Difference between revisions of "Franklin Jeremiah Drake"

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Franklin Jeremiah Drake (4 March, 1846 – 30 January, 1929) served in the United States Navy.

Franklin Drake was born in New York on 4 March, 1846 and entered the U.S. Navy on 23 February, 1863, at the height of the American Civil War.^[1]

Drake was promoted to the rank of Commander on 3 March, 1899.^[2] He was appointed to command the monitor Monterey on 17 March, 1901.^[3]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Frederick M. Symonds	Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island 4 Oct, 1897^[4]	Succeeded by Edmund B. Underwood
Preceded by George W. Pigman	Captain of U.S.S. Monterey 17 Mar, 1901^[5]	Succeeded by Hugo Osterhaus
Preceded by Richardson Clover	Captain of U.S.S. Wisconsin 5 Nov, 1905^[6]	Succeeded by Frank E. Beatty

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 * [http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OCLWHi1376.xml Papers in the possession of Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.]
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 ==Service Records==