Clark, Lewis, Commander U. S. Navy. Born May 1, 1844, in Plymouth, Conn. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy from Connecticut, September 24, 1861. Advanced to 3d Class, February, 1862. Appointed an Acting Ensign, October 21, 1863, and ordered to the U. S. S. Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Attack on Spanish Fort and capture of Mobile, April 1865. Burned by explosion of torpedo off Mobile Point. Promoted to Master, May 10, 1866; to Lieutenant, February 27, 1867; and to Lieutenant-Commander, March 12, 1868. U. S. S. Ticonderoga, 1865-68. Naval Academy, 1869-72. U. S. S. Portsmouth, North Pacific Station, 1873-75. Torpedo Station, 1876. Granted one year’s leave, 1877. U. S. S. Richmond, 1878-81. Commissioned a Commander, March 29, 1881. At Navy Yard, League Island, 1883. Ordered to command U. S. S. Alliance, July 5, 1884. Died on board the U. S. S. Alliance, at Key West, Florida, June 7, 1885.
Gorringe, Henry Honychurch, late Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. N. Born in the Island of Barbadoes, West-Indies, August nth, 1841. Son of an Episcopal clergyman who was nineteen years Rector of the windward part of the Island of Tobago. Resident of New York in his youth. Appointed an Acting Master’s Mate in the Navy, June 22, 1862, for duty in the Mississippi Squadron. Served on the Tyler. March 31, 1863, promoted to Acting Ensign, and served on the Baron de Kalb. September 26, 1863, promoted to Acting Master, and ordered to command the Cricket. April 27, 1864, promoted to Acting Vol. Lieutenant for courage, zeal and ability displayed. January 16, 1865, detached from command of the Cricket and ordered to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Commanded the Monticello. July 10, 1865, promoted to Acting Vol. Lieutenant-Commander. July 18, 1865, detached from command of the Monticello and granted leave of absence. August 15, 1865, ordered to command the Boxer. November 6, 1865, detached and granted leave of absence. November 10, 1865, ordered to command the Waxsaw. January 4, 1866, detached and ordered to command the South Carolina, name changed to the Memphis. April 30, 1867, detached and placed on waiting orders. May 9, 1867, ordered to command the Guard. April 7, 1868, commissioned as Lieutenant in the regular service, to take rank from March 12, 1868. September 30, 1886, ordered to examination for promotion. October 15, 1868, detached from command of the Guard and ordered to Navy Yard, New York. December 8, 1868, detached and ordered to the Portsmouth, January 5, 1869. January 13, 1869, commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander to take rank from December 18, 1868. November 17, 1871, detached from the Portsmouth and placed on waiting orders. November 22, 1871, ordered to the Navy Yard, New York. January 4, 1872, detached and ordered to the Hydrographic Office 10th instant. November 18, 1873, detached and ordered to command the Pinta. May 6, 1874, detached from the Mayflower and ordered to the Hydrographic Office. August 31, 1874, detatched and granted one year’s leave with permission to leave the United States. September 15, 1874, leave suspended and ordered to the Hydrographic Office. September 19, 1876, detached and ordered to command the Gettysburg. Detached May 28, and ordered to the Hydrographic Office, June 16, 1879. August 1, 1879, detached and granted six months’ leave with permission to leave United States. January 20 1880, leave extended six months; July 23, 1880, leave extended six months; December 28, 1880, leave extended six months. During this leave of absence Mr. Gorringe interested New Yorkers in his project of bringing Cleopatra’s Needle from Egypt to this country. With their financial aid he procured a suitable vessel, altered her for the special service of carrying the obelisk on a long voyage, and arrived safely with it in New York, July 20, 1880. This notable achievement in engineering was commended by the scientific men of America and of the world. A full account may be found in the work of Mr. Gorringe entitled Egyptian Obelisks, published 1882 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. July 27, 1881, furlough granted six months; continued on furlough until his resignation was accepted February 21, 1883. After his resignation from the naval service Mr. Gorringe became the organizer and manager of the American Ship Building Company of Philadelphia.
During the winter of 1885 when going to the shipyard he jumped from a moving train, fell and injured his spine. He suffered many months from the accident and died in New York, July 7, 1885.
Grant, Ulysses S., General U. S. Army. Died, July 22, 1885, at Mount MacGregor, New York. General U. S. Grant was elected an honorary member of the Naval Institute, October 21, 1880. On October 23, 1880, General Grant accepted, and extended his thanks to the Institute.
Karney, Thomas, late Professor U. S. Navy. Thomas Karney was born at Annapolis, Md., July 16, 1810. He was the son of Capt. Thomas Karney, a distinguished officer in the war of 1812, who was afterwards Auditor-General of the State of Maryland. Prof. Karney graduated at St. John’s College in 1830; was admitted to the bar April, 1834, but never practised; was appointed Examiner- General of the State of Maryland, August, 1834, and held the office until 1850; was appointed Asst. Prof, of Ethics in the U. S. Naval Academy, October, 1851, and served in the Department of Ethics and the Department of Ethics and English Studies until September 20, 1870, when he was detailed to serve as Librarian, which position he filled with signal ability up to the time of his death, March 31, 1885, at Annapolis, Md.
Marston, John, Rear-Admiral U. S. Navy. Born in Boston, 1796. Entered the Navy in 1813. Served on board the frigates President and Java; brig Prometheus; frigates Constellation, Constitution and Congress; frigate Brandywine, Commodore Chas. Morris, when she conveyed La Fayette to France. Served in the various squadrons on board frigate Brandywine, schooner Dolphin, sloop Vandalia, frigate United States, frigate Potomac and sloop York- town. Commanded sloop Cumberland at bombardment of Hatteras. Commanded frigate Roanoke at Hampton Roads when the Merrimac came down from Norfolk, Va., and attacked the fleet. Performed duty as Light House Inspector at Boston, and various duties at Portsmouth, N. H., and Philadelphia until retired. Promoted to Commodore July, 1862, and to Rear-Admiral in 1866. Died in Philadelphia, April 8, 1885, from old age and general weakness.
Nye, Haile Collins T., Lieutenant U. S. Navy. Born, October 14, 1850, in Marietta, Ohio. Appointed to Naval Academy, July 28, 1866, and was graduated as Midshipman U. S. Navy, June 7, 1870. Served from September 1, 1870, until November 1, 1873, on board the U. S. S. California, Narragansett, Supply, Kansas and Richmond. May 19, 1874, was commissioned an Ensign U. S. Navy from July 13, 1872. Served in Coast Survey in 1874, ’75 and ’76. Commissioned Master U. S. Navy January 1, 1875. Ordered to U. S. S. Pensacola, October 23, 1876. Detached and ordered to Asiatic Station June 2, 1878, and served on board the U. S. S. Monocacy till April 5, 1881, when he was granted three months’ leave, with permission to remain in Japan. From January, 1882, to December, 1883, served at Navy Yard, New York, and at torpedo instruction, Newport. Ordered to Shenandoah, December 18, 1883. Transferred to Monongahela October 17, 1884, and ordered to duty with Minister to Peru. January 27, 1885, ordered to return to the United States with the remains of the late Minister Phelps. Died at Lima, Peru, July 30, 1885.
Peck, Ransome Byron, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. Born November, 1843, at Oswego, N. Y. Appointed from Springfield, Mo., November 20, 1861, and was graduated in 1866. U. S. S. Guerriere, South Atlantic Station, 1867-8, and U. S. S. Kansas, same station, in 1869. Promoted to Ensign in April, 1868, to Master in March, 1869. Special duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1870. Commissioned Lieutenant, March 21, 1870. U. S. S. California, Pacific Station, 1871-2. U. S. S. Ticonderoga, North Atlantic Station, 1873-74. Naval Rendezvous, San Francisco, 1875-6. U. S. Flagship Pensacola, North Pacific Station, 1877-8. Detached August 14, 1879, and ordered to U. S. Hydrographic Office, October 25, 1879, and served there until April 29, 1882. During remainder of 1882 was at Torpedo Station, on board U. S. Gunnery Ship Minnesota, and as Executive Officer of Monitor Nantucket. December 16, 1882, ordered to Swatara. August 5, 1885, detached and granted sick leave for six months. Died November 6, 1885, while en route to Honolulu.
Remey, Edward Wallace, Lieutenant U. S. Navy. Born May, 1847, in Burlington, Iowa. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy, September, 1862, and was graduated as Midshipman U. S. Navy, in June, 1867. Minnesota special cruise 1867-8. Promoted to Ensign in January, 1869. Served on board Onward. Promoted to Master, August, 1870. Served in U. S. Coast Survey. Promoted to Lieutenant, January, 1874. Served on Ordnance and Torpedo duty, and at Hydrographic Office, in 1874. April, 1875, ordered to Tennessee, and served there until July, 1878. Ordered to Hydrographic Office October, 1878. September, 1879, took passage in the Constellation and joined the Trenton. Was detached October 31, 1881. Ordered to Tennessee, December, 1881, and was detached July, 1883, and ordered as Executive Officer of the training Ship Portsmouth. Left Norfolk on board an Old Dominion steamer, February 14, 1885, and arrived in New York, February 17,1885. Not heard from since.
Schock, John Loomis, Assistant Naval Constructor, U. S. N. Born March 3, 1860, Schock’s Mills, Penn. Appointed to U. S. Naval Academy, June 19, 1877, and was graduated June 10, 1881. Ordered to U. S. S. Quinnebaug, June 24, 1885, and transferred October 21, 1881, to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England. Appointed an Assistant Naval Constructor U. S. Navy, July 1, 1883. Remained at the College until his death, May 23, 1885.
Semmes, Alexander A., Commodore U. S. Navy. Born in the District of Columbia. Appointed a Midshipman in the Navy, October, 1841. Attached to frigate Columbus, Mediterranean Squadron, 1841-3. Skirmish with natives at Grand Bereby, Africa. Sloop Vincennes, East India Squadron, 1845-6. Naval School, 1847. Promoted to Passed Midshipman, August, 1847. Naval Observatory, Washington, 1849-50. Frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1851-52. Coast Survey, 1853. Naval Observatory, Washington, 1854. Promoted to Master in 1855. Commissioned Lieutenant in September, 1855. Steamer Massachusetts, Pacific Squadron, 1855-7. In November, 1856, commanded a force of twenty-three sailors and marines in a successful attack upon an encampment of one hundred Russian- American Indians in Puget Sound. Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1859-60. Steamer Rhode Island, Atlantic Coast, 1861. Commanding steamer Wamsutta, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3. Engaged in a skirmish with the rebels at an island in Newport River, Georgia, April, 1862. Commanding gunboat Tahoma, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4. Attacked the batteries of Tampa, Florida, April, 1863, and October, 1863, attacked the same batteries as a ruse while sending a party of sailors to capture some blockade-runners. September, 1863, while in command of light- draught steamer, made demonstration on Bayport, Florida, which resulted in destruction of an English blockade-runner and the warehouse containing her cargo. Commanded ironclad Lehigh, 1864-5. Bombarding Fort Pringle, July 7-10, 1864. Picket duty in harbor of Charleston, S. C., during fall and winter 1864-5. February, 1865, commanded Lehigh, and was senior officer of six vessels operating against the rebel defences on James Island. Fall of Charleston, 1865. Commanded Lehigh in midnight bombardment of the Howlett House Batteries on James River. Fall of Richmond. Ordnance duty, Philadelphia, 1866-68. Commissioned as Commander, July, 1866. Commanded sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Station, 1869-71. Pensacola Navy Yard, 1872-74. Commissioned as Captain, August, 1873. Commanded Alaska, European Station, 1875-76. April 5, 1877, granted one year’s leave, with permission to leave the United States, and continued on leave until October 15,1880. September 10, 1880, ordered to Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., as Captain of the Yard. Detached April 13, 1882, and placed on waiting orders. Commissioned as Commodore to take rank from March 10, 1882. Appointed President of the Board of Inspection and Survey, September 29, 1882, and was detached June 30, 1883, and ordered to the command of the Navy Yard at Washington, D. C. Died at Hamilton, Virginia, September 22, 1885.