In November 1919, he was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter SENECA, 

 and in the spring of 1920 when that cutter was ordered to conduct the 

 International Ice Patrol he was detailed with her as scientific observer 

 and navigator. From this point on, the main part of his career was devoted 

 to specializing in research and work in the Arctic and in the field of 

 oceanography. As a result of his intensive early work in International 

 Ice Patrol, his associates nick-named him "Iceberg" Smith and others con- 

 ferred upon him honors for contributing greatly to man's present knowledge 

 of the Arctic and in the science of oceanography. 



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