Brumby (DE 1044) - Naval Cruise Book

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U. S. NAVY, DECEASED Thomas Mason Brumby was born in Marietta, Georgia, on November 30, 1855. Appointed Cadet Midshipman by the Honorable J .C. Freeman of the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy on Sep- tember 29, 1873, and completed the four-year course on June 20, 1877. During the two years at sea, then required by law before final graduation, he served aboard the USS HARTFORD and USS, ESSEX. Appointed Midshipman, to rank from June 18, 1879, he was ordered to the USS TENNESSEE, and was com- missioned Ensign in the U.S. Navy on April 11, 1881, while serving on board the first-rate vessel, flagship of North Atlantic Station. Lieutenant Brumby was named Aid to the Admiral on July 1, 1899, and continued duty on Admiral George Dewey's Staff until his untimely death in Washington, D.C., from over-work in direct line of duty incident to service on board the OLYMPIA, on December 17, 1899. IC Z'flO.M,4S JLMSOJV l6'l?ll,Ml6'y

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U. S. NAVY, DECEASED Frank H. Brumby was born in Athens, Georgia, on 11 September, 1874, son of John Wallis Brumby and Arabella Hardeman Brumby. He attended the University of Georgia at Athens before his appointment as Naval Cadet in 1891, the year he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, from the Eighth Congressional District of Georgia. He completed the four year course and was detached on 7 June 1895, to serve the two years at sea then required by law before final graduation. Commissioned Ensign in the U.S. Navy on 7 June 1897, he subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral, to date from September 15, 1927. He served in the rank of Vice Admiral from 20 May 1933, to June 15 1934, and in the rank of Admiral from that date until 1 April 1935, and subsequent to his retirement on 1 October 1938, he was ad- vanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List, to date from 16 June 1942. Admiral Frank H. Brumby died in Norfolk, Virginia on 16 July 1950, sur- vived by his wife, Mrs. Frank H. flsabelle Truxtunb Brumby, a daughter, Mrs. Charles T. Fitzgerald of Washington D.C.g andason, Captain Frank H. Brumby, Jr. USN QUSNA Class of 19325. Admiral Brumby had the Sampson Medal, Spanish Campaign Medal Phil- ippine Campaign Medal, Cuban Pacification Medal, and the World War I lfictory Medal. A Dm 116,41 ?lZ,4NlC ff. lsfleumlsfy

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4 Z A f,7V5t75N.7y4 The insignia of the USS BRUMBY QDE1044J consists of a coat of arms, supporters motto, and compartment. The coat of arms consists of a shield, parted per pale, dexter blue and sinister white, with a blue border. The two gold bars charged diagonally across the shield symbolizes one of the two naval officers for whom the ship was named, Lieutenant Thomas Mason Brumby. The charge in dexter shief, four Stars superimposed, symbolizes Admiral Frank H. Brumby, the nephew of Lt. Brumby, and the other for whom the ship is named. In sinister base a crescent symbolizes the birthplace of the USS BRUMBY, New Orleans, The Crescent City. The main charge centered and parted per pale, counter colored, is the anchor, which, together with the blue and gold coat of arms, symbolizes the tradition of the United States Navy, the service to which the Admiral and Lt. Brumby devoted their lives. The supporters of the coat of arms are two brumbies, again symbolizing the Admiral and Lt. The brumby is an Australian wild horse and is referred to in a Kipling story, Her Majesty's Servants . The compartment contains the ships name and number. The motto HVENATOR ET VASTATOR , Hunter and Destroyer sig- nifies the mission of the USS BRUMBY and its role as an Anti-Submarine War- fare ship in the Cruiser-Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.