Robert Morris Doyle

Robert Morris Doyle (May 5, 1853 – December 15, 1925) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.[1]

Doyle circa 1915

Biography

Doyle was born on May 5, 1853 in Dyersburg, Tennessee. During the Spanish–American War he was the navigating officer of the USS Dixie. He died on December 15, 1925 in Miami, Florida.[2]

References

1. "Robert Morris Doyle". Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 2010-12-18. During the war with Spain he was navigating officer of the USS Dixie. On the cruise of the battleships around the world in 1903 he commanded the Missouri. From 1911 to 1913 he was commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard and from 1913 to 1915, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. During the World War he was recalled to active duty, served from June 1918 to May 1919 as Commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District and the United States Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2. "Admiral Doyle Dies in Florida. Had Notable Navy Career of Half-Century Served from Olden Days of Sailing Vessels. Brother is in Los Angeles County Clerk's Office". Los Angeles Times. December 16, 1925. Retrieved 2010-12-19. Rear-Admiral Robert M. Doyle, U.S.N., retired, died yesterday at Cocoanut Grove, Florida, according to a telegram received by his brother, Hugh H. Doyle, probate filing clerk in the office of the County Clerk.