Editing George C. Day (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Bradford, Vermont]], the son of Hezron George Day, on 8 November 1871,<ref>{{Cite web
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 }}</ref> he was appointed to the [[United States Naval Academy]] on 19 May 1888 by Congressman [[William W. Grout]].<ref name=Vermont/> Day graduated from the Naval Academy on 3 June 1892, was promoted to [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] on 1 July 1894, [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] on 3 March 1899,<ref>{{Cite web
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}}</ref> and [[Lieutenant]] in 1901. He served aboard the gunboat {{USS|Topeka|PG-35|6}} during the [[Spanish–American War]],<ref name=Vermont>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2vG2Sx_Zg4C&q=%22Day,+George+Calvin%22 |title=Vermont in the Spanish-American War |date=1929 |page=147 |publisher=Capital City Press |access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref> and then served aboard the protected cruiser {{USS|Newark|C-1|6}} during the [[Philippine–American War|Philippine Insurrection]] and the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. Returning to the United States in 1901, Day was assigned to the [[Boston Navy Yard]]<ref name=obit/> and subsequently was Executive Officer of the transport {{USS|Hancock|AP-3|6}} during 1907.

From 1907 to 1909, at the rank of [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]], he served as Navigator of the flagship {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18|6}} and ''ex officio'' Fleet Navigator during the 'round the world cruise of the [[Great White Fleet]].  He commanded the destroyer {{USS|Preston|DD-19|6}} from 1909 to 1910, and Division 7 of the Torpedo Squadron, [[United States Fleet Forces Command|Atlantic Fleet]], from 1910 to 1911. He was in charge of the Navy Publicity Bureau in [[New York City]] from 1911 to 1913, was the Executive Officer of the battleship {{USS|New York|BB-34|6}} from 1914 to 1915 during the [[United States occupation of Veracruz|occupation of Veracruz]], and commanded the [[armored cruiser]] {{USS|Brooklyn|CA-3|2}} from 1915 to 1916.

By 1917 he was the Head of the Department of Compasses, Nautical Instruments, and Time Service at the [[United States Naval Observatory|Naval Observatory]].  During [[World War I]], in the rank of [[Captain (U.S. Navy)|Captain]], he commanded the troop transport {{USS|America|ID-3006|6}}, formerly the German liner SS ''Amerika'', and was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for this service.  He commanded the armored cruiser {{USS|Montana|ACR-13|6}} from 1918 to 1919 and the battleship {{USS|Pennsylvania|BB-38|6}} from 1920 to 1921, and was [[ComSubPac|Commander, Submarines, Pacific]], 1923 to 1925.

In 1923 he was a member of the Navy's Court of Inquiry on the [[Honda Point disaster]].  Promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] in 1925, he served first as Commandant of the [[United States naval districts#15th Naval District|15th Naval District]], and then as Commander of Light Cruiser Division 2 ({{USS|Trenton|CL-11|2}}, {{USS|Milwaukee|CL-5|2}}, {{USS|Raleigh|CL-7|2}} and {{USS|Memphis|CL-13|2}}) from June 1927 to April 1928<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1928.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1928.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |url-status=live |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date= 1928 |page=10 |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ru31EHAavOIC&pg=PA93 |title=Annual Reports of the Navy Department: Including Operations to November 15, 1928 |date=1929 |page=93 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> and Light Cruiser Division 3 ({{USS|Richmond|CL-9|2}}, {{USS|Cincinnati|CL-6|2}} and {{USS|Marblehead|CL-12|2}}) from April 1928 to July 1929.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1929.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1929.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-10 |url-status=live |title=Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps |date=1 January 1929 |page=10 |publisher=U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INtGAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA34-PA1 |title=London Naval Treaty, 1930 |year=1930 |publisher=U.S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>  He was President of the [[Board of Inspection and Survey]] in 1929, was a member of the General Board in 1930 and again was President of the Board of Inspection and Survey from 1931 until his retirement in 1935.

After retirement, Day lived in [[Washington, D.C.]] In 1940, he died at the [[Old Naval Observatory#Naval Medical Hospital and National Institute of Health|Naval Hospital]] there<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/151231328 |title=Adm. G. C. Day, World War Hero, Is Dead: Awarded Navy Cross For Troop Escort; 47 Years in Service |date=November 4, 1940 |page=14 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=26 August 2023|id={{ProQuest|151231328}} }}</ref> and was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgNkYXkSBmdlb3JnZRoBYw--/ Burial Detail: Day, George Calvin] – ANC Explorer</ref>