About Samuel M. Pook
Lived 1804 – 1878 (aged 74). Samuel M. Pook was an American engineer and naval Architect.
Samuel Moore Pook (August 15, 1804 – December 2, 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, Pook 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.
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Who was Samuel M. Pook?
American naval architect
When was Samuel M. Pook born?
Samuel M. Pook was born on 15 August 1804 in Boston.
When did Samuel M. Pook die?
Samuel M. Pook died on 2 December 1878 in Brooklyn.
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Samuel M. Pook was an engineer and naval Architect.
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Samuel M. Pook was American.
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