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[299] Born in New York, 1840; died, 1902. Graduated at the head of his class at Annapolis, 1860; promoted to master, 1861; lieutenant, 1862; was executive officer on the Patapsco when it was blown up in Charleston harbor, and was blown into the water; lieutenant commander, 1866; commander, 1874; superintendent of Naval Academy, 1886–1890; studied with great care all branches of the service, but more especially those of ordnance and the defensive armor of war vessels; was president of the Board of Inquiry into the causes of the destruction of the Maine; commanded the North Atlantic Squadron, with rank of acting rear admiral, in the battle with Admiral Cervera, July 3, 1898; promoted to rear admiral, September, 1898.