Franck Taylor Evans,
Captain, United States Navy.
Captain Franck Taylor Evans, U.S.N., retired, son of Rear Admiral Robley D. (Fighting Bob) Evans. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American and the First World War and retired in 1930 after an adventurous career.
He fought in Battle of Santiago on board the USS Iowa with his father in command.
Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans, was court martialed 18 November 1908. Evans had been in command of President Roosevelt's yacht, the Slyph, before joining the USS Louisiana. He was charged with "leaving his station on deck without permission, although he declared it was to stop a disturbance below; disrespectful language to a superior officer, and permitting two enlisted men to drink beer in his, Evans's, room." He was sentenced to a public reprimand and reduction of 150 number in rank. Upon the death of his father, Admiral Robley D. Evans on 1/4/12, he was a Lieutenant Commander, commanding torpedo boat destroyer Monaghan at Boston Navy Yard, but no other news article is found on Frank Evans until 18 April 1919 when, as Captain Frank T. Evans, he commanded the Hamburg-American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria as the first enemy ship turned over to the U.S. and used to transport troops back to New York.
During the First World War he was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service. He was an officer of the French Legion of Honor and held the Spanish Order of Naval Merit and Efficiency, third class, and the Cross of the Order of the Savior, conferred by the government of Greece. He also held Italian and Japanese decorations. Captain Evans was a member of the Army and Navy Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Loyal Legion and the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
