EDWARD MOALE, JR., LT, USN
Edward Moale, Jr. '87
Edward Moale, Jr. was admitted to the Naval Academy from Montana on June 17, 1882 at age 15 years 8 months.
Photographs
All individual photos below were scanned and provided by Jennifer Bryan, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections & Archives/Archivist at the Naval Academy's Nimitz Library:
"Ship's officers posed on deck [of Vandalia], while she was flagship of the Pacific Station, circa 1888. Photographed at Honolulu, Hawaii. Seated, left to right: Lieutenant John C. Wilson; Chief Engineer George J. Burnap; Lieutenant James Carlin '68; Captain Henry L. Howison, Commanding Officer; Paymaster Frank H. Arms; Surgeon Hosea J. Babin; and Lieutenant Charles E. Fox. Standing, left to right: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Horace M. Witzel; Passed Assistant Engineer Alexander B. Bates; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Thomas M. Brumby; Naval Cadet Harold K. Hines; Naval Cadet Samuel P. Edmunds; Naval Cadet Edward Moale, Jr. '87; Naval Cadet Charles E. Johnston; Naval Cadet Samuel B. Winram; Lieutenant Hawley O. Rittenhouse; Carpenter Joseph B. Fletcher; Assistant Surgeon Francis W.F. Wieber; Naval Cadet George F. Cooper; Ensign Charles Sweeting '83; Lieutenant Greenlief A. Merriam; First Lieutenant George F. Elliott, USMC; Pay Clerk John Roche; Assistant Engineer Walter M. McFarland; and Naval Cadet William G. McMillan.
Biography
From Wikipedia:
Moale born at Little Rock, Arkansas, 10 September 1866, was appointed a naval cadet in 1882 and commissioned an ensign, 1 July 1889. As an officer on board gunboat Helena in 1898, he took part in operations against Spanish land and naval forces at Santiago de Cuba, including the naval battle of 3 July. Helena subsequently sailed east, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the Indian Ocean to the Philippines.
There, Lieutenant Moale participated in operations, off northern Luzon, to assist the U.S. Army during the Philippine-American War, 1890–1900.
Lt. Moale later served on the Scindia, San Francisco, Chicago, and Brooklyn.
He died 23 October 1903, at Baltimore, Maryland, from illness contracted during land operations in the Cagayan Valley (Philippines) swamps in 1899.
He was in command of the gunboat Helena when he contracted the disease.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
In 1881, Edward was at the top of his class at the Benton Public School in Montana.
When Edward entered the Naval Academy in September 1884, his father was a colonel at Fort Shaw, Montana.
Edward married Adria Maud Semple on June 17, 1891, at St. Mark's Church in Seattle. She was the daughter of ex-governor Eugene Semple of Washington.
In April 1898, his wife launched and christened the torpedo boat Rowan at Seattle.
Several months before his death, Edward was on the cruiser Chicago in the European station when he fell ill and was invalided to the sanitarium in Baltimore.
His brother John graduated from the Naval Academy in 1891 and was discharged from the Navy in 1893.
Edward is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery.
Career
From the Naval History and Heritage Command:
Naval Cadet, 17 June, 1882. Ensign, 1 July, 1889. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, 4 June, 1897. Lieutenant, 3 March, 1899.
Namesake
USS Moale (DD 693) was named for Edward; the ship was sponsored by his daughter-in-law.
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