Samuel Moore Pook (August 15, 1804 – December 2, 1878) was a
Boston
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-based American
naval architect This is the top category for all articles related to architecture and its practitioners.
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and father of
Samuel Hartt Pook
Samuel Hartt Pook (January 17, 1827 – March 30, 1901) was a Boston-based American naval architect and son of Samuel Moore Pook (1804-1878), the noted clipper ship naval architect.
Clipper ships
Pook designed several very fast clippers ...
, the noted
clipper ship
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naval architect This is the top category for all articles related to architecture and its practitioners.
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. In 1861, at the outbreak of the
American Civil War
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, Pook designed the
City class ironclad
The Pook Turtles, or City-class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. They were also sometimes referred to as "Eads gunboats." The labels are ap ...
s for
James B. Eads. The
City class ironclad
The Pook Turtles, or City-class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. They were also sometimes referred to as "Eads gunboats." The labels are ap ...
s, also known as "Pook Turtles" due to their distinctive shape, were the backbone of the naval flotilla deployed by the
United States Navy
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on the
Mississippi River System
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during the
American Civil War
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.
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External links
The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans
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American naval architects
1804 births
1878 deaths
Architects from Boston