Underwood, Joseph Addison, 1809-1840

Joseph A. Underwood, midshipman in the United States Navy, served on the store ship Relief as lieutenant on the Wilkes Exploring Expedition. From 1839-1840, he served on the U.S.S. Vincennes, until he was murdered by the natives at Malolo, Fiji Islands.

From the description of Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Relief, Lt. Commdg. A.K. Long, on a surveying and exploring expedition ... continued in the U.S.S. Vincennes, Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commdg. Exg. Exd. / by Joseph A. Underwood, 1838-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127479