Charles Dwight Sigsbee
Rear Admiral in the United States Navy · United States · On the map · Lived 1845 to 1923 · aged 78
Charles Dwight Sigsbee was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. In his earlier career, he was a pioneering oceanographer and hydrographer. He is best remembered as the captain of USS Maine, which exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba, in 1898 and set off the events that led up to the start of the Spanish-American War.
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He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1899.
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Lived 1845 to 1923 · aged 78