Charles Russell Train (September 19, 1879 – December 8, 1967) was rear admiral of the United States Navy.

Train was born on September 19, 1879, in Annapolis, Maryland, to Grace (née Tomlinson) and Rear Admiral Charles J.

[1][2] Train grew up in Washington, D.C.[3] He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy by James W. Wadsworth.

[1] When in China, Train accidentally shot and injured a Chinese woman while pheasant hunting near Nanjing and he was attacked by villagers.

[3][4] In 1914, Train served as naval attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, under Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page.

[2][3] He also received the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by the Italian government and the War Cross of Military Valor by Italy.

[2] Train was ordered to escort U.S. President-elect Herbert Hoover from Montevideo, Uruguay to the United States.

In 1936, Train was appointed president of the Naval Examining Board and assumed command of Battleship Two, Battle Force.

[1][3] His son Russell became the first chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and the president and chief executive officer of the World Wildlife Fund.