Robley Dunglison Evans

Robley Dunglison Evans

Infobox Military Person
name = Robley Dunglison Evans
lived = 18 August 1846 - 3 January 1912
placeofbirth = Floyd County, Virginia
placeofdeath = Washington, D.C.


caption = Robley Dunglison Evans
nickname = "Fighting Bob" Evans
allegiance = United States of America
serviceyears = 1864-"circa" 1908
rank = Rear admiral
branch = U.S. Navy Union Navy
unit = commanded the U.S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" on its world-wide cruise of 1907-1908
battles = American Civil War Second Battle of Fort Fisher Spanish-American War Battle of Santiago de Cuba
awards =

Robley Dunglison Evans served in the U.S. Navy from the American Civil War to the Spanish-American War, attaining the rank of rear admiral. In 1907-1908 he commanded the Great White Fleet on its worldwide cruise from the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean.

Pre-Naval service

Evans was born on 18 August 1846 in Floyd County, Virginia.

Naval service

He was ordered to active duty in September 1863 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in the class of 1864.

American Civil War service

In the attacks on Fort Fisher, North Carolina during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, he exhibited great gallantry under fire on 15 January 1865. He led his landing party of U.S. Marines through heavy fire to charge the Confederate States of America defenses. Evans continued to fight even after his fourth wound, drawing his pistol and threatened to kill any man who attempted to amputate his leg in surgery when he was evacuated.

”Fighting Bob” Evans

Evans held numerous important sea commands during the 1890s. In 1891 and 1892, commanding "Yorktown" on the Pacific Station, he won great acclaim for his firm and skillful handling of a tense situation with Chile, becoming known as "Fighting Bob" Evans.

panish-American War service

During the Spanish-American War he commanded the battleship "Iowa" in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.

hore duty

Robley Dunglison Evans was named president of the Board of Inspection and Survey from February 1901 to April 1902.

The Great White Fleet

Rear Admiral Evans commanded the Great White Fleet in its passage in 1907 and 1908 from the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean, where he was relieved of command because of ill health.

Post Navy service

He died in Washington, D.C. on 3 January 1912.

Honored in ship naming

Two destroyers, USS "Evans" (DD-78), launched 30 October 1918, and USS "Evans" (DD-552), launched 4 October 1942, were named in his honor.

See also

* American Civil War
* Spanish-American War
* Board of Inspection and Survey
* Great White Fleet

Reference

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-e/rd-evans.htm Biography of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, from Naval Historical Center's Online Library of Selected Images]
* [http://www.spanamwar.com/evans.htm Biography of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, from Spanish-American War Centennial site]


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