Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, captain of the U.S.S. Kearsarge during the Civil War.
New York Times Obituary, September 26, 1914
WASHINGTON, September 25 - Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U.S.N., retired, is dead in Florence, Italy, according to a consular dispatch received here today. The time of his death is not stated. Since his retirement in 1910 he has been living in Cherbourg, France.
Admiral Winslow was born in Roxbury, Mass., and was in his sixty-seventh year. He was the son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, famous as the commander of the United States ship Kearsarge, which sunk the Confederate cruiser Alabama, commanded by Capt. Semmes, in 1864, off the harbor of Cherbourg. Admiral Winslow was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1865, was graduated four years later, and was made an ensign in 1870. He was a master in 1872, a Lieutenant in 1875, a Lieutenant Commander in 1897, a Commander in 1900, a Captain in 1905, and a Rear Admiral in 1909.
In 1875, when the United States ship Saranac was wrecked in Seymour's Narrows, B.C., he was the last man to leave the ship. He was in command of the United States ship Fern at the battle of Santiago, and landed the first detachment of American marines at Taku, China, during the Boxer rebellion. His last command was the battleship Kearsarge, which was named at the launching by his wife.
Admiral Winslow was in command of the Boston Navy Yard when he was retired after a service of twenty-three years at sea and more than nineteen on shore. In 1876 he married Miss Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Lafayette Maynard of Washington and San Francisco.
New York Times Obituary, September 26, 1914
WASHINGTON, September 25 - Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U.S.N., retired, is dead in Florence, Italy, according to a consular dispatch received here today. The time of his death is not stated. Since his retirement in 1910 he has been living in Cherbourg, France.
Admiral Winslow was born in Roxbury, Mass., and was in his sixty-seventh year. He was the son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, famous as the commander of the United States ship Kearsarge, which sunk the Confederate cruiser Alabama, commanded by Capt. Semmes, in 1864, off the harbor of Cherbourg. Admiral Winslow was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1865, was graduated four years later, and was made an ensign in 1870. He was a master in 1872, a Lieutenant in 1875, a Lieutenant Commander in 1897, a Commander in 1900, a Captain in 1905, and a Rear Admiral in 1909.
In 1875, when the United States ship Saranac was wrecked in Seymour's Narrows, B.C., he was the last man to leave the ship. He was in command of the United States ship Fern at the battle of Santiago, and landed the first detachment of American marines at Taku, China, during the Boxer rebellion. His last command was the battleship Kearsarge, which was named at the launching by his wife.
Admiral Winslow was in command of the Boston Navy Yard when he was retired after a service of twenty-three years at sea and more than nineteen on shore. In 1876 he married Miss Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Lafayette Maynard of Washington and San Francisco.
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. Son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, captain of the U.S.S. Kearsarge during the Civil War.
New York Times Obituary, September 26, 1914
WASHINGTON, September 25 - Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U.S.N., retired, is dead in Florence, Italy, according to a consular dispatch received here today. The time of his death is not stated. Since his retirement in 1910 he has been living in Cherbourg, France.
Admiral Winslow was born in Roxbury, Mass., and was in his sixty-seventh year. He was the son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, famous as the commander of the United States ship Kearsarge, which sunk the Confederate cruiser Alabama, commanded by Capt. Semmes, in 1864, off the harbor of Cherbourg. Admiral Winslow was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1865, was graduated four years later, and was made an ensign in 1870. He was a master in 1872, a Lieutenant in 1875, a Lieutenant Commander in 1897, a Commander in 1900, a Captain in 1905, and a Rear Admiral in 1909.
In 1875, when the United States ship Saranac was wrecked in Seymour's Narrows, B.C., he was the last man to leave the ship. He was in command of the United States ship Fern at the battle of Santiago, and landed the first detachment of American marines at Taku, China, during the Boxer rebellion. His last command was the battleship Kearsarge, which was named at the launching by his wife.
Admiral Winslow was in command of the Boston Navy Yard when he was retired after a service of twenty-three years at sea and more than nineteen on shore. In 1876 he married Miss Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Lafayette Maynard of Washington and San Francisco.
New York Times Obituary, September 26, 1914
WASHINGTON, September 25 - Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U.S.N., retired, is dead in Florence, Italy, according to a consular dispatch received here today. The time of his death is not stated. Since his retirement in 1910 he has been living in Cherbourg, France.
Admiral Winslow was born in Roxbury, Mass., and was in his sixty-seventh year. He was the son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, famous as the commander of the United States ship Kearsarge, which sunk the Confederate cruiser Alabama, commanded by Capt. Semmes, in 1864, off the harbor of Cherbourg. Admiral Winslow was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1865, was graduated four years later, and was made an ensign in 1870. He was a master in 1872, a Lieutenant in 1875, a Lieutenant Commander in 1897, a Commander in 1900, a Captain in 1905, and a Rear Admiral in 1909.
In 1875, when the United States ship Saranac was wrecked in Seymour's Narrows, B.C., he was the last man to leave the ship. He was in command of the United States ship Fern at the battle of Santiago, and landed the first detachment of American marines at Taku, China, during the Boxer rebellion. His last command was the battleship Kearsarge, which was named at the launching by his wife.
Admiral Winslow was in command of the Boston Navy Yard when he was retired after a service of twenty-three years at sea and more than nineteen on shore. In 1876 he married Miss Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Lafayette Maynard of Washington and San Francisco.
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