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Stephen Bleecker Luce (
25 March 1827 –
28 July 1917) was a
U.S. Navy admiral. He was the founder and first
president of the
Naval War College, between
1884 and
1886.
Born in
Albany, New York, Stephen Luce was one of the Navy's outstanding officers in many fields, including strategy, seamanship, education, and professional development. Entering the naval service
19 October 1841 as a
midshipman, he served with the
Atlantic coast blockaders during the
American Civil War, and commanded the monitor
Nantucket at the siege of
Charleston, South Carolina. In
1862, while serving as head of the Department of Seamanship at the
U.S. Naval Academy, he prepared one of the first seamanship textbooks used by the Academy.
After the war Luce organized the Navy's apprentice training program to prepare seamen and petty officers for fleet duty. From
1878 to
1881 Captain Luce was inspector of training ships and, as
commodore, he commanded the U.S. Training Squadron from
1881 to
1884.
Based on Luce's urgings and exhaustive reports, the
Naval War College at
Newport, Rhode Island, was established
6 October 1884 with Luce as its first president. He was also instrumental in starting the
U.S. Naval Institute and its publication,
Proceedings. He again served at sea before retiring
25 March 1889. He returned to the War College in 1901 and served for a decade as a faculty member.
He published
Seamanship (new edition, 1905), which was used as a textbook at the Naval Academy, and edited
The Patriotic and Naval Songster (1883).
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Three ships have been named
USS Luce in his honor. The
United States Naval Academy and the Naval War College both have buildings named Luce Hall in his honor.
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