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{{short description|United States Navy admiral}}<br />
{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Daniel Lawrence Braine<br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|1829|5|18}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1898|1|30|1829|5|18}}<br />
|birth_place= [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]<br />
|death_place= [[Brooklyn, New York]]<br />
|placeofburial=<br />
|placeofburial_label= Place of burial<br />
|image=Daniel Lawrence Braine.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|nickname=<br />
|allegiance= [[United States of America]]<br />
|branch= {{flag|United States Navy|1891}}<br />
|serviceyears= 1846–1891<br />
|rank=[[File:USN Rear Admiral rank insignia.jpg|35px]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]]<br />
|commands= {{USS|Monticello|1859|6}}<br />{{USS|Juniata|1862|6}}<br />[[South Atlantic Squadron]]<br />
|battles= [[Mexican–American War]]<br />[[American Civil War]]<br />
|laterwork=<br />
|signature = Signature of Daniel Lawrence Braine (1829–1898).png<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Lieutenant Commander Daniel Lawrence Braine.jpg|thumb|Lieutenant Commander Daniel L. Braine, c. 1862]]<br />
'''Daniel Lawrence Braine''' (May 18, 1829 – January 30, 1898) was an admiral of the [[United States Navy]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born in [[New York City]] on May 18, 1829, Braine was appointed [[midshipman]] in 1846. He served on the {{USS|Mississippi|1841|2}} and the {{USS|John Adams|1799|2}} during the [[Mexican–American War]].<br />
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==Civil War service==<br />
During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he commanded the {{USS|Monticello|1859|2}} and took part in an engagement with the rebel battery at [[Sewell's Point#Battle of Sewell's Point|Sewell's Point]], in the first naval engagement of the war. He also took part in the attack and capture of [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries|Fort Hatteras and Fort Clarke]] and engaged the enemy at [[Kimmekerk Woods]] above [[Cape Hatteras]]. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in July 1862.<br />
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==Post-Civil War==<br />
Braine was promoted to commander in July 1866.<br />
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On November 1, 1871, he was elected as a Companion of the New York Commandery of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]] – a military society of officers who had served the Union during the American Civil War. He was assigned insignia number 1338.<br />
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Between 1873 and 1875 he commanded the {{USS|Juniata|1862|2}} on its cruise to [[Greenland]] in search of the ill-fated [[Polaris Expedition|''Polaris'' Expedition]]. During this cruise, he was promoted to the rank of captain in 1874. In 1875, he took command of the receiving ship USS ''[[USS Colorado (1856)|Colorado]]'', after which he was assigned to command USS ''[[USS Powhatan (1850)|Powhatan]]''. As a senior captain, Braine was permitted to use the customary title [[Commodore (United States)|commodore]] beginning in 1885, and in late 1886 he was assigned to command the [[South Atlantic Squadron]] with promotion to [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|rear admiral]] the following year. In 1889 he was assigned to command of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]], where he served until his retirement.<br />
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==Retirement and death==<br />
[[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] Braine retired from the Navy on May 18, 1891.<br />
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In 1895 he became a Veteran Companion of the New York Commandery of the [[Military Order of Foreign Wars]] and received insignia number 45.<br />
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He died in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] on January 30, 1898.<br />
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==Namesake==<br />
The [[destroyer]] {{USS|Braine|DD-630}}, (1943–1971) was named in his honor.<br />
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==Dates of rank==<br />
* Midshipman, May 30, 1846.<br />
* Passed Midshipman, June 8, 1852.<br />
* Master, September 15, 1855.<br />
* Lieutenant, September 16, 1855.<br />
* Lieutenant Commander, July 16, 1862.<br />
* Commander, July 25, 1866.<br />
* Captain, December 11, 1874.<br />
* Commodore, March 2, 1885.<br />
* Rear Admiral, September 4, 1887.<br />
* Retired List, May 18, 1891.<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Biography}}<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/braine-i.htm}}<br />
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[[Category:Union Navy officers]]<br />
[[Category:People of New York (state) in the American Civil War]]<br />
[[Category:United States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War]]<br />
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