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William M. Crane

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the chaseing ship put her helm up hoisted a broad pendant and English colours and ranged under my lee quarter--unable to resist I was compelled to strike the Flag of the United States.
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was renamed US Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, in honor of Commodore Crane. The depot is currently named
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on 29 July 1812, when it was captured by a British squadron, according to the then Lieutenant Crane;
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on March 4, 1813, and to captain on November 22, 1814. He was assigned command of the
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from 1842 until his death by suicide at the age of 70 years on March 18, 1846.
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in honor of whom he was given the middle name of Montgomery. His brother was
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in 1827 and acted as one of the commissioners in the negotiations with the
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Rund, Christopher; Frailey, Fred W.; Powell, Eric (September 2011).
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who also served in the War of 1812 as well as the Mexican War.
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he won honors for his gallant fighting in the attacks on
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War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom
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American military personnel of the First Barbary War
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Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Washington, D.C.

commodore
United States Navy
First Barbary War
War of 1812
Battle of Quebec
Richard Montgomery
Colonel Ichabod Crane
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
midshipman
USS Vixen
Tripoli
brigantine
USS Nautilus
master commandant
Mediterranean Squadron
Ottoman Empire
Board of Navy Commissioners
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography
Burns City, Indiana
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
USS Crane (DD-109)
Crane, Indiana


The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad

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