Name Prefix: Admiral
Graduated fron US Naval Academy at Annapolis in June, 1910. He had
originally been with the Class of 1909, but he and many of his classmates
got typhoid fever. Nine died, and he and a number of others losta year
because of the length and seriousness of their illness.

He began his naval career with 41 months of service on the USS South
Dakota.

As a CAPT, he took command of the USS West Point (formerly the commercial
ship, America) in the fall of 1941. His ship evacuated the last British
troops to leave Singapore before the Japanese took that city early in
1942.

He was appointedCommandant of the Naval Training Station, Farragut, ID,
and remained there asa Commodore throughout WWII. From the fall of 1942
until the end of the warthis facility trained some 293,000 naval
recruits. It was second only to Great Lakes Naval Station in its size
and contribution to the Navy war effort.

At the end of the war Farragut Naval Station was to be closed. He worked
veryclosely with the ID State and Federal governments to get the
facilities transferred to the State for use as a college for returning
veterans. As a result,Farragut College was formed in 1946. He was
elected President of the board.The college ceased to exist in 1949.

Listed as age 30 with wife, Claire, and3 sons

He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1945 and retired from the Navy in
1946.

1. 2. Claire Parmelee KELLEY  
2. 3. Frank Harrison KELLEY  
3. 4. Edmund Parmelee KELLEY  
4. 5. Archibald Parmelee KELLEY  
5. 6. Helen Patrica KELLEY