Arent S. Crowninshield
| Arent Schuyler Crowninshield | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
March 14, 1843 New York |
| Died | May 14, 1908 (aged 65) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1863–c.1900 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held |
Portsmouth St. Mary's Kearsarge Maine |
| Battles/wars |
American Civil War Spanish–American War |
| Relations | Crowninshield family |
Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (March 14, 1843 – May 27, 1908) was an rear admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after the war held high commands both afloat and ashore.
Born in New York, he was the grandson of Jacob Crowninshield (appointed Navy secretary under President Jefferson, but who died before taking up the office), and grandnephew of George Crowninshield Jr. (adventuring owner of Cleopatra's Barge, first yacht to cross the Atlantic) and Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, United States Secretary of the Navy from 1815 to 1818. Some sources give his first name as Alton.
Arent graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 28 May 1863 and immediately went into action in the American Civil War, participating in the assault on Fort Fisher while serving on the steam sloop Ticonderoga.
After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming lieutenant on 10 November 1866, and commander on 25 March 1880.
He married Mary Bradford (1844–1913), daughter of the writer Sarah Hopkins Bradford, in Dresden, Germany on July 27, 1870. His wife became a published writer herself.
He commanded the training ship Portsmouth from 1878 to 1881, the school ship St. Mary's of the New York Nautical School from 1887 to 1891, and the sloop-of-war Kearsarge from February 1892 to November 1893.
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