Charles Dwight Sigsbee

Rear Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee (January 16, 1845 – July 13, 1923) served in the United States Navy, and was in command of the Maine at the time of her loss in Santiago Harbor.

Life & Career

Charles D. Sigsbee, born on 16 January 1845 at Albany, N.Y., was appointed acting Midshipman on 16 July 1862. He was commissioned as a 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. He assumed command of the South Atlantic Squadron in 1904 and the North Atlantic Squadron in 1905. Admiral Sigsbee retired from the Navy in 1907.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Sigsbee, Captain Charles D. (1899) The "Maine": An Account of her Destruction in Havana Harbor. New York: The Century Co.

Papers

• Papers in possession of the New York State Library

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Arent S. Crowninshield	Captain of U.S.S. Maine 10 Apr, 1897 – 15 Feb, 1898	Succeeded by Vessel Lost
Preceded by New Command	Captain of U.S.S. St. Paul 10 Apr, 1898	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John W. Philip	Captain of U.S.S. Texas before 1 Jan, 1900	Succeeded by William T. Swinburne
Preceded by Richardson Clover	Chief Intelligence Officer 26 Jan, 1900	Succeeded by Seaton Schroeder
Preceded by James H. Sands	Commandant, Navy Yard, League Island 1 May, 1903	Succeeded by Joseph E. Craig