John Samuel Croghan
Chief Boatswain John Samuel Croghan, ( – 6 February, 1910) served as a warrant officer in the United States Navy.
Life & Career
John Samuel Croghan was born in New York.
Croghan was commissioned as a Boatswain on 19 May, 1898. Up to this date he had served as an enlisted man for seven years, eleven months, and eighteen days.[1]
Croghan was promoted to Chief Boatswain on 10 May, 1904.[2]
Croghan was ordered to prepare for command of the armed yacht Wasp based at Norfolk, Virginia on 29 December, 1906 and took up the appointment in the new year.[3][4]
Croghan died in the sinking of the steam tug Nina in a storm off the Delmarva peninsula on 6 February, 1910. His widow, Ollie M. Croghan, was appointed to a clerical position at the Department of Justice by executive order of the United States Civil Service Commission on 17 January, 1913.[5]
See Also
Bibliography
- United States Civil Service Commission (1914). Thirtieth Annual Report of the United States Civil Service Commission for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1913. Washington: Government Printing Office.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Belmar H. Shepley |
Captain of U.S.S. Wasp Jan, 1907[6] – Sep, 1907[7] |
Succeeded by James A. Campbell, Jr. |
| Preceded by Stephen McCarthy |
Captain of U.S.S. Nina 21 Dec, 1908[8] – 6 Feb, 1910 |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. pp. 66-67.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. pp. 78-79.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 84.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 5 January, 1907. Vol. XLI, No. 1,412, p. 23.
- ↑ Civil Service Annual Report, 1913, p. 121.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 5 January, 1907. Vol. XLI, No. 1,412, p. 23.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 88.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 92.
