Merrill Miller
Rear Admiral Merrill Miller (13 September, 1842 – 5 August, 1914) served in the United States Navy.
Life & Career
Miller was born in Ohio and was appointed to the Naval Academy from the same state.[1] He graduated in 1862 and saw blockade duty during the Civil War. By 1865 he was serving on the Monadnock,[2] having been promoted to Lieutenant on 22 February, 1864.[3]
Miller was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 25 July, 1866.[4] In 1873, he was appointed Executive Officer of Worcester.[5] From 1875 to 1879, he served at the Naval Academy in charge of the practice ships, including Santee and Dale.[6][7]
While at the Academy, Miller was promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 November, 1877.[8] His first command afloat came in 1880 when he was appointed to command Yantic.[9]. He was relieved of command due to illness in early 1881.[10]
Miller's next command was Marion from 1885 to 1887.[11][12] Following shore duty, including a year as Navigation Officer at the Portsmouth Navy Yard,[13] Miller was promoted to the rank of Captain on 25 February, 1893. He commanded the receiving ship Franklin in Norfolk from 1893 to 1894,[14] before being appointed the first commanding officer of the cruiser Raleigh.[15]
Miller was appointed to command another receiving ship, this time Vermont, in 1897, remaining in command until 1900.[16]
Promoted to flag rank as Rear Admiral on 1 July, 1900[17] Miller never flew his flag at sea. Instead, he was appointed Commandant of the Mare Island Navy Yard and finished his career as Commandant of the Twelfth Naval District and Thirteenth Naval District.[18]
Miller retired on account of age on 13 September, 1904,[19] and died in Berkeley, California, just under ten years later.[20]
See Also
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of U.S.S. Yantic before Nov, 1880[21] – Jan, 1881[22] |
Succeeded by Edwin T. Woodward |
| Preceded by Silas W. Terry |
Captain of U.S.S. Marion 15 Jan, 1885[23] – Oct, 1887[24] |
Succeeded by N. Mayo Dyer |
| Preceded by John F. McGlensey |
Captain of U.S.S. Franklin 1 Jun, 1893 – Apr, 1894[25] |
Succeeded by Mortimer L. Johnson |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of U.S.S. Raleigh 17 Apr, 1894[26] |
Succeeded by Joseph B. Coghlan |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of U.S.S. Vermont 16 Mar, 1897[27] – Mar, 1900[28] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Louis Kempff |
Commandant, Navy Yard, Mare Island 11 Jul, 1900[29] – Jul, 1903[30] |
Succeeded by Bowman H. McCalla |
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 217.
- ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer 25 October, 1865 p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. pp. 8-9.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1889. pp. 8-9.
- ↑ New York Times 20 November, 1873 p. 5.
- ↑ Register of Officers, July 1875. p. 12.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 10 September, 1879 p. 4.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1879. pp. 18-19.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1881. pp. 18, 151.
- ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 28 January, 1881 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 14 October, 1887 p. 5.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 14 December, 1889 p. 1.
- ↑ Norfolk Virginian 15 March, 1894 p. 5.
- ↑ New York Times 29 December, 1896 p. 7.
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 9 March, 1900 p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1901. pp. 6-7.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. pp. 110, 173.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 238.
- ↑ Norfolk Virginian 10 November 1880 p. 1
- ↑ Evening Star (Washington, DC) 28 January, 1881 p. 1.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Baltimore Sun 14 October, 1887 p. 5.
- ↑ Norfolk Virginian 15 March, 1894 p. 5.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 9 March, 1900 p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1901. p. 6.
- ↑ San Francisco Examiner 21 July, 1903 p. 18.
