Reily, William.
Midshipman, 9 February, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Acting Master, 11 December, 1852. Lost in Porpoise, 21 September, 1854.
William Reily was a naval officer aboard the U.S.S. Porpoise when it disappeared and was lost at sea sometime after September 21, 1854.
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about William Reily
Name: William Reily
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Acting Master, Lost in Porpoise
Service Dates: 9 Feb 1841, 10 Aug 1847, 11 Dec 1852
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
The U.S.S. Porpoise was presumably lost with all hands in a South China Sea typhoon.
William Reily graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847.
He married Ellen T. Roche on 2 March 1853.
They had a son, William Van Wyck Reily, born 12 December 1853 in the District of Columbia.
2nd Lt. William Van Wyck Reily was killed with Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th Calvary at the battle of Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876.
The USS Porpoise was a 224-ton Dolphin class brigantine (In Early American usage a brigantine was referred to as a hermaphrodite brig.) The USS Porpoise was later re-rigged as a brig (see illustration at right), launched 31 May 1836.
In May 1853, USS Porpoise was assigned to North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition under Commander Cadwalader Ringgold. She joined the squadron at Hampton Roads, and with it, stood out to sea on 11 June 1853. Porpoise rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and with the squadron explored and charted many Pacific islands and shoals before arriving in China in March 1854. The squadron put to sea once more to explore in the Bonins, the Ladrones, and the Marianas. Porpoise parted company with the other vessels on 21 September 1854 between Formosa and China, and was never heard from again. It is supposed that she foundered in a heavy typhoon which occurred a few days after her separation from the squadron.
Midshipman, 9 February, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Acting Master, 11 December, 1852. Lost in Porpoise, 21 September, 1854.
William Reily was a naval officer aboard the U.S.S. Porpoise when it disappeared and was lost at sea sometime after September 21, 1854.
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about William Reily
Name: William Reily
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Acting Master, Lost in Porpoise
Service Dates: 9 Feb 1841, 10 Aug 1847, 11 Dec 1852
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
The U.S.S. Porpoise was presumably lost with all hands in a South China Sea typhoon.
William Reily graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847.
He married Ellen T. Roche on 2 March 1853.
They had a son, William Van Wyck Reily, born 12 December 1853 in the District of Columbia.
2nd Lt. William Van Wyck Reily was killed with Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th Calvary at the battle of Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876.
The USS Porpoise was a 224-ton Dolphin class brigantine (In Early American usage a brigantine was referred to as a hermaphrodite brig.) The USS Porpoise was later re-rigged as a brig (see illustration at right), launched 31 May 1836.
In May 1853, USS Porpoise was assigned to North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition under Commander Cadwalader Ringgold. She joined the squadron at Hampton Roads, and with it, stood out to sea on 11 June 1853. Porpoise rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and with the squadron explored and charted many Pacific islands and shoals before arriving in China in March 1854. The squadron put to sea once more to explore in the Bonins, the Ladrones, and the Marianas. Porpoise parted company with the other vessels on 21 September 1854 between Formosa and China, and was never heard from again. It is supposed that she foundered in a heavy typhoon which occurred a few days after her separation from the squadron.
Reily, William.
Midshipman, 9 February, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Acting Master, 11 December, 1852. Lost in Porpoise, 21 September, 1854.
William Reily was a naval officer aboard the U.S.S. Porpoise when it disappeared and was lost at sea sometime after September 21, 1854.
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about William Reily
Name: William Reily
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Acting Master, Lost in Porpoise
Service Dates: 9 Feb 1841, 10 Aug 1847, 11 Dec 1852
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
The U.S.S. Porpoise was presumably lost with all hands in a South China Sea typhoon.
William Reily graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847.
He married Ellen T. Roche on 2 March 1853.
They had a son, William Van Wyck Reily, born 12 December 1853 in the District of Columbia.
2nd Lt. William Van Wyck Reily was killed with Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th Calvary at the battle of Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876.
The USS Porpoise was a 224-ton Dolphin class brigantine (In Early American usage a brigantine was referred to as a hermaphrodite brig.) The USS Porpoise was later re-rigged as a brig (see illustration at right), launched 31 May 1836.
In May 1853, USS Porpoise was assigned to North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition under Commander Cadwalader Ringgold. She joined the squadron at Hampton Roads, and with it, stood out to sea on 11 June 1853. Porpoise rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and with the squadron explored and charted many Pacific islands and shoals before arriving in China in March 1854. The squadron put to sea once more to explore in the Bonins, the Ladrones, and the Marianas. Porpoise parted company with the other vessels on 21 September 1854 between Formosa and China, and was never heard from again. It is supposed that she foundered in a heavy typhoon which occurred a few days after her separation from the squadron.
Midshipman, 9 February, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Acting Master, 11 December, 1852. Lost in Porpoise, 21 September, 1854.
William Reily was a naval officer aboard the U.S.S. Porpoise when it disappeared and was lost at sea sometime after September 21, 1854.
Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about William Reily
Name: William Reily
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Acting Master, Lost in Porpoise
Service Dates: 9 Feb 1841, 10 Aug 1847, 11 Dec 1852
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
The U.S.S. Porpoise was presumably lost with all hands in a South China Sea typhoon.
William Reily graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847.
He married Ellen T. Roche on 2 March 1853.
They had a son, William Van Wyck Reily, born 12 December 1853 in the District of Columbia.
2nd Lt. William Van Wyck Reily was killed with Lt. Col. George A. Custer's 7th Calvary at the battle of Little Bighorn on 25 June 1876.
The USS Porpoise was a 224-ton Dolphin class brigantine (In Early American usage a brigantine was referred to as a hermaphrodite brig.) The USS Porpoise was later re-rigged as a brig (see illustration at right), launched 31 May 1836.
In May 1853, USS Porpoise was assigned to North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition under Commander Cadwalader Ringgold. She joined the squadron at Hampton Roads, and with it, stood out to sea on 11 June 1853. Porpoise rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and with the squadron explored and charted many Pacific islands and shoals before arriving in China in March 1854. The squadron put to sea once more to explore in the Bonins, the Ladrones, and the Marianas. Porpoise parted company with the other vessels on 21 September 1854 between Formosa and China, and was never heard from again. It is supposed that she foundered in a heavy typhoon which occurred a few days after her separation from the squadron.
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