In July 1866 he became the U.S. Navy's first full admiral
... paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition 
... Jordi Farragut, son of Antoni Farragut and Joana Mesquida, became a .... 
Farragut was promoted to full admiral on July 25, 1866, becoming the first U.S.