Norman von Heldreich Farquhar
| Norman von Heldreich Farquhar | |
|---|---|
Captain Farquhar
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| Born |
April 11, 1840 Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 3, 1907 (aged 67) Jamestown, Rhode Island |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1859–1902 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held |
USS Kansas USS Portsmouth USS Quinnebaug USS Wyoming USS Trenton USS Newark North Atlantic Squadron |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Rear Admiral Norman von Heldreich Farquhar (11 April 1840 – 3 July 1907) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He is best known for commanding a naval squadron which was wrecked with three German warships at Apia, Samoa in 1889.
After graduating from the Naval Academy in June 1859, he served with the Africa Squadron until September 1861 when he sailed a prize slaver home to the United States.
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 cruiser Rhode Island. At the close of the war, he was executive officer of the gunboat Santiago de Cuba. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in August 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 screw sloop Swatara, was Executive Officer of the sloop Severn and the frigate Powhatan, and Commanding Officer of the gunboat Kansas. He also had two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as Executive Officer.
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