Joseph F. Farley

Joseph F. Farley
Admiral Joseph F. Farley
Born	June 22, 1889(1889-06-22) Oxford, Ohio
Died	November 25, 1974(1974-11-25) (aged 85)
Buried at	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Coast Guard
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Commandant of the Coast Guard

Joseph Francis Farley (June 22, 1889-November 25, 1974) served as the ninth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1949. He was also the first Coast Guard officer to be issued a service number and holds #1000 on the Coast Guard officer rolls.

Biography

Joseph Francis Farley was born in Oxford, Ohio and was the son of Joseph Francis and Sarah Foot Farley. After attended high schools in Trumansburg, New York and Ithaca, New York, he accepted an appointment to the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction in 1909, graduating in 1912 and being commissioned as a Third Lieutenant.

Prior to becoming Commandant, Farley served as the Coast Guard's Chief Communications Officer from 1937 to 1942. From 1942 to 1944, he served as Commander of the 8th Coast Guard District, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served as the Coast Guard's Chief Personnel Officer from 1944 to 1946. He was appointed as Coast Guard Commandant with the rank of Admiral on January 1, 1946.

He died after a lengthy battle with throat cancer and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Dates of rank

Third Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Commander	Commander	Captain
O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6
June 10, 1912	May 31, 1917	January 12, 1923	July 1, 1926	June 27, 1931	December 1, 1941

Commodore	Rear Admiral	Vice Admiral	Admiral
O-7	O-8	O-9	O-10
June 1, 1943	November 1, 1943	never held	January 1, 1946

References

• United States Coast Guard Biography

Military offices
Preceded by Russell R. Waesche	Commandant of the Coast Guard 1946—1949	Succeeded by Merlin O'Neill