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Vice Admiral Moraes Rego

Tácito Reis de Moraes Rego

The first officer in charge of the Navy's Central radio station, in 1907, he devoted his career to radiotelegraphy. He is the patron of Naval Communications.

Born
1882, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Died
1941
Field
Radiotelegraphy and naval communications
Patron
Naval Communications

Career

The Navy tested its first wireless telegraphy sets in 1904 on Cobras Island and opened its first radio post there in 1905. In 1907, when the first stations were organized, the post was renamed the Central Station.

On 19 April 1907, Lieutenant Moraes Rego took over as the first officer in charge of the Central Station. From then on he devoted his career to naval communications, rarely leaving the field and only for short periods.

As a Rear Admiral, he was Director-General of Navigation from January 1939 to August 1941, a forerunner of today's Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation. He reached the rank of Vice Admiral and died in December 1941.

Navy Staff Ordinance 178 of 2008 named him patron of Naval Communications and set 28 March as Naval Communications Day.

Timeline

  1. 1882Born in Rio de Janeiro on 8 March.
  2. 1907Becomes the first officer in charge of the Central radio station on Cobras Island.
  3. 1939Takes charge of the Directorate-General of Navigation, which he heads until August 1941.
  4. 1941Dies on 14 December.
  5. 2008Named patron of Naval Communications.

Legacy

The DHN's Admiral Moraes Rego Aids to Navigation Center bears his name, and 28 March is Naval Communications Day.

Sources

  1. BRAGA, C. C. "28 de Março, Dia das Comunicações Navais: Vice-Almirante Tácito Reis de Moraes Rego, Patrono das Comunicações Navais". Revista Marítima Brasileira, 1º trim. 2014
  2. Centro de Auxílios à Navegação Almirante Moraes Rego, heráldica (captura de 27/01/2025 no Internet Archive)
  3. DHN, ex-diretores (captura de 19/08/2026 no Internet Archive)

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