 Sea duty followed in 1926 as captain of the cruiser USS West Virginia . In 1928 , he was promoted to rear admiral . He was one of only five captains promoted that year , the others being Arthur <unk> Hepburn , Harry E. Yarnell , Albert Ware Marshall and Thomas <unk> Craven . He was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard from 1928 to 1930 , and commanded Battleship Division Two ( <unk> ) of the Scouting Fleet from June to November 1930 . He then became Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief United States Fleet , Admiral Jehu V. Chase , who flew his flag from the battleship USS Texas , the ship on which his son in law Deak Parsons was also serving . 
