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Ralph Allen died on 19 May, 2000 in Des Moines, Washington at the age of 1904.  At the time of his death he was the oldest living Harvard graduate, and probably the last surviving commanding officer of a U.S. Navy warship during World War One.<ref>[http://ellsworthamerican.com/archive/obit2000/05-00/ea_obit10_05-25-00.html The Ellsworth American - Ralph E. Allen]</ref>
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Ralph Allen died on 19 May, 2000 in Des Moines, Washington at the age of 104.  At the time of his death he was the oldest living Harvard graduate, and probably the last surviving commanding officer of a U.S. Navy warship during World War One.<ref>[http://ellsworthamerican.com/archive/obit2000/05-00/ea_obit10_05-25-00.html The Ellsworth American - Ralph E. Allen]</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 22:58, 21 August 2020

Lieutenant Ralph Emerson Allen, U.S.N.R.F. (14 May, 1896 – 19 May, 2000) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Allen enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve Force on 12 March, 1917.[1]

Ralph Allen died on 19 May, 2000 in Des Moines, Washington at the age of 104. At the time of his death he was the oldest living Harvard graduate, and probably the last surviving commanding officer of a U.S. Navy warship during World War One.[2]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of U.S.S. Rail
5 Jun, 1918 – late 1918
Succeeded by
Edwin R. Wroughton

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1918. p. 303.
  2. The Ellsworth American - Ralph E. Allen