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Rear Admiral Norman Von H. Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907)
Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania,
on 11 April 1840 and attended the U.S. Naval Academy during 1854-59.
After graduation, he served with the Africa Squadron until September
1861. Lieutenant Farquhar spent most of the Civil War off the
U.S. Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, serving in the gunboats
Mystic, Sonoma
and Mahaska
and the cruisers Rhode
Island and Santiago de Cuba. He was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865, a few months after
the fighting ended, and was on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy
from then until September 1868. For the rest of the 1860s and
into the next decade, Farquhar served in the warship Swatara,
was Executive Officer of USS Severn and USS Powhatan
and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas.
He also had two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty
and as Executive Officer.
Advanced in rank to Commander in December 1872, Farquhar spent
nearly five years at the Naval Academy. He commanded the training
ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the steam sloops Quinnebaug
and Wyoming in European waters in 1878-1881. Five more
years of Naval Academy duty were followed by torpedo instruction
at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From May 1887 until her loss
in the March
1889 Samoan hurricane, Captain Farquhar commanded the steam
frigate Trenton.
He then served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890
became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During 1894-97,
he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Commanding Officer
of the cruiser Newark,
and President of the Naval Examining Board.
While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear Admiral, Farquhar
was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1897-99, commanded
the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901 and was Chairman of
the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He retired from active duty in
April 1902, upon reaching the statutory service age limit of 62.
Rear Admiral Farquhar died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July
1907.
Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in honor of Norman Von H. Farquhar: the destroyer Farquhar (DD-304), of 1920-1932; and the escort ship Farquhar (DE-139), of 1943-1974.
This page features all views we have related to Rear Admiral
Norman Von H. Farquhar, USN.
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Photo #: NH 49692
Lieutenant Commander Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar, USN
Photographed circa 1865 by D. Bachrach, photographer at the U.S.
Naval Academy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Commander Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar, USN
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa the early or
middle 1880s.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Captain Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar, USN
Photographed circa 1886.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 49695
Rear Admiral Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar, USN
Photograph by J.E. Purdy, Boston, 1900.
At that time he was in command of the North Atlantic Station.
Courtesy of Mrs. H.F. Krafft.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1900
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Men pay their respects at the grave of Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker,
USN, Commanding Officer of USS Vandalia, who lost his
life when his ship was wrecked during the storm. He was buried
near Apia, Upolu, Samoa.
Photographed shortly after the disaster. Those present are (from
left to right):
Mr. Hart, news correspondent;
Mr. J.P. Dunning, Associated Press correspondent;
Chief Engineer Albert S. Greene, of USS Vandalia;
Ensign John H. Gibbons, of USS Vandalia;
Lieutenant James W. Carlin, of USS Vandalia;
two unidentified men; and
Captain Norman H. Farquhar, Commanding Officer of USS Trenton.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Visiting the grave of Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker, USN,
soon after the storm. Captain Schoonmaker, Commanding Officer
of USS Vandalia, drowned during the hurricane and was
buried near Apia, Upolu, Samoa.
Those present are (from left to right):
Mr. Hart, news correspondent;
Mr. J.P. Dunning, Associated Press correspondent, who reported
on the storm;
Chief Engineer Albert S. Greene, of USS Vandalia;
Ensign John H. Gibbons, of USS Vandalia;
Lieutenant James W. Carlin, of USS Vandalia;
two unidentified men; and
Captain Norman H. Farquhar, Commanding Officer of USS Trenton.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Lieutenant
H.E. La Mertha, USNR, 1934.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Commodore Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar, USN
In his office in the State-War-Navy Building, Washington, D.C.,
circa 1890-1894, while he was Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks. That office carried with it the relative rank of Commodore,
though his permanent rank at that time was Captain.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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