\"Kearsarge/Battleship No 5\" Lt John M Hudgins Hand Signed Check Dated 1903 for Sale

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\"Kearsarge/Battleship No 5\" Lt John M Hudgins Hand Signed Check Dated 1903 For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "Kearsarge/Battleship No 5" Lt John M Hudgins Hand Signed Check Dated 1903.

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was lost on April 14, 1906 when the gunpowder from a 13" gun aboard Kearsarge (Battleship No. 5) ignited accidentally,

killing another officer and eight men. Lieutenant John Milton

Hudgins was appointed as a naval cadet from Virginia in September, 1890. He was

graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1894, and was sent to serve on the

Detroit at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In July, 1895, Lieutenant Hudgins was promoted

to the grade of assistant engineer and continued to serve in that capacity at

the Norfolk Navy Yard until the following August when he was detached and

ordred to London for a course of instruction, during which time he was attached

to the American Embassy. On March 3, 1899, Lieutenant Hudgins' rank was changed

from assistant engineer to Ensign. He subsequently reached the grade of

lieutenant on September 26, 1901. He was attached to the bureau of equipment of

the Navy Department soon after his last promotion and in October, 1903, was

sent to the Kearsarge. A year ago he was given three months' sick leave, and

upon his return to the Kearsarge was placed in charge of the wireless telegraph

tests, which were being instituted by the bureau of equipment.

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