Francis Gregory
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Francis Hoyt Gregory was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 through to the Civil War, serving then as a rear admiral.
Francis Gregory
Boston Navy Yard
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Boston Navy Yard is a former shipyard in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston in Massachusetts, United States. One of the first shipbuilding facilities in the United States Navy, it operated from 18
Francis Gregory
…the squadron off the African coast, with Portsmouth as his flagship, until June 1851. Returning to the United States, he became commandant of the Boston Navy Yard in May 1852 and served there through February 1856. His subsequent retirement ended a Navy career that had spanned nearly 50 years. When the Civil War…
Boston Navy Yard in the 1930s
The Charlestown Ropewalk (depicted here in 1852) was built in 1837.
The main gate (since demolished), seen in 1915
Boston Navy Yard in 1942