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词条 Augustus F. Fechteler
释义

  1. Born in Paderborn, Prussia

  2. Naval Service

  3. Awards

      Navy Cross citation  

  4. Notes

  5. Bibliography

  6. External links

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| caption =Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|09|01}}
| birth_place = Paderborn, Prussia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|05|26|1857|09|01}}
| death_place =
| placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery
| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}}
| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| serviceyears = 1877–1921
| rank = Rear Admiral
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{{USS|South Carolina|BB-26|2}}
Second Division, Atlantic Fleet
Seventh Division, Atlantic Fleet
Sixth Division, Atlantic Fleet
Commandant, Norfolk Navy Yard
Commandant, Fifth Naval District
| battles = Spanish–American War
Philippine–American War
World War I
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| awards =Spanish Campaign Medal
Philippine Campaign Medal
Navy Cross[1]
Victory Medal
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| spouse = Maud Morrow (1873–1928)
| relations = William Fechteler (son)
Frank Caspar Fechteler (son)
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Augustus Francis Fechteler (1 September 1857 – 26 May 1921) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during World War I. He had two sons also served in the Navy, Admiral William Fechteler was Chief of Naval Operations and Lieutenant Frank Caspar Fechteler, an early naval aviator that died in an airplane crash 18 September 1922.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

Born in Paderborn, Prussia

Augustus Francis Fechteler, born in Paderborn, Prussia (now Germany)[2] 1 September 1857. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865.[2]

Naval Service

He was appointed Cadet Midshipman to the US Naval Academy by the Honorable Thomas J. Creamer, Member of Congress from the Seventh District of New York in June 1873, and completed the course on 20 June 1877.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

His first service at sea was on European Station, and during the period, June 1879 to November 1888, he served successively aboard the {{USS|Shenandoah|1862|2}}; with the Coast Survey from 1882-1885; in the receiving ship {{USS|Vermont|1848|2}}; training ships {{USS|Jamestown|1844|2}} and {{USS|Portsmouth|1843|2}}; and {{USS|Essex|1874|2}}. On 10 January 1889, he reported to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy department, Washington, DC, and a year later was transferred to the Office of Naval Intelligence where he remained until January 1892.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

He was placed in charge of a draft of men sent to Mare Island, California, to serve as crew for {{USS|Mohican|1883|}}, and reported aboard that vessel on 16 February 1892. He completed that period of sea duty in October 1894, and for a year thereafter was in charge of the Branch Hydrographic Office, San Francisco, California. From October 1895 to August 1896, he was in charge of Inspection of Ships, and on 19 September, joined {{USS|Monterey|BM-6|2}}. He completed inspection of {{USS|Oregon|BB-3|2}}, first class battleship, in November 1896, and in December 1898, joined {{USS|Concord|PG-3|2}}. He remained aboard that gunboat, on Asiatic Station, until August 1899, when he joined {{USS|Solace|AH-2|2}} for transportation back to Mare Island, California. There he served as Aide to the Commandant until 15 August 1901.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

Duty as navigator of {{USS|Iowa|BB-4|2}}, from 16 August 1901, until she was decommissioned on 16 July 1903, was followed by inspection duty, for the Bureaus of Ordnance and Engineering, at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, until 2 March 1904. He then returned to the Office of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, where he served during the year following. In May 1905, he went to New York to inspect {{USS|Dubuque|PG-17|2}}, and commanded her from her commissioning until 22 December 1906.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

While on duty as a Member of the Board of Inspection and Survey, navy Department, he inspected {{USS|Brooklyn|ACR-3|2}} and {{USS|Mississippi|BB-23|2}}. He attended the Conference of Officers at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, resuming his inspection duties in September 1908. He was assigned duty as General Inspector of {{USS|South Carolina|BB-26|2}} at the works of William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in October 1909, and assumed command of that battleship at her commissioning on 1 March 1910. When detached in November 1911, he was designated President of the Board of Inspection and Survey (for ships), and from 18 December, that year, he had additional temporary duty in connection with battleship plans to the General Board, Navy Department.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

He attended a course at the Naval War College from November 1914 until Jul 1915, when he was ordered to Provincetown, Massachusetts, to assume command of the Second Division, Atlantic Fleet, under the Commander in Chief, and on 24 July, he was commissioned Rear Admiral, to date from 11 July 1915. His flag remained in {{USS|Florida|BB-30|2}} after he was transferred on 15 May 1916, to duty as Commander Seventh Division, but was transferred to {{USS|New York|BB-34|2}} and later to {{USS|Utah|BB-31|2}}, when he was in command of the Sixth Division, from 19 June 1916, during World War I, to 2 February 1918.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

On 5 February 1918, he assumed the duties of Commandant, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, and remained in that assignment throughout the latter months of the war and until 10 April 1919. He was awarded the Navy Cross and cited as follows: “For exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Division Commander, Sixth Division of the Atlantic Fleet, and later as Commandant of the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia.”{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

Transferred to duty as Commandant of the Fifth Naval District, with Headquarters at Norfolk, Virginia, he reported on 10 April 1919. He died on 26 May 1921, at the Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia.{{sfn|NHHC|2016}}

Awards

  • Navy Cross
  • Spanish Campaign Medal
  • Philippine Campaign Medal
  • World War I Victory Medal

Navy Cross citation

{{quotation|The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Rear Admiral Augustus Francis Fechteler, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Division Commander of the Atlantic Fleet and later as Commandant of the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.[1]}}

Notes

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Citations
1. ^{{cite web |url= http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=9400 |title= Augustus Francis Fechteler |website= Military Times Hall of Valor |accessdate= 22 April 2015 }}
2. ^{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=C1sMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA219#v=onepage&q&f=false |title= New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress |first= Frank Moore |last= Colby |publisher= Dodd, Mead and company |year= 1922 |page= 219}}

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources
  • {{cite web

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-f/fechteler-augustus-f/fechteler-augustus-f-text.html
| title = Augustus Francis Fechteler: 1 September 1857-26 May 1921
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date = 31 October 2016
| accessdate = 22 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|NHHC|2016}}

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|6651130|accessdate=22 April 2017}}
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/afetch.htm |title= Augustus Francis Fechteler |website= arlingtoncemetery.net |accessdate= 22 April 2015 }}
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