Thomas Phelps
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Thomas Stowell Phelps (2 November 1822 – 1901) was an officer in the United States Navy.
Born in Buckfield, Maine, Phelps served the Navy from 1840 to 1884, attaining the rank of Captain in 1871 and Rear Admiral in 1884. He served in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Pacific, and commanded Juniata during the capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865.
While serving on the Decatur, he was active at the Battle of Seattle and later wrote Reminiscences of Seattle: Washington Territory and the U. S. Sloop-of-War Decatur During the Indian War of 1855-56[1]
He died in New York City in 1901.
USS Phelps (DD-360) was named for him.
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- ^ Reminiscences of Seattle: Washington Territory and the U. S. Sloop-of-War Decatur During the Indian War of 1855-56. Originally published by The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 1908. Accessed online November 2, 2006 on the site of the U.S. Department of the Navy.
