Edward L. Beach, Sr.

Edward Latimer Beach Sr. was a United States Navy officer and author. He served in three of the United States wars, ranging from the SpanishAmerican War up through World War I. He was the father of the future Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. who commanded the nuclearpowered submarine USS Triton during her 1960 submerged circumnavigation and wrote the 1955 bestselling novel Run Silent, Run Deep.

Edward Latimer Beach Sr. was born in Toledo, Ohio on June 30, 1867, the son of Joseph Lane Beach and Laura Colton Beach. His father was a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

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