Rear Admiral Thomas Turner, U.S.N.

Joined
Feb 19, 2011
Location
Germany
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And a picture for our navy guys - Rear Admiral Thomas Turner (1807-1883). The Virginian became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1825; serving in the Mediterranean, the East Indies and in the war against Mexico. When the civil war began he headed the Phíladelphia Naval Yard. He was made Captain in 1862 and commanded the new broadside ironclad USS New Ironsides in the attacks on, and blockade of, Charleston Harbor; becoming a Commodore in 1863. Apparently he didn´t get along well with Rear Admiral Dahlgren and asked to be relieved, later serving on special duty in New York and Philadelphia. In 1868 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and given command of the South Pacific Squadron and the succeeding Pacific Station. Turner resigned in 1870 and settled in Pennsylvania. His brother Charles Cocke Turner had been a navy captain as well. Thomas was married to Fanny Palmer (of New Jersey) and had six children.

The picture is preserved in the city archives of Vancouver, Canada (Reference code AM54-S4-1---: A-6-229) and is in the collection of Turner's British equivalent, Vice-Admiral George Fowler Hastings.
 
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