Admiral Winfield Scott Schley

Winfield Scott Schley (9 October 1839 - 2 October 1911) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Download high resolution version (560x780, 52 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Winfield Scott Schley Categories: U.S. history images ... Download high resolution version (560x780, 52 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Winfield Scott Schley Categories: U.S. history images ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Born at Richfields, near Frederick, Maryland, Schley graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1860, and served through the American Civil War, beginning on board the frigate Niagara in 1860 and 1861. He was attached to the frigate Potomac of the Western Gulf squadron in 1861 and 1862, and subsequently took part, on board the sidewheel gunboat Winona and the sloops Monongahela and Richmond in all the engagements that led to the capture of Port Hudson, being promoted Lieutenant on 16 July 1862. Frederick, Maryland is a city in Frederick County, Maryland, of which it is the county seat. ... Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... The second USS Niagara was a steam frigate in the United States Navy. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Important notice: This article is about the modern civilian boat type. ... The first Monongahela was a barkentine‑rigged screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... The second USS Richmond was a wooden steam sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... Port Hudson, is a small town in Louisiana located about 20 mile northeast of Baton Rouge. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Schley served on Wateree in the Pacific from 1864 to 1866. He suppressed an insurrection of Chinese workers on the Chincha Islands in 1865, and later in the same year landed at La Union, San Salvador, to protect American interests during a revolution. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Chincha Islands (Sp. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

From 1867 to 1869 he was an instructor in the United States Naval Academy. He served on the Asiatic Station from 1869 to 1872 and was adjutant of the land forces during the attack by Rear Admiral John Rodgers's expedition on the Korean forts on Salee River on 10 June and 11 June 1871. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Rear Admiral John Rodgers John Rodgers (8 August 1812 – 5 May 1882), son of Commodore John Rodgers, was born near Havre de Grace, Maryland. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1872 to 1875 he was head of the department of modern languages in the Naval Academy. He was promoted commander in June 1874. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1876 to 1879 he commanded Essex, most of the time in the South Atlantic on the Brazil station. During the cruise he sailed Essex to the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands in search of a missing sealer, and rescued a shipwrecked crew on the islands of Tristan d'Acunha. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... USS Essex, the third ship of that name, a wooden screw steamer, was built by the United States and Donald Mackay at East Boston, Massachusetts; commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 3 October 1876, Commander W. S. Schley commanding; and reported to the North Atlantic Squadron. ... The South Shetland Islands are a chain of islands in the Southern Ocean about 120 kilometers off the coast of Antarctica. ...

From 1879 until October 1883, he was inspector of the Second Lighthouse District. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

After re-supply and relief missions repeately failed to reach Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely's Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic, Schley was appointed in February 1884 to command the next relief expedition. On 22 June near Cape Sabine in Grinnell Land, Schley rescued Greely and six (of his twenty-four) companions, after passing through 1400 miles of ice during the voyage. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ...

Schley was commissioned chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting at the United States Department of the Navy in 1885, and promoted Captain in March 1888. He commanded Baltimore (C-3) in Rear Admiral George Brown's squadron off the coast of Chile in 1891. Early in 1892 he was again transferred to the Lighthouse Bureau, and until February 1895 was inspector of the Third Lighthouse District; and from 1897 to 1898 he was a member (and chairman) of the Lighthouse Board. Seal The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The fourth USS Baltimore (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Schley was commissioned Commodore on 6 February 1898, and on 24 March, although lowest on the list of Commodores, he was put in command of the flying squadron, with Brooklyn (CA-3) as his flagship, for service in the Spanish-American War. February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... The second USS Brooklyn (CA-3) (originally ACR-3) was a United States Navy armored cruiser. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ...

On 18 May 1898, Schley's Flying Squadron was sent by Acting Rear Admiral William T. Sampson to Cienfuegos to pursue the Spanish Squadron under the command of Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete. When Sampson received news that Cervera was in Santiago de Cuba, not Cienfuegos, he initially vacillated, at first informing Schley of the rumor, yet requesting him to stay at Cienfuegos, then later changing his orders to have Schley investigate the situation at Santiago. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson William Thomas Sampson (9 February 1840 – 6 May 1902) was a United States Navy admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. ... Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, capital of the Cienfuegos Province. ... Pascual Cervera y Topete, Spanish admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete (February 18, 1839 - April 3, 1909) served as Almirante (or Admiral) of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron during the Spanish-American War, and prior to this served his country in a variety of military and political roles. ... Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. ...

Although Schley was subordinate to Sampson, he was accustomed to exercising independent command of his ship. Schley decided to stay at Cienfuegos, feeling that all signs indicated that Cervera was there in the harbor. After hearing from Cuban insurgents that Cervera was definitely not at Cienfuegos, Schley decided to obey Sampson's orders three days after receiving them and go to Santiago. When the crew of three American cruisers he encountered denied knowledge of Cervera's whereabouts, Schley decided to return to Key West, Florida, to get coal for his ship. The Navy Department sent a despatch to Schley asking him to stay at Santiago, but he replied that he was unable to obey these orders. Inexplicably, Schley decided mid-voyage to return to Santiago on 28 May, where the following day it was confirmed that the Spanish Squadron was there. Sampson arrived on 1 June and assumed command. The American ships formed a blockade across the harbor to trap the Spanish ships. USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... Key West buoy at the Southernmost point in the continental United States Key West is a city located in Monroe County, Florida, United States. ... Seal The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

On 3 July, while Sampson was en route to meet General Shafter onshore, Cervera attempted to squeeze his squadron through the blockade. Schley had assumed control in Sampson's absence. When Maria Teresa of the Spanish Squadron tried to ram Brooklyn, Schley's flagship, he ordered the ship to steer away from Maria Teresa, causing a near collision with Texas. This gave the Spanish ships added time to escape, but the American fleet, including Brooklyn, pursued the Spanish Squadron and succeeded in destroying it completely. July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... The United States Navys first battleship was the first to bear the name USS Texas, in honor of Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States as the 28th...

When the victory message from Sampson was reported, it contained no reference to any officer other than himself, even though he was not involved in the actual fighting. Sampson was loath to praise Schley's role in the fighting given Schley's earlier behavior. Sampson was of the opinion that were it not for the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, Schley would have been court-martialed. The public, however, encouraged by the popular press, viewed Schley as the hero of the war, and Sampson as indecorous for not acknowledging Schley's role. The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought on 3 July 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War, and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron (also known as the Flota del Ultramar) and dashed the hopes of Spain for preventing a blockade of Cuba. ...

On 14 April 1899 Schley was commissioned Rear Admiral, ranking as major general. In November 1899 he was put in command of the South Atlantic Station, and in October 1901 he retired from active service upon reaching the age limit. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

At Schley's request, because of the charges made against him in E. S. Maclay's History of the Navy, a court of inquiry spent 40 days investigating Schley's conduct before and during the Battle of Santiago. On 13 December 1901 the court praised Schley's role in the sinking of the Spanish Squadron, then went on to criticize his for vacillation and "lack of enterprise," for delay in locating Cerveras squadron, for carelessness in endangering Texas and blanketing the fire of other American vessels, and for disobeying the despatch of 25 May ordering him to remain in Santiago. The court recommended that no action be taken. Admiral Schley filed a protest against the court's findings, which, however, were approved by the Secretary of the Navy. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ...

Schley wrote, with James Russell Soley, The Rescue of Greely (New York, 1885). See Schley's Forty-five Years under the Flag (New York, 1904). There is a memorial[1] (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc1500/sc1545/e_catalog_2002/keyserern.html) to Schley in the lobby of the Maryland state house. The Maryland State House, located in Annapolis, Maryland, is the meeting place of the Maryland General Assembly, the states legislature. ...

USS Schley (DD-103/APD-14) was named in his honor. The first USS Schley (DD-103) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated, APD-14 in the World War II. She was named in honor of Winfield Scott Schley. ...

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This article was based on articles from a not-to-be-named 1911 encyclopedia, Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889, and the Library of Congress's The Motion Picture Camera Goes to War. Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. ...