KIMBALL, WILLIAM WIRT

(1848), a rear-admiral, U.S.N.; 6. at Paris, Me.; s. of Brig.-Gen. William King and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy fin 1869, and after serving on various stations and advancing through the different, grades, was made a rear-admiral, fn 1908. He did a great deal towards the development of the torpedo boat, also magazine and machine guns, and the submarine. He organized the first torpedo boat flotilla of the U.S.N., and designed, constructed, and operated the first armed cars used by United States forces. He was retired by the operation of the law, in 1910, but was recalled to active duty during the World War, as president of the board for the examination of officers.