Josephus Daniels

Josephus Daniels (b 1862) served as Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was the architect of the United States' naval strategy during the Great War.

During the Second Great War, the destroyer escort commanded by Sam Carsten was named in Daniels' honor.

Daniels was born in North Carolina during the War of Secession. He and/or his family apparently defected to the United States from the Confederate States at some point, but when and why are not clear.