The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-10-10
.SGALEY'S CAPTAIN
HASPASSED AWAY
Rear-Admiral Cook, Veteran Of
Two Wars. Responds To &.
the Last Call
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless,

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts,
October D-Rear Admiral Francis "A.
Cook, U. s. N. retired, who won fame
as the commander of Rear Admiral
sSehley's flagship, the Brooklyn, during
the battle OF Santiago de Cuba against
the feet of Admiral Cevora, died at his
home here Yesterday He became a
Tear admiral in 1900 and was retired
in 1908. & l~'.t
Admiral Cook was an old seaman of
wide experience and thorough mas
ter of the theory and practise of navi-
cation. He was born in this city in
lS43, was graduated from the high
school Of his native town, and was pre-
pairing Tor college at Dudley Institute,
when September 20, 1860, he received
an appointment to the Naval Academy
He left the school, then at Newport,
Rhode Island, with the class of '63,
aud was assigned to duty on the Semi
mole, then engaged in blockading Tex.
as. Admiral Cook began service as en-
sign under Farregut, who commanded
the gulf squadron. :. Soon after he was
ordered to the gunboat Tennessee and
thence to the Lackawanna, on which he
remained till after the fall of Mobile.
After Lees surrender he proceeded to
the Brooklyn navy yard with his vessel,
(which was then ordered out of commits,
| sion. After a month 3 furlough he was
ordered to the Vanderbilt, which, with
the MOnadnock, under the command of
Commodore John Rodgers, made a wy.
age around Cape Horn, across the Paci-
| fc and return to San Francisco. This
was notable as the first long cruise of
an ironclad. g2y. a$-gasEE ~ st ~ss
After this voyage he was promoted
to master andAtransferred to the sara.
nae of the North Pacific squadron.
February /, 1861, he became lieuten-
ant, and LIEUTENANT commander in
March; 1868. In the same year he was
detached from the Pacific squadron and
ordered to duty at the Naval Academy
as instructor in mathematics. In 1870
he was transferred to the Pacific
| squadron, where he served as navigator
on the SaTapae, Pensacola and Rich.
mond. -Four years later Cook was or.
dered, to the receiving ship Sabine at
Portsmouth, from which, after two
years service, he was assigned to duty
as executive officer gu the Plymoutil,
and, made a. cruise up the Mississippi
as far as Vicksburg. , @. a.,
In 1879 the Plymouth went out of
commission and, he returned to the
Naval Academy as head of the depart,
ment Of seamanship. In 1888 he was
appointed inspector of the eleventh
lighthouse district, with headquarters
at Detroit. Three years Inter he was
Hlncod in command Of the sloop Ranger
and assigned to special service on the
lower coast of California. In 1889 he
became inspector of ordnance at the
lcston navy yard, and in 1898 was
transferred 10 the navy department in
Washington as assfstant to the chief of
the bureau Of navigation, where he re-
manned, attaining thesrank of captain
IN 1896, until he assumed command of
the rBrooklyn. 81 ...., p-r,.-
He commanded this vessel while it
was part of the flying squadron under
Commodore Schley and .afterward when
II was attached to Rear Admiral
Sampson command.