William Kennison
Template:Short description Template:Infobox military person William W. Kennison (1825–1893)<ref name=fg/> was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Massachusetts, Kennison was appointed Acting Master's Mate on 28 August 1861.<ref name="DANFS">Template:Cite DANFS</ref> On 26 March 1862<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he was promoted to Volunteer Lieutenant in recognition of his gallant conduct in the action between the Template:Ship and the Template:USS during the Battle of Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, <ref name="DANFS"/> in which Kennison was in charge of the forward Template:Convert pivot gun.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> He was subsequently appointed commander of the schooner Template:USS in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1863,<ref>Porter (1886), p. 431</ref> capturing the schooner Champion off the Piankatank River, Virginia, on 2 July, and a large yawl off Horn Harbor, Virginia, with cargo including salt, on 10 October.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He later served aboard the steam gunboat Template:USS, involved in operations off Charleston and Savannah in 1865.<ref>Porter (1886), p. 772</ref> Following the war, he was honorably discharged on 4 May 1866, but was reappointed Acting Master on 20 August 1866. His final muster out date was 16 November 1868.<ref name="DANFS"/>
Namesake
The destroyer Template:USS (1918–1945) was named for him.<ref name="DANFS"/>
References
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