Francis Asbury Roe
Francis Asbury Roe | |
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United States of America | |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1841–1885 |
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Commands held | Katahdin Sassacus Michigan Tacony Lancaster |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Francis Asbury Roe (October 4, 1823 – December 28, 1901) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Elmira, New York, Roe entered the United States Navy as a midshipman on October 19, 1841, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1848.[1]
Roe left the Navy for eleven months, from June 1848 to May 1849, serving aboard the mail steamer SS Georgia.
After he returned to the Navy, he was assigned to the
Roe received his commission as master on August 8, 1855, and as lieutenant on September 14 of the same year. From 1857 to 1858 he served in the United States Coast Survey.
During the
.Roe was ordered to command the
After the end of the war, Roe commanded the iron-hulled warship Michigan on the Great Lakes. He was promoted to commander on July 25, 1866, and given command of the steamer Tacony on a special mission to Mexico. Roe served as fleet captain for the Asiatic Station from 1868 to 1871.
Roe was promoted to
He was transferred to the retired list on October 4, 1885.Roe died in Washington, D.C., on December 28, 1901,[1] aged 78, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Namesake
The United States Navy has named two destroyers USS Roe in his honor.
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c d e "Roe". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Further reading
- Park Benjamin, Jr., Francis Asbury Roe (Washington, 1904)
External links
- F. A. Roe Scrapbook, 1862–1891 MS 189 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy