Frank B. Upham
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Frank B. Upham | |
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United States of America | |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1893–1936 |
Rank | Admiral |
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Battles/wars | Navy Cross |
Frank Brooks Upham (7 September 1872 – 15 September 1939) served in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and as an admiral during World War I.
Biography
Born at Fort Apache, Arizona Territory Upham was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 6 September 1889 and graduated on 2 June 1893. Following the completion of the two required years of postgraduate sea duty—which he served with the Pacific Squadron in the protected cruiser Philadelphia—Upham was commissioned an ensign on 1 July 1895 and joined the protected cruiser Olympia on 18 July before she sailed for the Far East to become the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron. At the time of the Spanish–American War, Upham was on the staff of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Squadron, Commodore George Dewey; and the young officer received his baptism of fire during the Battle of Manila Bay.
He advanced up the officer ranks of the Navy, eventually attaining flag rank in 1927. During the years before World War I, Upham's sea duty embraced tours in the
During World War I, Upham commanded the cruisers
In the years following the armistice, Capt. Upham was chief of staff to the commander, Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet—Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones—before serving successive tours of shore duty: in Paris as naval attache and in Washington assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence. He commanded the battleship Tennessee from September 1924-March 1926 and subsequently filled the billet of commandant of the naval air station at Pensacola, Florida. He capitalized on this assignment to earn his naval aviation observer's wings. Reaching flag rank in June 1927, Upham successively commanded Battleship Division 3 and Submarine Divisions, Control Force, and served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Given the temporary rank of admiral on 18 August 1933, Upham returned to the Far East as lllCommander in lllChief,
Placed on the retired list on 1 October 1936, Rear Admiral Upham died in
Namesake
- During World War II, the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Upham (DE-283) was named for Admiral Upham. She was converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Upham (APD-99) and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1946.
- SS President Wilson was intend to be named USS Admiral F.B. Upham.
References
- ^ "Upham, Frank B". ANC Explorer. U.S. Army. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.