Captain William Francis Lynch, 

 U.S. Navy (1801 - 1865) 



In 1847 Lynch, then a Lieutenant, led an expedition to survey 

 and explore the Dead Sea. Taking command of the storeship 

 Supply, he sailed from New York to Acre carrying two melalMc 

 boats, one of copper and one of galvanized iron. From Acre he 

 proceeded overland to the Sea of Galilee using camels to haul the 

 boats. After a 200-mile trip down the winding Jordan River, the 

 Dead Sea was reached and three weeks were spent in charting 

 and exploring its waters. In 1852, Lynch, now a Captain, 

 explored the interior of Africa for purposes of possible coloni- 

 zation. Lynch resigned from the U.S. Navy in 1861 to cast his 

 lot with the Confederacy. The oceanographic research ship 

 T-AGOR 7 built in 1965 is named in his honor. 



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