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slowed by Secretary of the Navy Claude
A. Swanson upon one OF the new de-
StroyerS.
Admiral Moffett, who was an ensign
in the battle of Manila Bay, under Ad-
miral Dewey, won the Congressional
Medal Of Honor during the occupation
Of Vera Cruz, Mexico; was World War
commandant of the naval training sta
ton at Great Lakes, Ill, and who built
up the air forces of the American Navy
to their present efficiency, is the only
contemporary naval officer to be hon.
ored in the naming of new destroyer.
Rear Admiral George Beal Balch, who
fought in the Mexican War, was with
Commodore Perry in the Japan expedi-
ticn, 1876. and took a prominent
part in the Civil War, lends his name to
cne of the new gray wolves OF the
sea-"
An eminent authority on naval af-
fairs, who has achieved a world wide
reputation, is honored in the naming
of a craft after Rear Admiral Alfred
T. Mahan, who died in the National
Capital December !. 1914 He served in
the Civil War and was president Of the
Naval War College. The Navy says that
his treaties on naval matters are
standard the world over and are trans
lated into many foreign languages"
Lieut.. Comdr Andrew Boyd Cum
mings. who showed conspicuous gal
lantry during the Civil War at the pas
age of Port Hudson, La, March 14-15,
1853, is honored in the new Cummings.
Commodore Percival Drayton. who COM
manded the Hartford at the Battle of
Mobile Bay on August 5, 1854, and was
E1av ~ Ntoiv nj, of nf
staff, likewise has his name reflected
in one of the Nays newest destroyers.
Splendid services during the Civil War
are recalled in the naming of the Lam
son. for Lieut. Roswell Hawkes. Lamson
Killed in battle with the Confederate
ironclad Albemarle was Lieut.. Comdr.
Charles w. FluSser, who is honored in
one of the new craft.
Designers of Flag Recognized.
Capt. Samuel Chester Reid. credited
with designing the United States flag
in its present form, and who fought the
British in the War of 1912, in the Azores,
is recognized again in new ship.
Rear Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case,
who died here February II, 1893, is a
Mexican and Civil War hero whose
fame lives anew in a destroyer about
to be built.
Capt. Gustavus Conyngham, who COM
manded number of pioneer American
vessels and was commissioned a captain
in the Continental Navy, March l, 1777,
and who captured a number of the YES
sells of England. is honored, too, in a
new ship. Capt. Stephen Cassin, who
commanded the Ticonderoga in the bat
tie of Lake Champlain. and served with
distinction at Tripoli, is to recall,
through a new destroyer, exploits of a
century and more ago, and to vivify
the World War destroyer, named for
him. that was torpedoed by the Ger
mans. He was given gold medal by
Congress for bravery
Capt. John Shaw, who captured many
French privateers in the War with
France, 1798-1800, and served through
the War Of 1912, is praised anew in the
new Shaw. The Tucker will recall
Commodore Samuel Tucker, commander
Of privateers, who as skipper of the
Boston, with John Adams, as envoy,
aboard, in August 1778, engaged Brit
1sh vessels of war in action. Gen.
George washington commissioned Tuck
er captain on January 20, 1776.
Capt. Downes Remembered.
Capt. John Downes, pre-eminent in
the war with Tripon and conspicuous
in attacking the Algerians, gives his
name again to an American warship,
the new Downes. Ccmdr. William
Barker Cushing. who destroyed the Con-
federate ram Albemarle with a spar
torpedo amid a shower of bullets, and
who won the thanks of Congress, will
be remembered in the Cushing. The
Perkins will laud Commodore George
Hamilton Perkins, referred to by Far
ragut as "the bravest man that ever
trod the deck of ship" who won re-
nown in the Civil War. The Smith is
named for Lieut.. Joseph Bryant Smith,
killed in the engagement between the
Congress, which he temporarily COM
manded, and the Confederate ram
Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Va,
March 8, 1862.
The Preston will keep green the
memory of Lieut.. Samuel w. Preston,
who was in an assault upon Fort Sum-
ter, September 8, 1868, and was made
prisoner and sent to Libby Prison, at
Richmond, Va, where he was kept
until exchanged in the Fall of 1864
and later was killed leading his men
in attacking Fort Fisher. Two destroy
ers in the American Navy have pre-
viously been named in his honor.
So runs the roll of honor that will
shine again in the names Of the new
est warships Of Uncle Sam.