Olaf M. Hustvedt

Vice Admiral Olaf Mandt Hustvedt was a senior officer of the United States Navy. He saw service in World War I and World War II, operating in both the Battle of the Atlantic and the Pacific War. During his 36year career, he distinguished himself as an expert in naval ordnance and as a battleship commander.

Hustvedt was born in Chicago, Illinois, onJune 1886 to Norwegian immigrant parents.He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1909. His first tour of duty was aboard the armored cruiser USS160West Virginia, in which he cruised from the United States West Coast to many ports in East Asia. He then attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., from which he received a master of science degree in 1914.

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