Alban C. Stimers
Alban Crocker Stimers was a Chief Engineer with the United States Navy. He assisted with the design of the Navys first ironclad, the USS160Monitor, and later with the design of the Passaicclass monitors. His later career was marred by the scandal which enveloped the Cascoclass monitors after they were found to be unseaworthy.
Stimers was born in New York in 1827. He entered the Navy as a Third Assistant Engineer in January 1849 and became a Chief Engineer in July 1858. He served in the steam frigate Roanoke during the early months of the Civil War and later in 1861 was assigned to work with John Ericsson on the construction of the ironclad turret ship Monitor. Though not formally a member of Monitors complement, Stimers took part in her difficult voyage from New York to Hampton Roads, Virginia, and served on board during her historic battle with the Confederate ironclad CSS160Virginia onMarch 1862. Much of the success of these two operations was due to his inspired work, and Chief Engineer Stimers continued an intimate association with the Navys ironclad shipbuilding program for much of the rest of the Civil War.
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