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Home Town Roxbury, Mass.
Date of Passing Sep 29, 1914
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RADM. HERBERT WINSLOW Battle of Santiago - Boxer Rebellion
USS Kearsarge / Great White Fleet
Herbert Winslow, may also be listed as J.H. Winslow, (1848-1914) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He was the only surviving son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, famous as the commander of the United States ship Kearsarge, which sunk the Confederate cruiser Alabama.Since his retirement in 1910 he had been living at Cherbourg, France. He died in Florence, Italy on September 25th, 1914.
Admiral Winslow was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1865, was graduated four years later, and made an ensign in 1870. He was a master in 1872, a Lieutenant in 1875, a Lieutenant Commander in 1897, 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 Narrow, 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 de Cuba on July 3, 1898, commanded the Solace and landed the first detachment of American marines at Taku, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. His last sea command was the battleship Kearsarge, as part of the Great White Fleet, 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 Elezabeth Maynard, daughter of Lafayette Maynard of Washington and San Francisco.
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3 July 1898 (Age 50) In command of the USS Fern during the Battle of Santiago, the biggest naval engagement of the Spanish-American war nr. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
June 1900 (Age 52) In command of the USS Solace when it took part in landing the first detachments of American marines at Taku in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
Between 16 December 1907 and 22 February 1909 (Age 59) In command of the USS Kearsage (BB-5; named for his father's ship) during its circumnavigation of the globe as part of Roosevelt's 'Great White Fleet'.
Kearsarge Class Battleship: Displacement 11,525 Tons, Dimensions, 375' 4" (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' 10" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 4 x 8"/35, 14 x 5"/40 4 x 18" tt, Armor, 16 1/2" Belt, 17" Turrets, 5" Decks, 10" Conning Tower, Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 553.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Newport News, Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., on June 30, 1896. Launched March 24, 1898, Commissioned February 20, 1900, Decommissioned September 4, 1909, Recommissioned June 17, 1912, Decommissioned May 18, 1920, Converted at Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard into Crane Ship and re-designated AB-1, August 5, 1920. Renamed Crane Ship 1, November 6, 1941 to free name for new construction. Stricken June 22, 1955.
Fate: Sold August 9, 1955 and broken up for scrap.
Chain of Command The battleship Kearsarge was launched by Herbert Winslow's wife. The original Kearsarge was commanded by Winslow's father, RAdm John Winslow during the Civil War. In 1907 Captain Herbert Winslow took command of the USS Kearsarge BB-5.
Other Memories USS KEARSARGE became the flagship of the North Atlantic Fleet cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean. She sailed into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where, on December 10, 1903, the United States took formal possession of the Guantanamo Naval Reservation. From there she led the North Atlantic Battleship Squadron on goodwill calls to many European ports. In December 1907 the USS KEARSARGE, now commanded by Captain Herbert Winslow, following in the path of his illustrious father, became a part of the famous "Great White Fleet" of battleships sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt. The cruise, lasting more than a year, was an overwhelming success, showing the flag and spreading good will. This dramatic gesture impressed the world with the power of the U.S. Navy.
