Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William Banks Caperton (June 30, 1855 December 12, 1941) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Born in 1855 in Spring Hill, Tennessee, Caperton graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1875. He held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces intervening in Haiti (1915 16) and Santo Domingo (1916), and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, from July 28, 1916 to April 30, 1919. He served actively until November 12, 1921. and died in Newport, Rhode Island, December 12, 1941.