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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1921. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... conduct in that action. He was promoted to rearadmiral in 1901. From 1905 to 1908, he was commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and during the last year of his command he took the battleships on their famous cruise to the Pacific. He died in Washington, D. C, January 3, 1912. experiment. This ship-name came into use during the War with France, when it was borne by one of the two famous 12-gun schooners built for the navy in 1799. fairfax (Destroyer). Named in honor of RearAdmiral Donald McN. Fairfax, U. S. Navy. He was born in Virginia, and was appointed a midshipman in the navy on August 12, 1837. He made his first cruise in the John Adams to the East Indies, and received his baptism of fire at Sumatra in 1839. During the Mexican War he took part in the operations on the coast of California in the Cyane, under Commander Dupont. Commissioned as lieutenant in 1851, he made several cruises in home waters, and was present at the capture of Walker's filibustering expedition in Nicaragua in 1858. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he accompanied Captain Wilkes in his famous cruise in the San Jacinto, after which he was given command of the gunboat Cayuga, during the operations of Admiral Farragut's fleet in the Mississippi River. As commander he took the monitors Nantucket and Montaut into action before Charleston in 1863. He was promoted to commodore in 1873, and made a rear-admiral in July, 1880. He died on January 10, 1894. falcon. Three naval vessels have borne this name: a schooner captured from the Mexicans in 1846, a motorpatrol boat in service during the World War, and a mine-sweeper built in 1917. fanning (Destroyer). Named in honor of Midshipman Nathaniel Fanning, U. S. Navy. He was born in Stonington, Conn., in 1755. During the Revolutionary War he serv...
