| |
|
Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
|
 |
|
 1904 - 1980 (76 years)
-
| Name |
Frank Asbury Munroe |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
21 Mar 1904 |
Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
25 Dec 1980 |
| Person ID |
I1143 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2003 |
| Father |
Frank Asbury Munroe, b. 25 Feb 1866, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA , d. 28 Nov 1953, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Davidson Hall, b. 23 Sep 1870, Of, Davidsonville , d. 26 Apr 1954, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
12 Nov 1896 |
Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA |
| Family ID |
F530 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
| Notes |
- Frank graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1925. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Navy in 1928 and accepted a commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He began working for a coal company in Pittsburgh, and one year worked underground as a surveyor. He then worked for ten years in the office of a steel company in Youngstown and Cleveland, Ohio.
He made several reserve cruises on the Great Lakes in Spanish War gunboats. In Oct 1940, he was ordered to active duty to recruit his reserve division to full strength. In early 1941 he took his division to Hoboken to fill out the crew of USS Polaris (AF-11), a refrigerator stores ship which had no refrigerating machinery. The ship made three round trips to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Coco Solo carrying cement and lumber in the reefers.
In Jan 1942, he was ordered to take command of the USS Hilo (AGP-3), a 2000 ton private yacht which was being converted into a PT tender. From Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he took four PT boats to Palmyra Island and thence to Funa Futi in the Ellice Islands, where his PTs picked up Eddie Richenbacker and his crew. After leaving those PTs at Funa Futi, he took six other PTs from Noumaa to Australia and then to New Guinea, remaining there at anchor until Mar 1944, except for a three month overhaul in Sydney.
In 1944, Frank returned to the U.S. to take command of the USS Cyrene (AGP-13) a cargo ship which was being converted in Baltimore to be a real PT tender. Upon completion of the conversion, he sailed it to Leyte Gulf and remained there until Nov 1945.
In 1945, Frank had attained the rank of Captain and he applied and was accepted back into the regular U.S. Navy. After serving four years at the Bureau of Personnel, he took command of a destroyer tender, the USS Hamul, AC-20, which was home ported in Plymouth, England. When the Korean War broke out, he ferried 59 women and 61 children back to Norfolk and then went to Sasebo, Japan for 6 months.
He commanded the Naval Station in Seattle for two years, then served for three years as Marine Director of the Panama Canal. He retired from the Navy in Sep 1957 after serving as Administrative Officer at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
In retirement, Frank built a home on Hood Canal and helped organize the local fire department. He became deeply involved in Parish and Diocesan affairs and served as Senior Warden of St. Paul's in Bremerton, Washington.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.i., note 18
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
|
|
|
|
