29, 1838. Appointed Third Assistant Engineer from Connecticut, Feb. 21, 1861. Office Engineer-in-Chief, April 4, 1861Nov. 21, 1865. Promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, Dec. 8, 1862, and to First Assistant Engineer, Dec. 1, 1864. Nov. 21, 1865, to the Swatara, West India squadron. June 12, 1866, detached and to special duty, Baltimore, until Nov. 7, when to duty at Bureau Steam Engineering. July 15, 1867, to the Quinnebaug, South Atlantic station; detached July 18, 1870. Special duty connected with boiler experiments, June 30, 1871Feb. 5, 1874. Promoted to Chief Engineer, July 12, 1873. May 30, 1874, to tne Wachusett, Home station; detached Dec. 30. June 4, 1875, to the Omaha, 5. Pacific station; detached April 23, 1878. Receiving ship
Franklin, Sept. 23, 1878April 9, 1879. In charge Engineer's stores, Portsmouth Yard, March 19, 1881. Died, Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 10, 1881. Total sea service, eight years; shore duty, seven years, nine months ; in service twenty years, seven months. Captain Kidder Randolph Breese. Born,
Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1831. Appointed Midshipman, from Rhode Island, Nov. 6, 1846, and passed examination at Annapolis, Nov. 25. Detached March 9, 1847, and to the Saratoga, Home squadron. March 16, 1848, transferred to the St. Mary's, then to the Brandywine, Brazil squadron. Dec. 6, 1850, detached, and three months leave. Feb. 1, 1851, to the St. Lawrence, European station; Aug. 14, detached. Oct. 1st, to the Naval Academy. June 8, 1852, promoted to Passed Midshipman; June 9, to the Mississippi, Japan expedition. April 25, 1855, detached, and three months leave. July 10, Coast Survey. Nov. 9th, warranted Master, with rank from Sept. 15, 1855. Promoted Lieutenant, Sept. 16...@4+… ¸Qìÿ¾Û€
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