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'Charles Dwight Sigsbee' (January 16, 1845 - July 13, 1923) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He is well known as captain of USS ''Maine'', which exploded in Havana harbor, Cuba, in 1898. The explosion set off the Spanish American War.
Sigsbee, born at Albany, New York, and educated at The Albany Academy, was appointed acting midshipman on 16 July 1862. He was commissioned rear admiral on 10 August 1903.
Sigsbee served aboard ''Monongahela'', ''Wyoming'', and ''Shenandoah'' from 1863 to 1869 when he was assigned to duty at the Naval Academy and, in 1871, to the Hydrographic Office. He was in command of various ships from 1873 to 1891 and served as a hydrographer in the Bureau of Navigation from 1893 to 1897. Sigsbee commanded ''St. Paul'' in 1898 and ''Texas'' until 1900.
In February of that year he was appointed Chief Intelligence Officer of the Office of Naval Intelligence, succeeding Cmdr. Richardson Clover; he held this post until April 1903 when he was succeeded by Cmdr. Seaton Schroeder.
He assumed command of the South Atlantic Squadron in 1904 and the Second Division, North Atlantic Squadron in 1905.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee used USS ''Brooklyn'' as his flagship from June 7, 1905, when she sailed for Cherbourg, France, France, where the remains of the late John Paul Jones were received aboard and brought to America for interment at the United States Naval Academy.
Admiral Sigsbee retired from the Navy in 1907 and died in New York. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His grandson, Charles Dwight Sigsbee III, First Lieutenant, United States Army, was buried next to him in June 20, 1956.
USS ''Sigsbee'' (DD-502) was named for him.

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Dates of Rank

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Dates of Rank

★ Midshipman - September 27, 1859

★ Passed Midshipman - 1863

★ Master - May 10, 1866

Ensign	Lieutenant Junior Grade	Lieutenant	Lieutenant Commander	Commander	Captain	Commodore	Rear Admiral
O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8
October 3, 1863	Never Held	April 21, 1867	March 12, 1868	May 11, 1882	March 21, 1897	''Unknown''	August 10, 1903

References

★ ''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps'', Sixth Edition, 1889, by Lewis Randolph Hamersly

External links

★ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cdsigsbe.htm