{{Short description|United States Navy admiral}} {{Infobox military person |name =Hugo Osterhaus |image = Hugo Osterhaus 1913.jpg |caption = Hugo Osterhaus in 1913 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1851|6|15}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|6|11|1851|6|15}} |burial_label = Place of burial |burial_place = Arlington National Cemetery |birth_place = Belleville, Illinois, US |death_place = Castle Point, New York, US |burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |nickname = |allegiance=United States of America |branch = 25px United States Navy |service_years = 1871–1913, 1917–1920 |rank = 30px Rear Admiral |unit = |commands = {{unbulleted list| {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18|3}} | Atlantic Fleet}} |battles = World War I |awards = Navy Cross |relations = |other_work = }} '''Hugo Osterhaus''' (15 June 1851 in Belleville, Illinois – 11 June 1927 in Castle Point, New York) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He was the son of Civil War Major General Peter J. Osterhaus (1823–1917) and father of Navy Admiral Hugo Wilson Osterhaus (1878–1972).
==U.S. Navy career== Osterhaus was appointed Midshipman on 22 September 1865 and received his commission as an Ensign on 13 July 1871. He was commissioned Master, 12 February 1874; Lieutenant 13 March 1880; Lieutenant Commander 3 March 1899; Commander 2 July 1901; Captain 19 February 1906; Rear Admiral 4 December 1909 and was placed on the retired list 15 June 1913.
He was captain of the battleship {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18|3}} as part of the Great White Fleet which was a United States Navy force that completed a circumnavigation of the world from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability.
Osterhaus was recalled to active duty during World War I serving from 11 April 1917 until 1 November 1920 when he was relieved of active duty and returned home.
His flag commands included the Second Division, Atlantic Fleet; the Mare Island Navy Yard; the 12th Naval District; and the Atlantic Fleet.
;Awarded the Navy Cross During World War I he received the Navy Cross for services in the Office of Naval Districts.
==Death== RADM Hugo Osterhaus died 11 June 1927. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery with his wife Mary W. (1855–1942).<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/Cglvc3RlcmhhdXMSBGh1Z28-/ Burial Details: Osterhaus, Hugo]</ref>
==Namesake== The destroyer {{USS|Osterhaus|DE-164}}, launched 18 April 1943 and sponsored by Miss Helen Osterhaus, was so named in his honor.
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