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  • Uriel Sebree
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  • Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
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  • 1863
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  • 2
Birth Date
  • 1848-02-20
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  • 1867
  • 1873
  • 1878
  • 1879
  • 1882
  • 1883
  • 1884
  • 1885
  • 1887
  • 1893
  • 1896
  • 1898
  • 1901
  • 1902
  • 1903
  • 1904
  • 1907
  • 1908
  • 1909
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Branch
death place
  • Coronado, California
Name
  • Uriel Sebree
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  • Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Fayette, Missouri
Title
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death date
  • 1922-08-06
Rank
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  • United States of America
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  • Captain – 1901
  • Commander – 1897
  • Ensign – 1868
  • Lieutenant Commander – 1889
  • Lieutenant – 1871
  • Master – 1870
  • Midshipman – 1867
  • Rear Admiral – 1907
Years
  • May 17, 1909 – February 19, 1910
  • November 27, 1901 – December 16, 1902
  • Split with U.S. Asiatic Fleet on January 28, 1910
After
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  • Commandant of Tutuila
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  • Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867, Sebree was posted to a number of vessels before being assigned to a rescue mission to find the remaining crew of the missing Polaris in the Navy's first mission to the Arctic. This attempt was only a partial success—the Polaris crew was rescued by a British ship rather than the US Navy—but this led to Sebree's selection eleven years later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success. Sebree was subsequently appointed as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He served in this position for only a year before returning to the United States. In 1907, he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of the Pathfinder Expedition around the South American coast before being appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the Pacific Fleet and then commander-in-chief of the entire fleet. He retired in 1910 and died in Coronado, California, in 1922. Two geographical features in Alaska—Sebree Peak and Sebree Island—are named for Admiral Sebree.