He was a son of Rear Admiral James Dexter (U.S. Navy) and Margaret Jane Phelps Adams, born at the Mare Island Navy Yard in California. He was a descendant of George Adams, the immigrant, of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1645; also of Richard Warren, William Brewster, William and Priscllla Mullins, John Alden, John Tilley, John Howland, Mayflower passengers. He was a grandson of Rear Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps. U.S.N.
He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in 1894 and did post-grad course work in naval architecture and other studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1895-7.
He married 1st: Elisabeth Lloyd Goldsborough, of Baltimore. Md., on Apr. 25, 1899; one child, Laurence Stowell, Jr. He married 2nd, Cora Isabel Abrams Westcott, of Baltimore, Md. on Aug. 21, 1912 in Bath, ME. They had one son, Frederick Phelps Adams. Cora had a daughter from her previous marriage to Charles T. Westcott Jr., named Ferebe Van Dyke Westcott, who was also known as Eleanor Van Dyke Adams.
Commd. asst. naval constr. US. Navy, July 1, 1896: naval constr., July 1, 1904; stationed at Newport News, Va., 1897; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1897-1900; San Francisco, Cal., 1900-4; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1904-8; fleet constr. with Atlantic Fleet on cruise around the world, 1908, stopping off at Philippine Islands; stationed at Olongapo and Cavité, P.I., 1908-10; Schenectady, N.Y., 1911-12: superintending constructor. Bath, Me.. 1912-13; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1913, and apptd. industrial mgr. at that place, Feb. 1. 1915. In 1910 raised the 19,000 ton floating dry dock "Dewey" which had sunk to the bottom of Subig Bay, PI. Builder of Submarine L-S. the first submarine to be constructed in a government navy yard. Member Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Mason (K.T.).
He was an Episcopalian and also the author of a book, "Three pals on the desert," published in 1946.
He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in 1894 and did post-grad course work in naval architecture and other studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1895-7.
He married 1st: Elisabeth Lloyd Goldsborough, of Baltimore. Md., on Apr. 25, 1899; one child, Laurence Stowell, Jr. He married 2nd, Cora Isabel Abrams Westcott, of Baltimore, Md. on Aug. 21, 1912 in Bath, ME. They had one son, Frederick Phelps Adams. Cora had a daughter from her previous marriage to Charles T. Westcott Jr., named Ferebe Van Dyke Westcott, who was also known as Eleanor Van Dyke Adams.
Commd. asst. naval constr. US. Navy, July 1, 1896: naval constr., July 1, 1904; stationed at Newport News, Va., 1897; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1897-1900; San Francisco, Cal., 1900-4; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1904-8; fleet constr. with Atlantic Fleet on cruise around the world, 1908, stopping off at Philippine Islands; stationed at Olongapo and Cavité, P.I., 1908-10; Schenectady, N.Y., 1911-12: superintending constructor. Bath, Me.. 1912-13; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1913, and apptd. industrial mgr. at that place, Feb. 1. 1915. In 1910 raised the 19,000 ton floating dry dock "Dewey" which had sunk to the bottom of Subig Bay, PI. Builder of Submarine L-S. the first submarine to be constructed in a government navy yard. Member Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Mason (K.T.).
He was an Episcopalian and also the author of a book, "Three pals on the desert," published in 1946.
He was a son of Rear Admiral James Dexter (U.S. Navy) and Margaret Jane Phelps Adams, born at the Mare Island Navy Yard in California. He was a descendant of George Adams, the immigrant, of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1645; also of Richard Warren, William Brewster, William and Priscllla Mullins, John Alden, John Tilley, John Howland, Mayflower passengers. He was a grandson of Rear Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps. U.S.N.
He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in 1894 and did post-grad course work in naval architecture and other studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1895-7.
He married 1st: Elisabeth Lloyd Goldsborough, of Baltimore. Md., on Apr. 25, 1899; one child, Laurence Stowell, Jr. He married 2nd, Cora Isabel Abrams Westcott, of Baltimore, Md. on Aug. 21, 1912 in Bath, ME. They had one son, Frederick Phelps Adams. Cora had a daughter from her previous marriage to Charles T. Westcott Jr., named Ferebe Van Dyke Westcott, who was also known as Eleanor Van Dyke Adams.
Commd. asst. naval constr. US. Navy, July 1, 1896: naval constr., July 1, 1904; stationed at Newport News, Va., 1897; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1897-1900; San Francisco, Cal., 1900-4; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1904-8; fleet constr. with Atlantic Fleet on cruise around the world, 1908, stopping off at Philippine Islands; stationed at Olongapo and Cavité, P.I., 1908-10; Schenectady, N.Y., 1911-12: superintending constructor. Bath, Me.. 1912-13; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1913, and apptd. industrial mgr. at that place, Feb. 1. 1915. In 1910 raised the 19,000 ton floating dry dock "Dewey" which had sunk to the bottom of Subig Bay, PI. Builder of Submarine L-S. the first submarine to be constructed in a government navy yard. Member Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Mason (K.T.).
He was an Episcopalian and also the author of a book, "Three pals on the desert," published in 1946.
He graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in 1894 and did post-grad course work in naval architecture and other studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1895-7.
He married 1st: Elisabeth Lloyd Goldsborough, of Baltimore. Md., on Apr. 25, 1899; one child, Laurence Stowell, Jr. He married 2nd, Cora Isabel Abrams Westcott, of Baltimore, Md. on Aug. 21, 1912 in Bath, ME. They had one son, Frederick Phelps Adams. Cora had a daughter from her previous marriage to Charles T. Westcott Jr., named Ferebe Van Dyke Westcott, who was also known as Eleanor Van Dyke Adams.
Commd. asst. naval constr. US. Navy, July 1, 1896: naval constr., July 1, 1904; stationed at Newport News, Va., 1897; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1897-1900; San Francisco, Cal., 1900-4; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1904-8; fleet constr. with Atlantic Fleet on cruise around the world, 1908, stopping off at Philippine Islands; stationed at Olongapo and Cavité, P.I., 1908-10; Schenectady, N.Y., 1911-12: superintending constructor. Bath, Me.. 1912-13; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 1913, and apptd. industrial mgr. at that place, Feb. 1. 1915. In 1910 raised the 19,000 ton floating dry dock "Dewey" which had sunk to the bottom of Subig Bay, PI. Builder of Submarine L-S. the first submarine to be constructed in a government navy yard. Member Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Mason (K.T.).
He was an Episcopalian and also the author of a book, "Three pals on the desert," published in 1946.
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