Frederick V. McNair, Sr.
Frederick Valette McNair was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. McNair served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1898 to 1900.
McNair, bornJanuary 1839 at Abington, Pennsylvania, was appointed midshipmanDecember 1853, graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. He served on the Atlantic blockade stations and Mississippi River patrols during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral in July 1898. Rear Admiral McNair died at Washington, D.C.,November 1900, while awaiting orders.
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