James Dexter Adams
Rear Admiral James Dexter Adams (4 May, 1848 – 19 February, 1922) served in the United States Navy.
Life & Career
Adams was born in Albany, New York but was appointed to the Naval Academy from Mississippi in 1864.[1]
Adams was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September 1873.[2] In 1892 he served as Executive Officer of the sloop Constellation.[3]
His next tour was at the Naval Academy, during which time Adams was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 7 September, 1894. By 1895 he was the Acting Head of the Department of Seamanship, Naval Construction, and Naval Tactics.[4]
From 1895 to 1897 Adams served as the first Executive Officer of Amphitrite.[5] During the Spanish-American War, he interrupted an extended tour at the Hydrographic Office with duty as the first commanding officer of the converted yacht Yankton,[6] remaining in command at least through late August.[7]
Adams was promoted to the rank of Commander on 3 March, 1899.[8] In 1900 he briefly commanded the gunboat Machias before that ship decommissioned for refit, and immediately transferred to the recommissioned gunboat Bancroft.[9]
By early 1902, Adams was appointed to command the training ship Alert.[10]
Adams was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[11] In July, 1905 he assumed command of the protected cruiser Olympia, then serving as flagship of the Third Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet,[12] and remained in command into 1906.[13]
In 1906 Adams was appointed as the first commanding officer of the armoured cruiser Washington.[14] He then served as Captain of the Yard at the New York Navy Yard from mid-1907 and was relieved of this assignment on 30 November, 1908.[15]
Adams was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on 25 October, 1908.[16] His only service as a flag officer was as Commandant of the Charleston Navy Yard, with additional duty commanding the Sixth Naval District,[17] from 2 January 1909 until his retirement due to age on 4 May 1910.[18]
There is no evidence Adams was recalled to active duty in World War I. Adams died in Washington, DC on 19 February, 1922.[19]
See Also
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of U.S.S. Yankton 3 May, 1898[20] – after 23 Aug, 1898[21] |
Succeeded by George L. Dyer |
| Preceded by Harrison G. O. Colby |
Captain of U.S.S. Olympia 7 Jun, 1905[22] – after 1 Jan, 1906[23] |
Succeeded by Thomas B. Howard |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of U.S.S. Washington 7 Aug, 1906[24] – 7 Oct, 1907[Inference] |
Succeeded by Austin M. Knight |
| Preceded by William H. Reeder |
Captain, Navy Yard, New York 1907[25] – 30 Nov, 1908[26] |
Succeeded by Ten Eyck De Witt Veeder |
| Preceded by George L. Dyer |
Commandant, Navy Yard, Charleston 2 Jan, 1909[27] – 15 Apr, 1910[Inference] |
Succeeded by Charles E. Fox |
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1879. pp. 30-31.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 11 March, 1892 p. 4
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. pp. 14-15, 75.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. pp. 12-13.
- ↑ DANFS
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 23 August, 1898 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. pp. 14-15.
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript 15 August, 1900 p. 3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1902. pp. 12-13, 161.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. pp. 8-9, 184.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 November, 1908 p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. pp. 6-7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. pp. 6-7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. pp. 136, 203.
- ↑ Washington Herald 21 February, 1922 p. 3.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 23 August, 1898 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. pp. 8-9, 221.
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 November, 1908 p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 6.
