Harry W. Hill (admiral)

Harry Wilbur Hill (7 April 1890 – July 19, 1971) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.

He transferred in September 1918 to the battleship Wyoming (BB-32), in which he witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet upon the cessation of hostilities.

On 23 November 1918, he reported as Navigator of the battleship Arkansas (BB-33), and served in that capacity until January 1919, when he was assigned duty as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to the Commander Division Seven, Atlantic Fleet.

He assisted in fitting out the Concord (CL-10), at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, and upon the commissioning of that cruiser on 23 November 1923, he joined her as Gunnery officer.

He served three months from June 1925 as Aide to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, after which he had duty afloat as Gunnery Officer of the light cruiser Memphis (CL-13).

Ordered to sea, Hill assumed command of the heavy cruiser Wichita (CA-45), which operated for several months on convoy duty with the British Home Fleet to the North Russian port of Murmansk.

At the close of the war in August 1945, he commanded the Amphibious Force which landed the Sixth Army in Southwestern Japan for occupation duty.