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Oliver Kessing
Oliver Owen Kessing (December 6, 1890 – January 31, 1963) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of rear admiral. A veteran of several conflicts, he rose to the rank of commodore during World War II and commanded several Naval Bases in South Pacific area.
Following the War, Kessing retired from the Navy and assumed job as Deputy Commissioner of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) under retired Admiral Jonas H. Ingram. He succeeded Ingram in early 1949 and became the third and last commissioner of the AAFC. The AAFC folded after the 1949 season.
Oliver Owen Kessing was born on December 6, 1890, in Greensburg, Indiana, the son of engineer and contractor Edward Kessing and Rose Moffett. He was of German and Irish descent. Kessing graduated from Greensburg High School in summer 1908 and received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, two years later. While at the Academy, he was active in football, baseball, wrestling and boxing and earned nickname "Scrappy".
Among his classmate were several admirals, who distinguished later during World War II including Wilder D. Baker, John H. Brown Jr., Carleton F. Bryant, Robert W. Cary, Edward L. Cochrane, Richard L. Conolly, Edward Ellsberg, Joseph Redman, Theodore D. Ruddock and John B. W. Waller.
Kessing graduated with Bachelor of Science degree on June 6, 1914, and was commissioned ensign on that date. He was subsequently attached to the armored cruiser USS Maryland and took part in the patrol cruises off the coast of Mexico during the ongoing Mexican Revolution. Kessing was later transferred to the gunboat USS Annapolis and took part in the landing at Mazatlán in June 1916.
He led the group of Marines and sailors ashore and was tasked to parley with Mexican soldiers in order to evacuate American citizens there. Although Mexicans guaranteed safety for United States personnel, Kessing and his group were immediately captured. He was searched by Mexicans who stole some money from him, but he was able to escape them and ordered the boat to return to the Annapolis. During their return to the ship, Kessing and his men came under fire from rifle and pistols, but they returned fire and left seventeen wounded Mexicans in the docks.
In November 1916, Kessing was transferred to the receiving ship USS Rainbow stationed at Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) on June 6, 1917. Following the United States entry into World War I, Kessing was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant on October 15, 1917, and was attached to the armored cruiser USS Huntington.
The Huntington was then stationed at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, where Kessing trained as a balloon observer for searching for submarines during the protection of convoys. The balloon program was later cancelled and Kessing embarked with Huntington for the Atlantic. He spent remainder of the war on convoy escort duty between England, France and New York City and was transferred to the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C., in August 1918.
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Oliver Kessing
Oliver Owen Kessing (December 6, 1890 – January 31, 1963) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of rear admiral. A veteran of several conflicts, he rose to the rank of commodore during World War II and commanded several Naval Bases in South Pacific area.
Following the War, Kessing retired from the Navy and assumed job as Deputy Commissioner of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) under retired Admiral Jonas H. Ingram. He succeeded Ingram in early 1949 and became the third and last commissioner of the AAFC. The AAFC folded after the 1949 season.
Oliver Owen Kessing was born on December 6, 1890, in Greensburg, Indiana, the son of engineer and contractor Edward Kessing and Rose Moffett. He was of German and Irish descent. Kessing graduated from Greensburg High School in summer 1908 and received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, two years later. While at the Academy, he was active in football, baseball, wrestling and boxing and earned nickname "Scrappy".
Among his classmate were several admirals, who distinguished later during World War II including Wilder D. Baker, John H. Brown Jr., Carleton F. Bryant, Robert W. Cary, Edward L. Cochrane, Richard L. Conolly, Edward Ellsberg, Joseph Redman, Theodore D. Ruddock and John B. W. Waller.
Kessing graduated with Bachelor of Science degree on June 6, 1914, and was commissioned ensign on that date. He was subsequently attached to the armored cruiser USS Maryland and took part in the patrol cruises off the coast of Mexico during the ongoing Mexican Revolution. Kessing was later transferred to the gunboat USS Annapolis and took part in the landing at Mazatlán in June 1916.
He led the group of Marines and sailors ashore and was tasked to parley with Mexican soldiers in order to evacuate American citizens there. Although Mexicans guaranteed safety for United States personnel, Kessing and his group were immediately captured. He was searched by Mexicans who stole some money from him, but he was able to escape them and ordered the boat to return to the Annapolis. During their return to the ship, Kessing and his men came under fire from rifle and pistols, but they returned fire and left seventeen wounded Mexicans in the docks.
In November 1916, Kessing was transferred to the receiving ship USS Rainbow stationed at Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) on June 6, 1917. Following the United States entry into World War I, Kessing was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant on October 15, 1917, and was attached to the armored cruiser USS Huntington.
The Huntington was then stationed at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, where Kessing trained as a balloon observer for searching for submarines during the protection of convoys. The balloon program was later cancelled and Kessing embarked with Huntington for the Atlantic. He spent remainder of the war on convoy escort duty between England, France and New York City and was transferred to the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D.C., in August 1918.
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