| Joseph Cabell Breckinridge was born in Fort Monroe, VA, 6 March 1872 and graduated from the Academy in 1895. He served in the battleship TEXAS, where on several occasions he displayed remarkable coolness and ability in times of peril. While serving in CUSHING, Ensign Breckinridge was washed overboard and drowned in Cuban waters 11 February 1898. |
Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1959).
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