Francis Stuart Low CBE (August 15, 1894 – January 22, 1964) was a decorated officer of the United States Navy with the rank of four-star admiral.

[1][2][6][7] Following the end of the war, Low was appointed commanding officer of USS L-1 and led her during training cruises off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia.

He was transferred to the command of USS L-2 at the end of January 1920 and took part in the submarine experiments with torpedo and undersea detection techniques along the Atlantic coast.

[2][8][9][10] Low assumed command of the newly commissioned USS S-12 at the end of April 1923 and sailed to Guantanamo, Cuba, and then via the Panama Canal to Hawaii.

[1][2][11][12][13][14][15] He was appointed officer in charge of the Recruiters' Training School, Naval Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1929, serving until the summer of 1932.

Low was then attached to the Staff, Submarine Squadron 5, for a brief period and subsequently assumed command of destroyer USS Paul Jones in June 1932.

Low led his vessel during training off the Virginia Capes for the rest of the month, after which she steamed to Casco Bay in Maine for further maneuvers.

[21][2] Low subsequently commanded his vessel to the Pacific theater and participated in the Battle of Rennell Island in January 1943, before he was recalled to Washington, D.C., on March 10, 1943.

The Tenth Fleet was established as the result of negotiations between Britain, Canada and the United States to intercept U-boat operations against the merchant convoys and other allied vessels.

The radio operators and radio direction finders drew attention[clarification needed] of German submarines, and although the Tenth Fleet did not sink any enemy submarines, it forwarded the reports of enemy activity to the United States Atlantic Fleet, the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy.

He coordinated and directed the activities of Allied anti-submarine forces as they systematically tracked down and destroyed German undersea marauders ranging the Atlantic.

Low was also responsible for the protection of Allied shipping in the Eastern, Gulf and Caribbean Sea Frontiers and exercised close control over all convoys under United States cognizance.

[2][23][25][26][27] Following the end of War, Low was in charge of the surrender and neutralization of all Japanese naval installations in Korea until November 1945, when he was appointed Commander, Destroyers Pacific Fleet.