# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-moreell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:12.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-moreell"
name: "Ben Moreell"
slug: "ben-moreell"
description: "Admiral Ben Moreell was the chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks and of the Civil Engineer Corps. Best known to the American public as the father of the Navy's Seabees, Moreell's life spanned eight decades, two world wars, a great depression and the evolution of the United States as a superpower. He was a distinguished naval officer, an engineer, an industrial giant and a national spokesman."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ADM_Moreell%2C_Ben.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1892-09-14"
deathDate: "1978-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.55
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.0468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Moreell"
    title: "Ben Moreell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Moreell"
    title: "Ben Moreell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Moreell"
    title: "Ben Moreell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "בן מוריל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Морелл, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886189"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump