Henry H. Bell

Who was Henry H. Bell?

Henry Haywood Bell was an admiral in the United States Navy, served in the American Civil War, and was the highest ranking American Naval officer killed by the Japanese until 73 years later at Pearl Harbour. Bell died under suspicious circumstances at Kobe trying to force Japan open to trade. The Naval logs tell the tale that the whaling longboat used by the Admiral to go ashore was set upon by inclimant weather, while the IMO records Ōsaka-wan as one of the safest anchorages in the world, naturally protected from rough seas.