Ben Moreell
United States Navy admiral · United States · On the map · Lived 1892 to 1978 · aged 85
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.
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He was a distinguished naval officer, an engineer, an industrial giant and a national spokesman.
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Lived 1892 to 1978 · aged 85