Halsey Powell
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Captain Halsey Powell, USN (3 August 1883 – 24 December 1936) was a U.S. Navy officer of the first half of the 20th century, who received the Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding performance as a destroyer division commander on convoy duty during World War I.
Powell was born 3 August 1883 in McAfee, Kentucky, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. During the next years he served on such famous battleships as USS Kearsarge (BB-5), USS Illinois (BB-7), and USS Tennessee (BB-43) and studied at the Naval War College, rising to the rank of Captain in 1926.
Captain Powell was aide to the Secretary of the Navy in 1926 and Naval Attache at Peking, 1927–29. After commanding USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) he returned to Washington D.C., where he died 24 December 1936.
The destroyer USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) was named in his honor.
