American naval officer, born on Long Island, NY, on thee 6th of March 1786; midshipman in the United States navy in 1800; taken from the frigate Philadelphia by a flotilla of Tripolitan gunboats and kept a prisoner until 1805; promoted to lieutenant in 1807 and to that of master-commandant in 1813. He commanded the naval forces at New Orleans in 1814, and for his co-operation with General Jackson in defending the city, received the thanks of Congress. He was appointed captain in 1815; in command of the Constitution in the Mediterranean (1826–28); naval commissioner (1828–32); in command of the Mediterranean squadron (1832–36); commandant at the Washington navy-yard from 1836 till his death, which occurred in the 15th of August 1839.—His son, Carlile Pollock, an American engineer; born in Shieldsboro, MS, on the 24th of August 1816; midshipman in the United States navy in 1830, served in the Mediterranean squadron and returned home in 1836. He graduated at Georgetown College (KY) as civil engineer in 1836; served in the United States Coast Survey until 1841; cruised in the West Indies until 1844; was again in the Coast Survey till 1845. He was placed in charge of a hydrographic party in the Gulf of Mexico; retired from the navy; from 1850 to 1861 in command of the Pacific mail steamer Oregon; from 1861 to 1874 hydrographic inspector of the United States Coast Survey; then superintendent of that work till his death, which occurred on the 15th of August 1881. He served for many years as a member of the Lighthouse Board, was a member of various societies, and in 1878 received the degree of LL.D. from Amherst. In addition to his reports of special duty, he edited the annual reports of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey during his administration.
