Walter McLean

Rear Admiral Walter L. McLean (born 1855 – died March 21, 1930 in Annapolis, Maryland) was the American commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard from November 25, 1915 until February 4, 1918. Under his command, the Shipyard was the holding area for various German vessels which had put into port during World War I, and stayed in a somewhat limbo status because the United States had not yet entered the war and could not commandeer the ships.