Samuel M. Pook

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name = Samuel Moore Pook


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birth_date = August 15,1804
birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts
death_date = December 2, 1878
death_place = Brooklyn, New York
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nationality = American
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occupation = Naval Architect
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footnotes = Samuel Moore Pook (1804 – 1878) was a Boston-based American naval architect and father of Samuel Hartt Pook, the noted clipper ship naval architect. In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, he designed the City class ironclads for James B. Eads. The City class ironclads, also known as "Pook Turtles" due to their distinctive shape, were the backbone of the naval flotilla deployed by the United States Navy on the Mississippi River System during the American Civil War.

References

*cite book | title = The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 | last = Morison |first = Samuel E. | authorlink = Samuel E. Morison | isbn = 0930350049

*cite book | title = Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack | last = Nelson |first = James L. | authorlink = James L. Nelson | isbn = 0060524049

*cite book | title = The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans | last = Johnson |first = Rossiter | authorlink = Rossiter Johnson

External links

* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14589004 The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860]

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=ElIDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT360&lpg=PT360&dq=galena+pook&source=web&ots=oj09tg0mvw&sig=de4v14FrIl-5yerjHBn3mj0Zw5Q&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans]