Charles Satterlee was an officer in the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...

 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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Born in Essex, Connecticut

Essex, Connecticut

Essex is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,505 at the 2000 census. It is made up of three villages: Essex Village, Centerbrook, and Ivoryton.- History :- The Great Attack :...

, Satterlee was appointed a cadet in the Revenue Cutter Service on 19 November 1895. In 1908, he was assigned as supervisor of anchorages at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River...

. This duty included command of the USRC Mackinac

USRC Mackinac (1903)

USRC Mackinac, later USCGC Mackinac, was a patrol boat that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1903 to 1915 and in the United States Coast Guard from 1915 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1939.-Construction and commissioning:...

. In 1909, he was ordered to the USRC Tahoma

USRC Tahoma (1909)

USRC Tahoma, was a steel-hull flush deck cutter that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1909 to 1914 with the Bering Sea Patrol and was the sister ship to the USRC Yamacraw.-Commissioning and trip to homeport:...

, then fitting out at Baltimore, Maryland, for a cruise to the Pacific. From 1910 to 1913, he was assistant inspector of lifesaving stations; and, on 1 September 1915, he was promoted to Captain in the Coast Guard.

Captain Satterlee was in command of USCGC Tampa

USCGC Tampa

USCGC Tampa has been the name of three cutters of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard:, served as cutter USRC Miami in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1912-1915, as Coast Guard cutter USCGC Miami 1915-1916, as Coast Guard cutter USCGC Tampa 1916-1917, and in the U.S...

, when that vessel was torpedoed and sunk with all hands on 26 September 1918 in the Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel

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 while escorting a convoy.

Two ships in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 have been named USS Satterlee

USS Satterlee

USS Satterlee may refer to:, a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1922. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Belmont in 1940 and sunk in battle in 1942 during World War II., a Gleaves-class destroyer, commissioned in 1943, served in World War II and...

for him.