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Commodore Lewis Warrington (3 November 1782 – 12 October 1851) was a United States Navy officer who saw action during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812 and temporarily served as the secretary of the Navy. Life and career.
Captain Warrington returned home and received orders to duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In February 1825, he relieved David Porter as commander of the West Indian Squadron during the latter stages of the piracy suppression campaign and thereafter bore the title, Commodore.
Lewis Warrington was a naval hero of the War of 1812 who captured the British brig Epervier without losing a single member of his crew.
Oct 27, 2018 · Lewis Warrington is the son of Rachel Warrington and potentially fathered by Louis François Bertrand Dupont d’Aubevoye, Comte de Lauberdière, though this is unsubstantiated at this time. It is known that he was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, and became a midshipman in the Navy on 6 January 1800.
- Male
- November 3, 1782
- Margaret Cary (King) Warrington
- October 12, 1851
Sep 20, 2017 · Commodore Lewis/Louis Warrington (November 3, 1782 – October 12, 1851) was an unintentional gift resulting from the occupation of Virginia by Rochambeau’s expeditionary army upon conclusion of what proved to be the final major campaign of the American Revolution, the Yorktown Campaign of 1781.
In February 1825, he relieved David Porter as commander of the West Indian Squadron during the latter stages of the piracy suppression campaign and thereafter bore the title, commodore. In 1826, Warrington returned home and served ashore for the remainder of his career.
Nov 12, 2018 · Navy Commodore Lewis Warrington helped establish and build the Pensacola Navy Yard in the 1820s. The yard was south of Bayou Grande and nestled against Pensacola Bay with easy access to the...
