A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Strong, Joseph Thompson
STRONG. (Lieutenant, 1829.)
Joseph Thompson Strong entered the Navy 10 March, 1813; passed his examination in 1822; and was made Lieutenant, 27 Nov. 1829, into the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, on the South American station; whence he returned about the end of 1830. he has been in charge, since 14 Oct. 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.