Naval Career
| 1919 USS Soestdijk 1919-1920 USS Astoria 1920-1922 USS Sproston-Hogan-Zane-Dent-Wasmuth 1922 US Submarine H-9 1923-1924 US Submarine S-12 1924-1927 US Submarine V-1 1927-1928 1929-1931 Commanding US Submarine S-30 1934-1937 USS Texas (BB-35) |
1939-1941 Commanding USS
Neches (AO-5) 1943-1944 USNLO British Eastern Mediterranean Fleet 1944-1945 Commanding USS Savannah (CL-42) 1945 Commanding USS Augusta (CA-31) 1945-1946 Chief of Staff Commander Nineteenth Fleet 1946-1948 Naval Aide to President Harry Truman 1948-1949 Commander Cruiser Division Twelve 1949-1950 Commander Cruiser Division Four |
Capt. James H. Foskett reading orders of detachment to officers of the USS Augusta, 27 Augusta 1945. Left to right - Comdr. Charles L. Freeman, USN, Capt. Jesse R. Wallace (new captain), Capt. James H. Foskett, USN, Lt. Comdr. Selwyn H. Graham, USN, Comdr. H.F. Crist, USN, Comdr. J.B. Gay, Jr., USN, Comdr. Walter F. Berberich, USN, Lt. Comdr. King, USNR
On 8 August 1945 Captain Foskett was awarded the Legion of Merit by Commander Cruisers, Atlantic Fleet Administrative Command, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to the Government of the United States, as Naval Liason Officer on the Staff of Commander in Chief Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from March 10, 1943 to May 15, 1944.
PHOTOS:
- Capt. Foskett shakes hands with Capt. Jesse Wallace after being detached as commanding officer
Commanding Officers of the USS Augusta
