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- Claude was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and
later president of the Patent Holding Manufacturing Company. From "Spokane and
the Inland Empire" - "He was graduated nearly a year ahead of his class and
won honors at fencing. He now concentrates his attention upon business affairs
in Spokane, being president of the Patent Holding Manufacturing Company and a director and secretary of the Diamond Carriage Co.".
Boston Herald, Sunday, May 4, 1975
Obituaries
BASSETT ? Formerly of Waltham, in Arlington, April 30, Adm. Claude O. Bassett (Ret.). Husband of Eleanor M. (Gordon); father of Charles S. Bassett of Vancouver, B.C., and Mrs. Thomas R. (Claudia) Kinraide of Wayland. Also survived by four grandchildren. Services at Christ Church Episcopal, Waltham, Saturday at 1 p.m. There will be no visiting hours. Memorials in his name may be sent to the Memorial Fund of Christ Church, 750 Main St., Waltham. Arrangements by Rockwell Funeral Service, Watertown.
Who Was Who, Volume VII 1977-1981
Bassett, Claude Oscar, naval offficer; b. La Grace, S.D., Ap
1885; s. Samuel Smith and Katharina (Hopp) B.; S.B. U.S. Naval Acad., 1906; m.
Hallie Severance, Sept. 11, 1912; children - Charles Severance, Claudia
Severance (Mrs. Thomas R. Kinraide). Passed midshipman, U.S. Navy, 1906-10,
serving in U.S ships Chicago, Charleston and St. Louis, resigned, 1910;
engaged in real estate bus. and mfg., 1910-17; recalled to active duty, U.S.
Navy, 1917; served as aide to comdt., 13th Naval District; engineer officer
U.S.S. Idaho, senior engr. Steam vessels since 1919; engr. The Babcock &
Wilcox Co., 1920-40; comdg. officer 2d Fleet Div., 1st Naval Dist., 1927-40;
recalled to active duty, 1941; assigned as instr. naval science Mass. Maritime
Academy, Hyannis, Mass., 1940-43, supt. 1943-46; present rank commodore,
U.S.N.R. Decorated World War I. Am. Defense, and Pre-Pearl Harbor medals, Am.
Theater Operations Ribbon. World War II. U.S. Naval Reserve Service Ribbon
withstar. Mem. Providence (R.I.) and Boston (Mass.) engring. socs. U.S.N.R.
Officers Assn., Navy Athletic Assn., Am. Legion. Rotarion. Home Bolton, Mass.
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