Worth G. Ross
| Worth G. Ross | |
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| Born | 19 April 1854 |
| Died | 24 March 1916 (aged 61) New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
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| Years of service | 1877–1911 |
| Rank |
 Captain-Commandant
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| Commands held | Captain-Commandant of the Revenue Cutter Service |
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Worth G. Ross (19 April 1854 – 24 March 1916) is known as the third Commandant of the Coast Guard, although he was never formally appointed to that position. Joining the Revenue Cutter Service (known today as the United States Coast Guard) in 1877, he graduated from the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction's first class in 1879. He held a variety of appointments during the late 19th century before being appointed Captain-Commandant of the service in 1905. In this capacity he commanded a number of cutters on the United States Gulf Coast and was responsible for moving the School of Instruction to Fort Trumbull, Connecticut. He was a relation of Brevet Brigadier General Samuel Ross (1822-1880), who commanded the 20th Connecticut Infantry during the American Civil War.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Ross was appointed as a cadet to the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction on 4 January 1877 after successfully completing an entrance examination. He was among ten candidates out of nineteen to pass the required examination and was one of eight cadets that were told to report aboard the USRC Dobbin at Baltimore, Maryland.
Dobbin left on a summer training cruise on 24 May and Ross was detached from the cutter awaiting orders on 13 July because of a rules infraction. A week later, Ross was reprimanded for "licentious and scandalous conduct" by Captain John Henriques, head of the school. Records do not specify what his offense was, although Ross apparently arrived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 15 October with the rest of the class to start cadet academic training. The training cutter Dobbin was replaced by the newly commissioned USRC Salmon P. Chase during August 1878 and Ross along with the rest of the cadet class were the first cadet class to serve aboard Chase.
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