Francis Cogswell
| Francis Cogswell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 19, 1887 Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Died | September 22, 1939 (aged 52) Bremerton, Washington |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
|
| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
|
| Years of service | 1903–1939 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
USS Fanning USS McDougal USS Oglala |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Navy Cross |
| Relations | Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell (father) |
Francis Cogswell (August 19, 1887 – September 22, 1939) was a captain in the United States Navy who served in World War I and was a Navy Cross recipient.
Cogswell was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell.
He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1903, and graduated in 1908. Cogswell was awarded the Navy Cross for service during World War I, when he commanded the destroyers USS Fanning and USS McDougal.
Cogswell's Navy Cross citation reads:
In 1935, he commanded the USS Oglala, the flagship of a flotilla of minesweepers assisting the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in charting the Aleutian Islands.
Cogswell was Naval attaché in Paris, France in the late 1930s.
Captain Cogswell died at Puget Sound Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Washington on 22 September 1939.
He married Grace Woodman Phillips (1887–1971) of New York City. She had previously been married to pioneer aviator, Henry Post, who died in an air crash in 1914, after establishing a new altitude record. She worked for the US Foreign Service and later for the Central Intelligence Agency until her retirement in 1954. They had no children.
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