US Navy Veteran, Spanish American War (1885-1899); U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, World War I (USRCS, which became U.S. Coast Guard in 1915) (1912-1919). During the war he was a gunner's mate second class on Commodore Dewey's flagship of the seven-ship Asiatic Squadron, USFS Olympia, and present at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.
Born in Germany to Frederick Smith and Caroline Moeseke, Ernest emigrated to the U.S. in 1883 and enlisted in the Navy two years later on September 26, 1885 at the age of 20. He was 5'6", brown hair, brown eyes and gave his occupation as "mariner". On December 13, 1898, he was one of 90 men detached from Olympia as he neared the end of his enlistment, and returned to the United States along with numerous other Olympia sailors and marines on USS Raleigh via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. Raleigh arrived at New York City on April 15, 1899 and the crew was given a hero's welcome as the first ship of Dewey's Asiatic Squadron to return to America. Ernest became a naturalized U.S. citizen at New York on May 15, 1899.
In addition to serving on Olympia, he was attached to Vermont, Raleigh, Juniata Brooklyn. Essex, Constellation, Franklin, Dale, Pensacola, St Louis, Vesuvius, New York, Montgomery, and Independence. He was a gunner's mate second class in the USRCS/USCG and attached to the cutters, Winona and Tallapoosa. He was honorably discharged as a gunner's mate second class on February 26, 1919 due to medical condition.
Following his discharge, Ernest settled in Mobile, Alabama. In 1921, he applied for seaman's protection benefits, and noted his 21 years in the naval service. Per the 1930 Census, he was living as a lodger in Mobile. He died there the following year, a month shy of his 66th birthday.
Smith Ernest -- [Service Number] 001870311, [Date of Enlistment] 09/26/1885
Born in Germany to Frederick Smith and Caroline Moeseke, Ernest emigrated to the U.S. in 1883 and enlisted in the Navy two years later on September 26, 1885 at the age of 20. He was 5'6", brown hair, brown eyes and gave his occupation as "mariner". On December 13, 1898, he was one of 90 men detached from Olympia as he neared the end of his enlistment, and returned to the United States along with numerous other Olympia sailors and marines on USS Raleigh via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. Raleigh arrived at New York City on April 15, 1899 and the crew was given a hero's welcome as the first ship of Dewey's Asiatic Squadron to return to America. Ernest became a naturalized U.S. citizen at New York on May 15, 1899.
In addition to serving on Olympia, he was attached to Vermont, Raleigh, Juniata Brooklyn. Essex, Constellation, Franklin, Dale, Pensacola, St Louis, Vesuvius, New York, Montgomery, and Independence. He was a gunner's mate second class in the USRCS/USCG and attached to the cutters, Winona and Tallapoosa. He was honorably discharged as a gunner's mate second class on February 26, 1919 due to medical condition.
Following his discharge, Ernest settled in Mobile, Alabama. In 1921, he applied for seaman's protection benefits, and noted his 21 years in the naval service. Per the 1930 Census, he was living as a lodger in Mobile. He died there the following year, a month shy of his 66th birthday.
Smith Ernest -- [Service Number] 001870311, [Date of Enlistment] 09/26/1885
US Navy Veteran, Spanish American War (1885-1899); U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, World War I (USRCS, which became U.S. Coast Guard in 1915) (1912-1919). During the war he was a gunner's mate second class on Commodore Dewey's flagship of the seven-ship Asiatic Squadron, USFS Olympia, and present at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.
Born in Germany to Frederick Smith and Caroline Moeseke, Ernest emigrated to the U.S. in 1883 and enlisted in the Navy two years later on September 26, 1885 at the age of 20. He was 5'6", brown hair, brown eyes and gave his occupation as "mariner". On December 13, 1898, he was one of 90 men detached from Olympia as he neared the end of his enlistment, and returned to the United States along with numerous other Olympia sailors and marines on USS Raleigh via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. Raleigh arrived at New York City on April 15, 1899 and the crew was given a hero's welcome as the first ship of Dewey's Asiatic Squadron to return to America. Ernest became a naturalized U.S. citizen at New York on May 15, 1899.
In addition to serving on Olympia, he was attached to Vermont, Raleigh, Juniata Brooklyn. Essex, Constellation, Franklin, Dale, Pensacola, St Louis, Vesuvius, New York, Montgomery, and Independence. He was a gunner's mate second class in the USRCS/USCG and attached to the cutters, Winona and Tallapoosa. He was honorably discharged as a gunner's mate second class on February 26, 1919 due to medical condition.
Following his discharge, Ernest settled in Mobile, Alabama. In 1921, he applied for seaman's protection benefits, and noted his 21 years in the naval service. Per the 1930 Census, he was living as a lodger in Mobile. He died there the following year, a month shy of his 66th birthday.
Smith Ernest -- [Service Number] 001870311, [Date of Enlistment] 09/26/1885
Born in Germany to Frederick Smith and Caroline Moeseke, Ernest emigrated to the U.S. in 1883 and enlisted in the Navy two years later on September 26, 1885 at the age of 20. He was 5'6", brown hair, brown eyes and gave his occupation as "mariner". On December 13, 1898, he was one of 90 men detached from Olympia as he neared the end of his enlistment, and returned to the United States along with numerous other Olympia sailors and marines on USS Raleigh via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. Raleigh arrived at New York City on April 15, 1899 and the crew was given a hero's welcome as the first ship of Dewey's Asiatic Squadron to return to America. Ernest became a naturalized U.S. citizen at New York on May 15, 1899.
In addition to serving on Olympia, he was attached to Vermont, Raleigh, Juniata Brooklyn. Essex, Constellation, Franklin, Dale, Pensacola, St Louis, Vesuvius, New York, Montgomery, and Independence. He was a gunner's mate second class in the USRCS/USCG and attached to the cutters, Winona and Tallapoosa. He was honorably discharged as a gunner's mate second class on February 26, 1919 due to medical condition.
Following his discharge, Ernest settled in Mobile, Alabama. In 1921, he applied for seaman's protection benefits, and noted his 21 years in the naval service. Per the 1930 Census, he was living as a lodger in Mobile. He died there the following year, a month shy of his 66th birthday.
Smith Ernest -- [Service Number] 001870311, [Date of Enlistment] 09/26/1885
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