Charles Stillman Sperry

Charles Stillman Sperry, USN, ( born September 3, 1847 in Brooklyn, New York, † February 1, 1911 in Washington, DC) was an American Rear Admiral.

Sperry graduated 1866, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, as a tithe Best of 73 students from. In November 1898, he was Commanding Officer of the USS Yorktown, and then served as a senior officer of the Asia Südgeschwaders station and president of the Naval War College. To Rear Admiral, he was appointed member of the American delegation at the negotiations on the revision of the Geneva Convention in 1906 and at the Second International Peace Conference in The Hague a year later.

As commander of the Battle Fleet, he led after the illness leaving his predecessor Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans the Great White Fleet on its voyage around the world

Admiral Perry went on 3 September 1909 in retirement, but was then again reactivated for specific tasks. He died on February 1, 1911 in Washington, D.C.

The 1944 spilled from the stack and asked 1973 decommissioned destroyer USS Charles S. Sperry (DD -697 ) was named after him.