Frank E. Beatty

Frank E. Beatty

Infobox Military Person
name = Frank Edmund Beatty
born = Birth date |1853|11|26
died = Death date and age|1926|3|16|1853|11|26
placeofbirth = Jefferson County, Wisconsin
placeofdeath = Charleston, South Carolina


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allegiance = United States of America
serviceyears = 18751919
rank = Rear Admiral
branch = United States Navy
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Rear Admiral Frank Edmund Beatty (26 November 185316 March 1926) was an officer in the United States Navy.

Born in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Beatty graduated with the United States Naval Academy Class of 1875, and then served at sea in the wooden screw-sloop "Tuscarora" before receiving his ensign's commission in 1876. After service at sea in a succession of ships — "Minnesota", "Richmond", "Despatch", and "Tallapoosa" — between 1878 and 1889, he completed two tours of duty on shore, first in the Library and War Records Office (among the predecessor offices of the present Naval Historical Center) and then participating in the deliberation of the International Marine Conference.

In the spring of 1892, Beatty returned to duty afloat, serving briefly in "Ranger" before being ordered to the monitor "Miantonomoh". After torpedo instruction, the young officer — by then a lieutenant — served in the dynamite cruiser "Vesuvius"; and spent the next few years alternating between duty ashore at the Naval Academy and afloat, in "Monongahela". Reporting to the gunboat "Adams" in the summer of 1897, he became that ship's executive officer in October and served in that capacity until transferred to the monitor "Monterey" in March 1898. The following spring, Beatty became the executive officer of gunboat "Wheeling".

Shore duty at the Washington Navy Yard preceded a tour in charge of the Department of Yards and Docks in the Navy Department from 13 February 1901 to 21 January 1902. Two commands followed in succession: first, the nautical school ship "Saratoga" and then "Gloucester", before he became Commander, Naval Base, Culebra, Puerto Rico, in February 1904, with additional duty commanding "Gloucester".

After a brief tour first as assistant inspector and later as the inspector of the 9th Light House District, headquartered at Chicago, Illinois, Beatty spent the next decade alternating between ordnance duty ashore and service afloat, commanding in turn the cruisers USS|Columbia|C-12 and USS|Charleston|C-22 and the battleship USS|Wisconsin|BB-9. His shore duty included a tour as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory, Washington Navy Yard; one in the Bureau of Ordnance as a member of the board on sights; and, ultimately, a stint as Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard and Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory. While holding the latter post from 1905 to 1907, Beatty was instrumental in the development of an electric range finder.

Upon attaining flag rank in the spring of 1912, Beatty became a fleet division commander. Rear Admiral Beatty commanded a succession of Atlantic Fleet divisions4th, 1st, and 3d — in 1913 and 1914. The outbreak of war in Europe in the summer of 1914 found him in command of Division 3, with his flag in USS|Virginia|BB-13. Detached from that duty in December 1914, he took up new duties as Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard and of the Norfolk Naval Station on 4 January 1915. Temporary duty in command of forces engaged in a war game in the spring of 1915 interrupted his tour at Norfolk; but, he soon returned to his duties there and carried them out until June 1916.

Reporting to the Chief of Naval Operations for "temporary duty in connection with naval districts" in October 1916, Beatty served briefly as the Commandant, 5th Naval District, before being switched to the 6th Naval District, at Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1917. He served in that post for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Detached from all active duty in September 1919, he retired on 6 October 1919. Rear Admiral Beatty died at Charleston on 16 March 1926.

Namesakes

Two ships have been named USS "Beatty" for him.

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References

:DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4/beatty-i.htm


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