1885 – April 8, 1973) was an American naval officer, engineer, and wartime public official.
[1][2][3] During World War I, Kennerly served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, where he was assigned to the United States Shipping Board as a port engineer.
[1][4] Between the first and second World Wars, Kennerly served as the superintending port engineer for the Old Dominion Steamship Company for several years.
[2][6][7] In the role, he supervised maintenance, repair, and operations of all Allied merchant shipping from the U.S. East Coast to the Gulf of Mexico, including wartime supervision for the entire New York Harbor.
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