biography
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| (1821–83)
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| biography:
| US naval officer, born in Saugus, Massachusetts, USA. He served in the navy (1841–56) and later became assistant secretary of the navy (1861–6). He was an early advocate of the USS Monitor and gave indispensable assistance to Secretary Gideon Welles during the Civil War. |
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