The Jouett Heutage USS JOUETT QDLG 293 IS the thlrd sh1p of the Fleet to be named 1n honor of Rear Admlral James E .Iouett USN Adm1ra1 Jouett d1st1ngu1shed hlmself 1n the Battle of Mob11e Bay ln August 1864 whlle st11l a Lleutenant Com mander Jouett s Shlp METACOMET was lashed to Adm1ral Farragut s flagsh1p HARTFORD 1n order to prov1de the latter max1mum protectlon from the gunflre of the forts At the cr1t1cal moment Farragut gave h1s h1stor1c corn mand Damn the torpedoes' Four bells' Capta1n Drayton go ahead' Jouett full speed' After passmg the forts METACOMET was cut loose and sent after Confederate gunboats By fast pursult and sk11lful nav1gat1on 1n hazard ous shoal water .Iouett rlddled the gunboat GAINS and captured SELMA HIS dash1ng explolt won h1gh commen datlon from Farragut In 1884 .Iouett was glven command of the North Atlan t1c Squadron durmg wh1ch t1me he maugurated the custom of salut1ng the colors when they are ralsed or lowered In 1885 he commanded the Amerlcan naval force of e1ght sh1ps and 2 648 men wh1ch was sent to Aspmwall Qnow Colony to reopen translt across the Isthmus Of Panama prev1ously mterrupted because of a revolt agamst Colomb1a By v1gorous measures he estab11shed free paS sage for the tra1ns of the Panama Ra1lroad and thuS Rear Adm1ra1 .Iouett shown above fourth from left ret1red 1n 1890 near Sandy Sprmg Maryland He d1ed on 30 September 1902 and was bur1ed 1n the Arl1ngton Na t1ona1 Cemetery : y . . ' , brought about the failure of the insurrection.
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