JOHN F. HUBBARD, CDR, USN
John Hubbard '88
John Flavel Hubbard was admitted to the Naval Academy from New York on September 5, 1884 at age 17 years 2 months.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1888 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1888 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.
Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.
Obituary
From Find A Grave:
The Evening Star Saturday, March 21, 1914
Body Of Naval Officer On Way To WashingtonCommander John Flavel Hubbard to Be Buried in Arlington National Cemetery
The body of Commander John Flavel Hubbard, United States Navy, who died January 10 in Hong Kong, is on its way to Washington for interment in Arlington Cemetery. The Navy Department is expecting word of the arrival of the casket containing the remains at any moment. Funeral arrangements will then be made.
The body, on arrival will be taken without ceremony, directly to the receiving vault in Arlington. The obsequies, attended with military honors, will follow, probably the same day.
Owing to the absence of all warships from Washington harbor, the military escort will not be large. A battalion of marines and the Marine Band will form part of the cortege.
Commander Hubbard, who was in command of the 3d Division of the Asiatic fleet, was in command of the gunboat Wilmington when he was taken ill. He was relieved of his command three weeks before his death and taken to a hospital on shore, where he died. A complication of diseases was the cause of death. His body was brought back to the United States on board the transport Logan.
Commander Hubbard was forty-six years old. He was born in Norwich, New York and was the son of the late John Flavel Hubbard, one-time State Senator.
He entered the Naval Academy in 1884, was on board the monitor Terror during the Spanish American War, with the rank of Lieutenant and attained the rank of Commander October 23, 1909. Previous to his assignment to the Asiatic station he was in charge of Boston recruiting station. He was also the naval representative at the two Boston aviation meets.
He married Miss Emma Benham MacGregor, who survives him, with two children [John Hubbard and Malcolm Hubbard (1906-1993)].
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
During WW I, John's son John was a temporary captain and first lieutenant (regular Army, Field Artillery.) He went to India and China to study in July 1922.
John's son Malcolm became an engineer and physicist. He helped found the Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During WWII, he developed and refined the radar technology that helped devastate German submarines.
Career
From the Naval History and Heritage Command:
Naval Cadet, 5 September, 1884. Ensign, 1 July, 1890. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, 14 March, 1898. Lieutenant, 3 March, 1899.
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