Английская Википедия:Charles F. Putnam
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Charles Flint Putnam (1 December 1854 – Шаблон:Circa) was an officer in the United States Navy.
Biography
Born in Freeport, Illinois, Putnam entered the United States Naval Academy at the age of 14. Upon his request at graduation in 1873, he was ordered to the Far East on Шаблон:USS, serving in that vessel with the Asiatic Squadron until 1875. Master Putnam was stationed at San Francisco, California, in 1876 and was attached to schoolship Шаблон:USS from 1877 to 1878.
In 1879, he joined the Coast Survey steamer Шаблон:Ship in the North Pacific. Putnam volunteered in 1881 for service in Шаблон:USS, fitted out to search for Шаблон:USS, which had been lost in the Arctic on an expedition to reach the North Pole. When Rodgers burned at Saint Lawrence Bay, Chukotka, on 30 November 1881, Putnam took supplies to the survivors on dog sledges.
On his return to his depot at Cape Serdze, he missed his way in a blinding snow storm 10 January 1882, drifted out to sea on an ice-floe and was never heard from again.
Namesakes
Three ships have been named Шаблон:USS for him.
References
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- People from Freeport, Illinois
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