Loveman Noa

David Bernard Loveman Noa (5 October 1878 – 26 October 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Naval Cadet Noa is Shot. He Is Also Boloed by Insurgents on South Samar Island. Sought to Prevent Smuggling. |url= |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=October 28, 1901, Wednesday |accessdate=2007-07-21 ]

Biography

He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Jewish immigrants, Ismar Noa (1836-1906) of Breslau, Poland; and Rose B. Loveman (1842-1923) of Hungary. His siblings were: Ernestine Noa (1871-1951); Bianca Noa (1874-1945) who married Albert Hodges Morehead, Sr. (1852-1922); and Wallace Noa (1876-1908). His maternal uncle was David Barnard Loveman, had moved to Chattanooga and started the Lovemans department store. [cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_101716.asp |title=Loveman Noa Was Maritime Hero |accessdate=2007-02-14 |date=February 14, 2007 |quote=About the time D.B. Loveman began his mercantile and clothing business in Chattanooga, his sister, Rose, married a former German military officer from the Polish town of Breslau (Wroclaw) named Ismar Noa. A son, David Bernard Loveman Noa, was born in 1878. ]

Noa was appointed to the Naval Academy as a midshipman on September 5, 1896. He graduated in June 1900. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Naval Cadets Graduate. Class Includes Several Veterans of the Spanish War. Minnesota Appointee Carries Off First Honors. Sea Service for Two Years Now. |url= |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=May 20, 1900, Wednesday |accessdate=2007-07-21 ] He was ordered to the Asiatic Station in gunboat "Mariveles". On the morning of October 26, 1901 Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from the "Mariveles" in a small boat to watch for craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar. When ready to return to the "Mariveles", they found the wind and the tide against them. The boat was taking on water, and they put into a small cove on the island of Samar. While scouting the adjacent jungle, Noa was attacked and stabbed five times by Filipino insurgents, three times in the abdomen, one in the thorax and one in his left shoulder. He was then given a blow to the head. He died after fifteen minutes, before aid could reach him. He was buried in the ]

Legacy

USS "Noa" (DD-343) and "Noa" (DD-841) were named for him. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=How Noa Got Her Name. Ship That Recovered Glenn Honors Officer Killed in '01 |url= |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=February 22, 1962, Thursday |accessdate=2007-07-21 ] []

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