Education
Dashiell, born 29 July 1860 near Woodville, Virginia, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1881 and was commissioned as an ensign two years later.
Dashiell, born 29 July 1860 near Woodville, Virginia, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1881 and was commissioned as an ensign two years later.
An inventor of important ordnance mechanisms and an authority on dock construction, he was commissioned Assistant Naval Constructor 7 February 1895 and served in his specialty until his death in Washington, District of Columbia, 8 March 1899. In 1943, the destroyer United States Ship Dashiell (Doctor of Divinity-659) was named in his honor.The United States Ship Dashiell was commissioned 20 March 1943.