Bennett, Frank M. (Frank Marion), 1857-1924

Naval officer and author.

From the description of Papers of Frank M. Bennett, 1893-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83552534

Captain, U.S. Navy.

From the description of Papers, 1879-1921. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 49908242

Biographical Note

• 1857, May 7: Born, Marcelius, Mich.
• 1879: Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty on the Powhatan (side-wheel steamer), North Atlantic Station
• 1881: Duty on the Richmond (screw sloop), Asiatic Station
• 1885 - 1887 : Duty as instructor in iron shipbuilding and steam engineering, Chicago Manual Training School, Chicago, Ill.
• 1887: Duty on the Enterprise (ship: 1874-1909), European Squadron
• 1890: Duty in Bureau of Steam Engineering
• 1893: Married Mary Henderson Eastman
• 1893 - 1895 : Duty on the Amphitrite (ship), North Atlantic Squadron
• 1896: Published The Steam Navy of the United States. Pittsburgh: Press of W. T. Nicholson
• 1900: Published The Monitor and the Navy under Steam. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin
• 1906: Commanded the Glacier, Atlantic Squadron
• 1910: Promoted to captain
• 1916: Commandant, United States Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.
• 1918: Commandant, United States Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla.
• 1924, Feb. 11: Died, Cassopolis, Mich.

From the guide to the Frank M. Bennett Papers, 1893-1909, (bulk 1897-1907), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)