A native of Albany, Johnston graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1882. Over the span of his career, he served with the Coast Survey and Fisheries Commission, the office of Naval Intelligence, as an officer on the U.S.S. San Francisco, the U.S.S. Cassius, as executive officer on the U.S.S. Prairie, the U.S.S. Dolphin, as assistant to the United States minister in Venezuela, and as a naval attaché to Caracas. In 1908, he was appointed captain of the Portsmouth, NH naval yard. The following year he was awarded command of the U.S.S. Georgia. In World War I, he was appointed Rear Admiral to the flagship, the USS Denver.
(1860-1934) (Magnolia, lot 1, row E24)
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