Charles Peshall Plunkett

Rear Admiral Charles Peshall Plunkett (15 February 1864 – 24 March 1931) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I.

Biography Charles Plunkett (center, army uniform) and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt inspecting a US Navy Railway Battery in France August 1918. Plunkett was born in Washington, D.C., and was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1879. During the Spanish–American War, he served in Admiral Dewey's Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay. He commanded both the battleship and the armored cruiser , and served as Director of Target Practice and Engineering Competitions for the Navy Department before the United States entered World War I.