Herbert Winslow
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Herbert Winslow was a rear admiral
in the United States Navy
.
to John Ancrum Winslow
. He married Elizabeth Maynard (?-1899).
He commanded the USS Fern
at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba
on July 3, 1898. His wife died in 1899. He retired in 1910 and moved to Cherbourg, France.
He died in Florence, Italy on September 25, 1914.
Rear Admiral
Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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Biography
He was born in 1848 in Roxbury, MassachusettsRoxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...
to John Ancrum Winslow
John Ancrum Winslow
Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War...
. He married Elizabeth Maynard (?-1899).
He commanded the USS Fern
USS Fern (1871)
USS Fern was a gunboat built in 1871 by Delamater and Steack of New York City at Newport, Rhode Island and transferred to the United States Navy from the United States Treasury Department on 30 January 1891. Fern was commissioned on 22 April 1891, with Lieutenant Commander A. J...
at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on 3 July 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Navy's Caribbean Squadron.-Spanish Fleet:...
on July 3, 1898. His wife died in 1899. He retired in 1910 and moved to Cherbourg, France.
He died in Florence, Italy on September 25, 1914.