High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 7 text:
“
JAMES EDWARD JOUETT was born 7 February 1826 near Lexington, Kentucky. He was the son of the celebrated painter Matthew Harris Jouett, and Margaret Henderson Allen. He was appointed Midshipman 10 September 1841. In the so called Berribee War on the coast of Liberia in 1843, he served in DECATUR in the squadron under Matthew C . Perry. He was on the east coast of Mexico in JOHN ADAMS during the Mexican War, being one of those landed to defend Point Isabel. After a year at the new Naval School at Annapolis, he was passed midshipman and sent to the Mediterranean in ST. LAWRENCE . He later cruised the Pacific in LEXINGTON and ST. MARY ' S. During 1858-1859 he was a lieutenant on board steamer M.W. CHAPIN in the Paraguay Expedition. Jouett was captured by Confederates at Pensacola on the outbreak of the Civil War. He escaped and joined the Union blockade at Galveston where he distinguished himself the night of 7 November 1861. Leading a boat expedition from SANTEE, he captured the Confederate crew of the armed schooner ROYAL YACHT. Though wounded several times in hand-to-hand combat, he brought off the crew as prisoners and burned the Confederate schooner. For this action he received a letter of commendation. He was given command of METACOMET, one of the fastest gunboats in Farragut ' s squadron. In the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, Farragut ' s flagship HARTFORD and METACOMET were lashed together . At the critical moment, Farragut, in the port shroud of HARTFORD, gave his historic command, Damn the torpedoes! Four bells! Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed! A little later METACOMET was sent after Confederate gunboats. By fast pursuit and skillful navigation in hazardous shoal water, Jouett riddled gunboats GAINES and captured SELMA. His dashing exploit won praise from Farragut and Jouett was advanced thirty numbers in rank for heroism in battle. After varied service ashore and afloat, Jouett took command of the North Atlantic Squadron in 1884. During this duty he is credited with inaugurating the custom of all hands saluting the colors when they are raised or lowered. In 1889 he commanded a naval force of eight ships and 2, 648 men sent to re-open transit, across the Isthmus of Panama, that had been interrupted by revolt against Columbia . Through vigorous measures he established free passage for trains of the Panama railroad and thus brought about failure of the insurrection. Rear Admiral Jouett retired in 1890 and was voted full pay for life under an Act of Congress. After a short stay in Orlando, Florida, he spent his remaining years near Sandy Springs, Maryland in a house he named Anchorage. He died 30 September 1902 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
”
Page 8 text:
“
USS JOUETT (DD-41) Length 293 feet 1 1 inches Beam 27 f eet Displaced 787 tons Armament 3 50 caliber Six 18 torpedo tubes p ra f t 8 feet 4 inches Speed 27 - 5 knots Crew 4 officers, 79 enlisted JOUETT (DD-41) was built by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Main. Her keel was laid 7 March 1911. She was launched 15 April 1912 and commissioned at Boston 24 May 1912. JOUETT joined the Atlantic Fleet Tor- pedo Flotilla and operated along the eastern seaboard out of Norfolk, Newport, Boston and New York. This coastal duty was intervened by annual spring maneu- vers with the fleet in waters off Cuba. In April 1914 she supported the landing of marines and sailors at Vera Cruz, Mexico. She took up patrol in the Delaware Bay when the United States entered World War I, later extending her cruising grounds to areas of search between Norfolk and Boston. On 8 August 1917 she sailed from New York as a unit of the escort for a convoy of five troop ships carrying American Expeditionary Forces to St. Nazaire, France. Returning to Boston 26 August, she resumed patrol along the eastern seaboard in waters reaching to the Virginia Capes. This duty terminated 15 January 1918 when JOUETT arrived at New London, Connecticut for experimental operations with new antisubmarine de- vices. Her experimental work was con- cluded by 4 June 1918 when she became the flagship of the Special Anti-Submarine Division. Thereafter she operated with a flotilla of submarine chasers searching the eastern seaboard for German U-boats. On 1 November 1918 she joined the Destroyer Force, Home Waters, based at Charleston, South Carolina. She was decommissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in July 1919. JOUETT was then loaned to the U. S. Coast Guard for seven years for cutter operations and then sold for scrapping 22 August 1934 in Brooklyn, New York.
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
