George Calvin Day (November 8, 1871 – November 3, 1940) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, whose career lasted from the 1890s until the mid-1930s.
Biography
Born in Bradford, Vermont, the son of Hezron George Day, on 8 November 1871, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 19 May 1888 by Congressman William W. Grout. and Lieutenant in 1901. He served aboard the gunboat during the Spanish–American War, and then served aboard the protected cruiser during the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion. Returning to the United States in 1901, Day was assigned to the Boston Navy Yard and Light Cruiser Division 3 (, and ) from April 1928 to July 1929. 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 Naval Hospital there and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.