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William H. Brown (June 16, 1803 – October 27, 1855) was an American shipbuilder during the 19th-century. He built yachts , paddle steamers and steamboats . He was one of the first shipbuilders in the country and had his business for more than thirty years having built over 300 vessels.
The squadron successfully forced the surrender of the Confederate ships, and land forces soon captured the defending forts. Four months later, on December 31, 1864, Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. [3] [4] Brown died at age 59 or 60 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia. [2]
The rotary jail was initially designed by architect William H. Brown, and built by the Haugh, Ketcham & Co. iron foundry in the Indianapolis, Indiana neighborhood of Haughville. Their July 1881 patent [ 1 ] [ 2 ] had the following description:
The purpose of this visit was twofold: to show off U.S. shipbuilding skill and make money through competing in yachting regattas. Stevens employed the services of the shipyard of William H. Brown and his chief designer, George Steers. She was launched on May 3, 1851, from the Brown shipyard, near Eleventh Street, East River, New York. She cost ...
Senator was built in 1848 at the shipyard of William H. Brown at the foot of 12th Street on the East River in lower Manhattan. [1] She had a wooden hull built primarily of white oak. [ 2 ] She was 219 feet (67 m) long, 35 feet 5 inches (10.80 m) in beam, and 10 feet (3.0 m) in draft. [ 2 ]
On 30 September 1862, William H. Brown, a stern-wheel steamer of 200 tons built at Monongahela, PA, 1860, [1] was transferred to the Navy by the U.S. War Department; and she served as a transport and dispatch vessel for the Mississippi Squadron for the duration of the Civil War.
2nd Company H (Barnes' Battery): Cpt Calvin Barnes; Company I: Cpt Charles C. Whitehurst; 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery Company A (Clark Artillery): Cpt Robert G. Rankin; Company B (River Guards): Cpt John W. Taylor; Company C (Brown's Battalion): Cpt William H. Brown; Company D (remnants): Lt John T. Rankin
Arctic, built at Brown's shipyard and designed by George Steers, was the third of the four ships to be launched, following SS Atlantic and SS Pacific, and was marginally the largest of the four. She was 284 feet (87 m) in length, and measured at 2,856 tonnage by the U.S. Custom House measurement then in use. [ 6 ]