UPHAM-FRANK
FRANK BROOKS UPHAM
Rate/Rank
ADM
ADM
Service Branch
USN 6/1893 - 10/1936
Born
09/07/1872
FORT APACHE, AZ
DECEASED---9/15/1939
CHAIRMAN, GENERAL BOARD
CIC, ASIATIC FLEET
CHIEF, BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
CDR, SUBMARINE DIVISIONS, CONTROL FORCE
CDR, BATTLESHIP DIVISION THREE
CO, USS COLUMBIA C-12
NAVY CROSS
DEWEY MEDAL COMMEMORATING BATTLE OF MANILA BAY
SPANISH CAMPAIGN MEDAL
PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN MEDAL
SPANISH WAR SERVICE MEDAL
PHILIPPINE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
MEXICAN SERVICE MEDAL
WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL
Frank Brooks Upham Date of death: 15-Sep-39
Frank Upham graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1893. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Navy Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Frank Brooks Upham, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. COLUMBIA, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
Action Date: World War I
Service: Navy
Rank: Captain
Company: Commanding Officer
Division: U.S.S. Columbia
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret