Background
LOWE, John was born in Liverpool. Father English, motherWelsh. 7?i. 1867, Josephine Dyer of Washington, District of Columbia (United States.).
LOWE, John was born in Liverpool. Father English, motherWelsh. 7?i. 1867, Josephine Dyer of Washington, District of Columbia (United States.).
Blue Coat Hospital, Liverpool. Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio. Enrolled with the tliree-month troops from Ohio.
Present at first battle of Bull Run and other skirmishes, 1861.
Appointed to United States Navy, 1861. Participated in about 182 battles and skirmishes, great and small, during the Civil War, in the squadrons of Du Pont, Dahlgren and Porter. Served also in the Corean War and in the Spanish-American War.
Was a member of the Greely Relief Expedition, 1884. Was the first naval officer of any nationality to descend in a submarine torpedo boat, and made the first reports of such service to Secretary of United States 1245 Navy. Retired as Rear-Admiral, 1900.
Honourable Member American Yacht Club.