Background
Field, Harry Ashby was born on July 2, 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of John Albert and Susan R. M. (Easter) Field.
Field, Harry Ashby was born on July 2, 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of John Albert and Susan R. M. (Easter) Field.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1883.
Ensign, July 1, 1885. Lieutenant junior grade, April 23, 1895. Lieutenant, May 1, 1898.
Lieutenant commander, January 1, 1904.
Commander, July 1, 1908. Captain, July 1, 1911.
Rear admiral (temporary), July 1919.
Served on the Alert, Independence and Philadelphia, Spanish-American War, 1898. Member Naval Examination and Retiring Board, September 1916.
Married Julia Sewall Waters, April.