24 February 1887
U.S.S. SARATOGA
At about 2:30 p.m. while in the ship's cutter #4, the boat capsized on the return trip to the ship, drowning:
COWIE, Albert Taylor - Assistant Paymaster
FOSTER, William - Coxswain
HESSE, Hugo Henry - Armourer
OAKES, James Jr. - Apothecary
1 officer
3 enlisted men
Source: Navy Casualties: Drownings, 1885-1939 at Ancestry
According to the probate record of James which is recorded in Kings Co, NY, James drowned while on an expedition for exploration or information to Lake of Pitch. On the return from Lake of Pitch to the ship Saratoga, the small boat capsized and four of the men were drowned and never recovered. The Saratoga was lying at Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies at the time of the accident.
My note: Every effort has been taken to make sure this is not a duplicated memorial, however I'm only human, so it's possible there might be duplications. If so, please let me know so the two memorials can be merged. On the other hand, I spend a considerable amount of time cross checking various sites for duplications, if you discover where this person is buried or have any further information for this memorial, for goodness sakes, PLEASE do not create another memorial but send a suggestion and I will correct the burial location or merge the two memorials.
USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall in command
Training ship
Saratoga reactivated on 1 May 1875 for a year as a gunnery ship at Annapolis, Maryland. Another year in ordinary beginning 7 May 1876 preceded her final recommissioning on 19 May 1877 to start more than eleven years as a school ship training naval apprentices. This duty took her to various naval bases and yards along the Atlantic coast and to Europe on occasion. During this period, three of her crew received the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow sailors from drowning: Apprentices David M. Buchanan and John Hayden off Battery Park in New York Harbor on 15 July 1879 and Captain of the Top William Sadler off Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, on 25 June 1881. Saratoga was decommissioned on 8 October 1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%281842%29
U.S.S. SARATOGA
At about 2:30 p.m. while in the ship's cutter #4, the boat capsized on the return trip to the ship, drowning:
COWIE, Albert Taylor - Assistant Paymaster
FOSTER, William - Coxswain
HESSE, Hugo Henry - Armourer
OAKES, James Jr. - Apothecary
1 officer
3 enlisted men
Source: Navy Casualties: Drownings, 1885-1939 at Ancestry
According to the probate record of James which is recorded in Kings Co, NY, James drowned while on an expedition for exploration or information to Lake of Pitch. On the return from Lake of Pitch to the ship Saratoga, the small boat capsized and four of the men were drowned and never recovered. The Saratoga was lying at Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies at the time of the accident.
My note: Every effort has been taken to make sure this is not a duplicated memorial, however I'm only human, so it's possible there might be duplications. If so, please let me know so the two memorials can be merged. On the other hand, I spend a considerable amount of time cross checking various sites for duplications, if you discover where this person is buried or have any further information for this memorial, for goodness sakes, PLEASE do not create another memorial but send a suggestion and I will correct the burial location or merge the two memorials.
USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall in command
Training ship
Saratoga reactivated on 1 May 1875 for a year as a gunnery ship at Annapolis, Maryland. Another year in ordinary beginning 7 May 1876 preceded her final recommissioning on 19 May 1877 to start more than eleven years as a school ship training naval apprentices. This duty took her to various naval bases and yards along the Atlantic coast and to Europe on occasion. During this period, three of her crew received the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow sailors from drowning: Apprentices David M. Buchanan and John Hayden off Battery Park in New York Harbor on 15 July 1879 and Captain of the Top William Sadler off Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, on 25 June 1881. Saratoga was decommissioned on 8 October 1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%281842%29
24 February 1887
U.S.S. SARATOGA
At about 2:30 p.m. while in the ship's cutter #4, the boat capsized on the return trip to the ship, drowning:
COWIE, Albert Taylor - Assistant Paymaster
FOSTER, William - Coxswain
HESSE, Hugo Henry - Armourer
OAKES, James Jr. - Apothecary
1 officer
3 enlisted men
Source: Navy Casualties: Drownings, 1885-1939 at Ancestry
According to the probate record of James which is recorded in Kings Co, NY, James drowned while on an expedition for exploration or information to Lake of Pitch. On the return from Lake of Pitch to the ship Saratoga, the small boat capsized and four of the men were drowned and never recovered. The Saratoga was lying at Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies at the time of the accident.
My note: Every effort has been taken to make sure this is not a duplicated memorial, however I'm only human, so it's possible there might be duplications. If so, please let me know so the two memorials can be merged. On the other hand, I spend a considerable amount of time cross checking various sites for duplications, if you discover where this person is buried or have any further information for this memorial, for goodness sakes, PLEASE do not create another memorial but send a suggestion and I will correct the burial location or merge the two memorials.
USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall in command
Training ship
Saratoga reactivated on 1 May 1875 for a year as a gunnery ship at Annapolis, Maryland. Another year in ordinary beginning 7 May 1876 preceded her final recommissioning on 19 May 1877 to start more than eleven years as a school ship training naval apprentices. This duty took her to various naval bases and yards along the Atlantic coast and to Europe on occasion. During this period, three of her crew received the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow sailors from drowning: Apprentices David M. Buchanan and John Hayden off Battery Park in New York Harbor on 15 July 1879 and Captain of the Top William Sadler off Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, on 25 June 1881. Saratoga was decommissioned on 8 October 1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%281842%29
U.S.S. SARATOGA
At about 2:30 p.m. while in the ship's cutter #4, the boat capsized on the return trip to the ship, drowning:
COWIE, Albert Taylor - Assistant Paymaster
FOSTER, William - Coxswain
HESSE, Hugo Henry - Armourer
OAKES, James Jr. - Apothecary
1 officer
3 enlisted men
Source: Navy Casualties: Drownings, 1885-1939 at Ancestry
According to the probate record of James which is recorded in Kings Co, NY, James drowned while on an expedition for exploration or information to Lake of Pitch. On the return from Lake of Pitch to the ship Saratoga, the small boat capsized and four of the men were drowned and never recovered. The Saratoga was lying at Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies at the time of the accident.
My note: Every effort has been taken to make sure this is not a duplicated memorial, however I'm only human, so it's possible there might be duplications. If so, please let me know so the two memorials can be merged. On the other hand, I spend a considerable amount of time cross checking various sites for duplications, if you discover where this person is buried or have any further information for this memorial, for goodness sakes, PLEASE do not create another memorial but send a suggestion and I will correct the burial location or merge the two memorials.
USS Saratoga, a sloop-of-war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 July 1842 and commissioned on 4 January 1843 with Commander Josiah Tattnall in command
Training ship
Saratoga reactivated on 1 May 1875 for a year as a gunnery ship at Annapolis, Maryland. Another year in ordinary beginning 7 May 1876 preceded her final recommissioning on 19 May 1877 to start more than eleven years as a school ship training naval apprentices. This duty took her to various naval bases and yards along the Atlantic coast and to Europe on occasion. During this period, three of her crew received the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow sailors from drowning: Apprentices David M. Buchanan and John Hayden off Battery Park in New York Harbor on 15 July 1879 and Captain of the Top William Sadler off Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, on 25 June 1881. Saratoga was decommissioned on 8 October 1888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%281842%29
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