New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-18
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NAMEsAKES OF NEW TORPEDo-hoAi o.
r,,sr,xc.r,surn OFFICERS cOMMEMoRATEp BY
THE srR1NGHAM GoLDsBoRoCGH'
r.rt ~ ANn TALBOT

THE STRINGHAM. GoLDSboi'O'"'
BAILEY AND TALBOT.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
s,r. VIII Won please inform me through !ou
columns for what deeds Stringham Com. ~ - = . :.
and Bailey (after whom torpedo-Doats No' 49,
q are to be named) are distinguished -A'o IT,,
tell mo after whom or what the torpedo-noa, I"'
bot IS named.
Nev-York Oct 15 1897.
frba Talbot is named after Silas Talbot ""o'
a,,r,nc tho excitement before the Revolutionary
u-ar raised a company in Massachusetts. Ai'e'
tho haiti. Of Lexington he was commissioner d!
bis state as captain. and he Joined the pau o'
army in the siege OF Boston. In l''o "e
MANNED an attack on the British Meet III Ne"
York Harbor and went up the Huusoh "Do
Fort Washington. and three days later oi"'eu
down with the flagship which was nlleu WIZ"
combustibles and besmeared with turpe"'."'
Talbot and his crew set fire TO the bri'isn sup
Asia but barely escaped with their ives i,'
ceived a vote OF thanks from congress anu '
promoted to major. He planned ana Cai''u
several Other naval attacks. ana on oeP'e"'e'
g 1--o Compress promoted him TO the grace
e oo,,oin IN the Navy and issued specinc or
as Cor him n arm q naval force 10 protect
ro,, leland Sound He not only carried out
those orders. but he captured several british
vessels including two privateers Later ""e"
in command Of the armed ship George " aS"
ington when he was becalmed. he was caP'ure"
and confined in the prison-ship Jersey III INV
East River. and In the "Old Sugar House piiSo"
He was taken to England and made three u''-
successful efforts to escape. After cav" az
tempt he was confined forty days IN ouhseo"
on half rations. Benjamin Franklin ana JON"
law subsequently effected his exchange in De-
cantain in the Navy May II. 1I'S and com
manded one Of the squadrons in the west iiuie nun,
during the war with France, having the Coiis.i
tuition his flagship. Af'er tne wa rr INV
France he had dispute with commodore ,"N
tun in regard 10 seniority, which he settled od ny
resigning his commission In september, lSol.
He died few years later; ana was was our'eu III
The Strnghem is named after Rear Admiral
Silas II Stringham, who died In Brooklyn IN
1875 He became midshipman IN INo'' ana
soon afterward in the frigate President par
ticipated In two important engagements, ne
also participated in the Algerian "ar, IN tlie
Mexican War and the ar OF tne heue. n,,,,,
At the beginning of the Civil war NJ was sum
moned 10 Washington TO advise upon the prep
arations Of war especially in relation 10 tne re-
lief Of Fort Sumter. He planned the expecl.
Ton 70 Hatteras Inlet which the first naval
victory of importance in the war. Dechhlns
further active service on account or MS age lie
was retired in December 1S6l. .
The GOldsbOrOugh is named AFTER rear Au
mirol Louis NJ Godsborough. who entered ths
Navy as mdshipsman in 1872, at the age OF
seven years. At twenty he was neu,enan''
He served in the Mexican war. ana was eA
ecutive officer Of the Ohio which bombarded
Vera cruz in 1917. At the beginning OF tne
Civil War he appointed nag oihGer anu r.
oai,.ad Command of the Minnesota. In Septem-
her. 1861. he planned and executed joint Army
and Navy expedition 20 the North Car9 Tnh
Sounds and captured ROANOKE lsiann On 60
ruorv : 1850 He received the thanks or Con-
eress for fhis service. In 1873 he was retired
from active service. ,t., -noo
The BAILEY is named after Rear Admiral Iheo-
dorms BAILEY who was appointed midshipman
from this State in 1908. and who died In -
He was conspi, ious I'm the Mexican war ana IN
the auppression Of the riots on the lsthmus 81
panama In 1873 He was second In command
with Farrag,it in the passage Of the forts on the
Mississippi River and capture OF New,OrIea n
leans His service afterward was princpaHy
OH the blockade-Ed.I