Frederick V. McNair
{{Short description|Rear admiral in the United States Navy}}
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|death_date={{death date and age|1900|11|28|1839|1|13}}
|birth_place=Abington, Pennsylvania
|death_place=Washington, D.C.
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|branch={{flagicon image|US Naval Jack 26 stars.svg}} U.S. Navy
|serviceyears=1853–1900
|rank=35px Rear Admiral
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Frederick Vallette McNair (January 13, 1839 – November 28, 1900) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.{{cite web | title=McNair (DD-679) | website=NHHC | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/mcnair.html | access-date=April 4, 2021}} The destroyer {{USS|McNair}} is named after him.
Biography
McNail was born in Abington, Pennsylvania. He was appointed midshipman on December 21, 1853, graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. He served on the Atlantic blockade stations and Mississippi River patrols during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of rear admiral in July 1898.{{cite web |title=Autographed CDV of Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair |url=https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/autographed-cdv-of-rear-admiral-frederick-v-mcnair-4021513 |website=Cowan's |access-date=April 4, 2021}} He served as superintendent of the Naval Observatory from June 28, 1890, to November 21, 1894, and Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1898 to 1900.{{cite web | title=History of the VP House, Naval Observatory and the Master Clock | website=The House History Man | date=March 19, 2012 | url=http://househistoryman.blogspot.com/2012/03/history-of-vp-house-navel-observatory.html | access-date=April 4, 2021}}{{cite web | last=Svonavec | first=Stephen | title=Captains on Active Duty, January 1, 1892 | website=Fleet Organization Home Page | url=http://www.fleetorganization.com/1892captains.html | access-date=April 4, 2021}} Rear Admiral McNair died in Washington, D.C., on November 28, 1900, while awaiting orders.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury07john/page/200/mode/1up |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=VII |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |publisher=The Biographical Society |location=Boston |page= |year=1904 |access-date=2022-05-14 |via=Internet Archive}}
He was the father of Frederick V. McNair Jr.; the great-grandfather of tennis star Frederick V. McNair, IV and poet/novelist Lailee McNair.
See also
- {{USS|McNair}}
References
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Category:People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Category:United States Naval Academy alumni
Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania
Category:People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
Category:Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
Category:United States Navy admirals
Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
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