Hugh McKee
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Hugh Wilson McKee was an officer in the United States Navy in the 1870s, born in Lexington, Kentucky to a military family.
His father, William R. McKee, was an Army Colonel who had been killed in action commanding the Second Kentucky Regiment in the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War[1].
Hugh McKee was appointed to the Naval Academy 25 September 1861 and graduated in 1866. His early duty stations included service in the Practice Squadron and aboard the USS Rhode Island, flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron. In 1867-1869 he was assigned to the steam frigate Franklin and steam sloop of war Ticonderoga, both operating in European waters. McKee was promoted to Ensign in March 1868. [2]
He had attained the rank of lieutenant by March 1870, and was serving in the Asiatic Squadron as an officer of the USS Colorado. He was mortally wounded 11 June 1871, while leading a company of bluejackets over the walls of a Korean fort on Ganghwa Island close by the Inchon beaches during the 1871 US Korea Campaign (Shinmiyangyo), a punitive expedition. He died on board Colorado and was buried at his birthplace.
Lt. McKee never married and had no descendants. Three ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS McKee in his honor.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Letter from the Corea", New York Times, August 25, 1871
- ^ http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-m/h-mckee.htm
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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