Question

admiral william sims is credited with created the convoy system where merchant ships traveled with small,maneuverable warships for safety t or f​

Answer 1

The correct answer is True

Explanation: William Sowden Sims was an Admiral of the United States Navy who fought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the navy.

Answer 2

Answer:

The statement is true. Admiral William Sims is credited with creating the convoy system where merchant ships traveled with small, maneuverable warships for safety.

Explanation:

Sims studied at the United States Naval Academy from 1876 to 1880. He then served on various ships, later as a naval attache in Paris, Saint Petersburg and Madrid. From 1900 to 1902 he served in China on the battleship USS Kentucky and the monitor USS Monterey. Impressed by the target exercises and systems of the European navies, he addressed President Theodore Roosevelt directly in 1901, as he worked for the U.S. Navy saw a huge need to catch up in that direction. He was recalled to the States in 1902 to work as a target practice inspector for the next six and a half years. In the last two years of his service in this position, he had also been advising the President on naval matters.  

During World War I, he played an important role in the introduction of the convoy system for transatlantic shipping as a means against the submarine threat. This system quickly proved itself and halved the losses of merchant ships.