on sea duty attached to which was in port in Sitka Borough, Alaska. Spanish–American War During the Spanish–American War, Farenholt was put in command of . The ship was an old vessel with about 50 crew members. Monocacy was once said to be "only fit for a museum shelf." His ship was used as base of procurement at Shanghai for Dewey's fleet. Farenholt spent no time in the Caribbean during the war, even though that was where the majority of the fighting took place. He was given the task of obtaining a source for coal and supplies for the Asiatic Squadron through a Chinese intermediary. The efforts were kept secret, because this was against the neutrality laws. Post Spanish–American War He served at the Boston Navy Yard and at the Naval War College in February, 1899. He was promoted captain in September, 1900, served as Commandant of the Navy Yard at Cavite in the Philippine Islands in 1901, was Commander of the monitor in the Asiatic station during 1901, and was promoted rear admiral on September 1, 1901. He was the first enlisted man in the Navy to reach flag rank, and voluntarily retired after giving 40 years of active service. Oscar married Miss Ella Mortimer Ames (born 1848 in Massachusetts). Rear Admiral Farenholt retired September 1, 1901, and died June 30, 1920, at Mare Island, California. Ella died March 21, 1925, in California and both are buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, California. Two ships have been named for Farenholt, and . Notes References Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, L.R. Hamersly Co., (1902) American men of mark; A Thousand American Men of Mark To-Day, American men of mark, (1917) L.R. Hamersly & Company; Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, L.R. Hamersly & Company, (1909) Encyclopedia Americana Corp; The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 11, (1919) New York (State). Legislature. Assembly; Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 10, (1867) Leonard, John Willion, Marquis, Albert Nelson; Who's Who in America, Marquis, (1903) United States. Navy Dept ; Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Government Printing Office, (1922) Wade, Herbert Treadwell; The New International Encyclopaedia, Volume 8, Dodd, Mead and company, (1922) 1845 births 1901 deaths Union Navy officers United States Navy rear admirals People of Texas